In a globalized world, consumers can easily be made aware of issues related to poor conditions of production for a particular favourite garment brand. They may later be called upon by NGO or other types of activists to refrain from buying it. In response to lobbying from responsible investors and consumers, buyers and distributors are steadily being encouraged to put in place their own solutions to evaluate the compliance of their suppliers to local and/or international regulations and standards.
What is a Social Audit of a factory?
The objective of a social audit is to provide an unbiased image of supplier organization and practices according to local laws and international standard as well as your internal code of conduct. In addition to this analysis, our team will also define a corrective actions plan. Our specialists can also help you to implement monitoring and follow-up on this list of actions. If you wish, our auditors can be part of the change management process by delivering in-house training.
Thanks to this continuous monitoring of your pool of suppliers, your company can protect its brand image and improve its competitiveness. Managing your social risk should bring associated costs saving and should also foster long term cooperation with a selected pool of suppliers.
Since 2007, API audits has developed professional solutions in technical and social auditing, and acquired global recognition in the field by becoming one of the few auditing firms to be accredited by the ICS initiative. This initiative is led by France’s largest retailers such as Carrefour, Auchan and Casino. In 2015, API further strengthened its expertise by becoming a member of SEDEX, a global not-for-profit membership organisation, home to the world’s largest collaborative platform for sharing responsible sourcing data on supply chains.
