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Companies, especially those with international business operations, are paying increased attention to “Responsible Sourcing.” This is due to Companies being held accountable not only for their own performance but also for the performance of their supply chain, including the working conditions in factories where their products are manufactured. If a company or brand becomes associated with factories that are involved in human rights violations, employ child labor or sub-standard working conditions, it risks negatively impacting its brand value, image, and market opportunities.
TransparentCMS allows you to effectively manage and monitor Social Accountability standards and practices in manufacturing facilities employed by your vendors or Agents that include:
- Child Labor
- Forced Labor and Discipline Practices
- Freedom of Association
- Abuse and Harassment
- Non-discrimination
- Health and Safety
- Wages and Benefits
- Subcontracting practices
TransparentCMS allows you to manage your company's Social Accountability program by basing it upon your company’s own code of conduct or to industry standards established by organizations such as the Fair Labor Association (FLA), the International Council of Toy Industries (ICTI), Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production (WRAP), SA8000 (Social Accountability) or the United Nations Global Compact.
TransparentCMS allows you to effectively manage a program as critical as Social Accountability through a host of configurable audit management tools that enable your organization to:
- Communicate Codes of Conduct and secure electronic agreements against them to acknowledge the requirements.
- Collect, review and qualify Suppliers based on product development, warehousing, quality assurance and other capabilities.
- Collect, review and qualify Factories employed by qualified vendors using information about employees, physical infrastructure, product manufacturing capabilities and quality assurance.
- Manage and eliminate duplication of audits at shared facilities using an intelligent association tool.
- Define risk factors that impact compliance decisions.
- Define and implement compliance assessment scoring models.
- Request audits where compliance must be verified including factory sites.
- Collaborate with Suppliers, Audit Managers and Auditors to review, confirm or clarify audit results and/or Corrective Action Plans (CAP).
- Track work lists, action items, compliance status and exceptions on an interactive digital dashboard.
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