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More companies, organisations now accept SLCP audit
03 Nov '20
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Amsterdam-based Social & Labour Convergence Programme (SLCP) recently revealed a growing list of leading brands, retailers and organisations that now accept SLCP-verified assessments instead of conducting their own social audits on suppliers, demonstrating progress towards SLCP’s goal of reducing the audit burden on manufacturers and freeing up resources.
SLCP is a multi-stakeholder initiative made up of over 200 signatories, which include some of the world’s leading manufacturers, brands, retailers, industry groups, international and governmental organisations, service providers and civil society groups.
SLCP signatories collectively developed the Converged Assessment Framework (CAF) to replace the multitude of repetitive and duplicative social & labor audits with a single, high-quality tool.
SLCP officially launched the Converged Assessment Framework in June 2019 and has gradually expanded operations to include key production countries globally over the last year.
SLCP is scaling rapidly: it is now active in over 30 countries and, so far, over 1,000 facilities have completed an SLCP verified assessment, the organization said in a press release.
Having successfully integrated SLCP into their internal processes, 34 brands, retailers and organisations are now publicly stating that they will accept SLCP verified data instead of conducting their own proprietary audits, the organization said.
Other SLCP signatory brands and standard holders are in the process of adapting their systems with a view to accepting SLCP verified data in the near future.
In addition to 33 individual brands and retailers, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), which includes more than 250 members, is also included on the list of organisations that accept SLCP, having fully integrated the Converged Assessment Framework as the backbone of their Facility Social & Labor Tool (Higg FSLM).
“The increasing list of brands adopting SLCP in place of traditional audits empowers suppliers to reduce audit fatigue, streamline compliance processes, and use resources towards worker well-being. We strongly support brands and suppliers adopting SLCP to drive convergence within the industry globally,” the press release quoted Srinivasa Rao Venkatesh, chief compliance officer of Indian company Shahi Exports, as saying.
SLCP is a multi-stakeholder initiative made up of over 200 signatories, which include some of the world’s leading manufacturers, brands, retailers, industry groups, international and governmental organisations, service providers and civil society groups.
SLCP signatories collectively developed the Converged Assessment Framework (CAF) to replace the multitude of repetitive and duplicative social & labor audits with a single, high-quality tool.
SLCP officially launched the Converged Assessment Framework in June 2019 and has gradually expanded operations to include key production countries globally over the last year.
SLCP is scaling rapidly: it is now active in over 30 countries and, so far, over 1,000 facilities have completed an SLCP verified assessment, the organization said in a press release.
Having successfully integrated SLCP into their internal processes, 34 brands, retailers and organisations are now publicly stating that they will accept SLCP verified data instead of conducting their own proprietary audits, the organization said.
Other SLCP signatory brands and standard holders are in the process of adapting their systems with a view to accepting SLCP verified data in the near future.
In addition to 33 individual brands and retailers, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), which includes more than 250 members, is also included on the list of organisations that accept SLCP, having fully integrated the Converged Assessment Framework as the backbone of their Facility Social & Labor Tool (Higg FSLM).
“The increasing list of brands adopting SLCP in place of traditional audits empowers suppliers to reduce audit fatigue, streamline compliance processes, and use resources towards worker well-being. We strongly support brands and suppliers adopting SLCP to drive convergence within the industry globally,” the press release quoted Srinivasa Rao Venkatesh, chief compliance officer of Indian company Shahi Exports, as saying.
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