An Overview of Social Audits: What’s Your Compliance Strategy?

Retailers, brands, and customers are increasingly concerned that their goods are manufactured in ways that ensure fair treatment for all employees involved in their production supply chain. Understanding your suppliers in the following areas is crucial:

• Labor standards
• Health and safety
• Environmental impact
• Business ethics

Understanding your suppliers not only protects your brand and reputation but also helps you mitigate risks. It is an effective component in strengthening your business’s resilience.

This webinar will provide a brief overview of social audit options, their drivers, and the sensitive challenges of conducting social audits in the US.

Objectives

• Understand what a social audit is
• Recognize the importance of social audits to your business
• Learn about the different types of social audits and what each covers
• Discover the basic steps and challenges a site faces when conducting a social audit, including SMETA

Agenda

• The role of the supply chain in corporate social responsibility
• Types of social audits and their drivers
• Benefits of social audits
• Basic steps and challenges in conducting a social audit
• Q&A

Target Audience:

Individuals (Human Resource Team, Health & Safety, and Environmental Management) responsible for implementing social compliance audits, customer codes of conduct, and corporate social responsibility.

Language: English

Cost: No Charge

If you can't make the live session, register now and receive a complimentary recording after the event.

Speakers:

Abdullah Munir

Senior Product Manager, SGS North America Inc.

Detail-oriented International Monitor/Auditor & Project Manager with over 22 years of experience in project management, audit management, and auditing of Quality Management Systems, Social Responsibility Compliance (Human Resources, Social Accountability, and Anti-Trafficking Investigations), and Sustainability (Environment, Agriculture, Food, and Chemical) covering various international certification standards, ILO core conventions & recommendations, and customer code of conduct in countries such as Bangladesh, India, UAE, Jordan, Egypt, UK, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the USA.

Key Contributions:

• Developed a team of local inspectors for the Ministry of Labor, Jordan between 2007 and 2009 to increase their capacity within Jordanian factories under the Joint Labor Assessment & Training Project - funded by USAID.
• In 2020, developed a specialized remote audit module for Nestlé's dedicated suppliers who are challenged with IT limitations and extreme remote access due to the pandemic.
• Over the years with SGS, I have developed many internal system protocols for audit management and technical guidance on social audits.
• Developed a training module for SGS's annual social auditor calibration—approved by APSCA.

Tomas Miko

Director – Industrial & Transportation Sales, SGS North America Inc.

With over seven years in the industry, including six years at SGS, and a Master’s in International Affairs from American University, Tomas is proficient in four languages and committed to driving positive change and ethical standards in the industry through social compliance audits and corporate social responsibility.

For further information, please contact:

Dominic James
Marketing Assistant
t: +1-862-339-6737