Social Compliance Audit, Code of Conduct, COC Complex Supplier Audit, bsci factory audit,coc audit checklist

WHAT IS A SOCIAL COMPLIANCE AUDIT?    

Social Compliance Audit is essential to demonstrate you are socially responsible. It also referred to as Corporate Social Audit , Social Compliance Audit, or Ethical Audit, a social audit helps you manage your vendor’s commitment to a safe and ethical workplace at their factory in China & Asia.

Our auditors visit your vendor’s factory to conduct a physical assessment of working conditions for compliance with international Social Accountability standard, SA 8000 and local regulations. They observe, interview, and analyze data to obtain a clear insight into the current social compliance situation.

Protect your image by ensuring your supply chain is socially compliant, responsible and worthy of your trust. Social Audit verifies that you are doing business with factories in which social rights are respected. You will be able to qualify new suppliers and understand if it is appropriate to work with them. We can perform social audits based on a myriad of different standards, including SA 8000, BSCI or WRAP. We also offer a Corrective action plan and Follow-up Corporate Social Audit service to help your suppliers improve and achieve full certification.

What is purpose and benefit of SOCIAL AUDIT?

Social audit is unique, combining social audit checklist and your specific requirements.

To support the implementation of necessary improvements for compliance with social accountability standards, our social auditors can provide a detailed social audit corrective action plan. Social Audit reports also include suggestions for improvement. Many clients and factories enact corrective action plans after an initial social audit. The implementation of a corrective action plan is the first step towards achieving the SA 8000, BSCI.

Social Audit will help you to:

1) Avoid factories with dangerous working conditions, child labor etc.

2) Be proactive about sustainable development.

3) Know how near or far your vendor is from the SA 8000 certification.

4) Make comparisons of your vendors, identify and partner with ethical suppliers.

5) Demonstrate to your clients that you are socially responsible company.

6) Save time and secure your business.

7) Protect and enhance your brand and reputation.

8) Assist vendors to improve their processes and develop better overall human resource practices.

9) Prepare your supplier for corporate social accountability accreditation.

Corrective Action Plan for Social Audit (SA 8000)

Social Audits (SA 8000) 

Our certified SA 8000 auditors can check the factory according to international standards.

We will work with you and your factory to prepare for this social audit. While we have a specific protocol for each standard, we can also include requirements specific to your company.

After the CSA, you may request your supplier to make improvements on the non-conformity (NC) found during the initial audit. The corrective action plan following the corporate social audit is a list documenting all non-conformity. It is a guide for improvements that helps the supplier to propose and implement precise and detailed corrective actions.

Follow-up audit for CSA (SA 8000)

The vast majority of factories fail the initial CSA audits. For most suppliers and buyers, the initial social audit is only the beginning of the journey. After an audit, management of a factory should enact corrective action plans to improve conditions. The Follow-up Corporate Social Audit for CSA will help you confirm that the factory has successfully implemented a corrective action plan.

The Corrective actions follow-up audit focuses on checking that the related corrective and preventive actions are effective. It ensures the non-conformity identified in the corporate social audit are now conformed.