One industry – One standard

• Based on WFSGI Code of Conduct – SGI wide application
• CoC principles reflect ILO Conventions, The Universal Declaration of HR and internationally accepted occupational health and safety standards.

Issues Covered

• Forced labour
• Non-discrimination
• FoA / collective bargaining
• Wages and benefits
• Hours of work
• Regular employment
• Child labour
• Health and safety
• Harassment or abuse
• Environment

Build on what others have learned

Common Auditing Solution

• Agreed standard for social & environmental requirements
• One audit scope for all users (one single audit questionnaire)
• User protocol prescribes harmonized audit mechanism/procedure
• One single shared audit per factory
• Costs for audits of shared factories are equally split
• Audit report sharing on FFC – Fair Factories Clearinghouse

BENEFITS AND IMPLICATIONS – FOR BRANDS

Efforts and cost savings

• Create understanding across supply chain with centralized industry auditing system
• Streamlined communication and information exchange
• Audit information sharing
• Equal audit cost sharing
• Optional outsourcing of audit administration
• Liability protection
• Cost savings
• Pooled forces increase chances of success – enhance corrective actions

BENEFITS AND IMPLICATIONS – FOR SUPPLIERS

Efficiency and less audits

• Prevention of audit duplication and fatigue
• One single CoC supporting standard with indicators of compliance
• One single CAP template
• One single grading system
• Harmonized and agreed remediation process
• Reduced costs
• Harmonized communication, less confusion
• Shared tools
• Solution to show active commitment

BENEFITS AND IMPLICATIONS – FFC BENEFITS

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