Evolve with regulations! This is the challenge for many suppliers and companies who see the law changing and regulating their activity often for very good reasons.
When we think of a factory, manufacturing products in a production line, the image is not at all angelic. In a society where everyone's responsibility towards their environment is increasingly important, change is also taking place at several levels and this is increasingly being demanded of companies by consumer pressure.
Verification of working hours, compliance with health and safety standards, decent remuneration, respect for the environment during production, many are the criteria monitored during audits which aim to ensure a certain conformity of suppliers by the products and working conditions in factories, particularly in Asian countries.
AUDITED SUPPLIERS
Audits are increasingly requested and managed by non-profit organizations.
2 organizations stand out for this type of approach:
SEDEX , an organization that defines compliance standards at the supplier and buyer level and the BSCI system intended to make the supply chain transparent and ethical. Organizations which aim to give the keys to companies and support them in complying with current regulations. They set up information platforms and provide approvals to competent companies which can subsequently be mandated to pass supplier audits.
SEDEX audit
Sedex, in figures, represents 74,000 companies around the world who have chosen this organization socially and environmentally sustainable supply chains Sedex or Supplier Ethocal Data Exchange is the ethical data exchange platform for suppliers.
The advantages of this approach are:
– Better visibility into the supply chain.
– Anticipate and assess supply chain risks to protect the brand and the company by optimizing internal resources while following legislation to improve performance.
– Know sustainable development legislation to avoid penalties and fines while still protecting the brand.
The audit linked to this organization is the SMETA (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit) which includes:
– Health and safety
– Working standards
– Environment
– Ethics
The validation of this type of audit by a supplier reassures and convinces importers.
BSCI audit
The BSCI mandates approved structures to manage audits ; these must in fact follow the specifications. And rates suppliers from A to E. Once suppliers are audited and meet all 13 principles, the results are valid for 1 year.
– P 1: Social management system
– P 2: Participation and protection of workers
– P 3: Rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining
– P 4: Absence of discrimination
– P 5: Fair remuneration
– P 6: Decent working hours
– P 7: Health and safety at work
– P 8: No child labor
– P 9: Special protection of young workers
– P 10: No precarious employment
-P 11 : No bonded labor
– P 12: Environmental protection
– P 13: Ethical behavior of businesses
Each principle is rated from A to E, from exceptional to unacceptable.
The BSCI generates commitments to be kept in terms of ethical sourcing, assurance on the conditions of workers in supply chains, it strongly suggests improving the brand's CSR report and fulfilling the legal obligations set by the Organization International Labor Code and the United Nations Charter on Human Rights.
Marketing Création favors its productions with suppliers who follow local laws and who are BSCI audited, at least characteristics C (Acceptable) and at best characteristic A (Exceptional). An approach that has followed our CSR intentions for more than 5 years now.