Suppliers/Primary facilities Benefits

SERVICES FOR SUPPLIERS/SUBCONTRACTORS/PRODUCERS

Whether you are responding to one or more clients’ demands or wishing to implement a system to enhance your own brand, SGS can bring its expertise of international markets to you to help you find your way through the maze of Standards and Codes to find the right approach for you.

Assessments can be undertaken against a wide rage of 3rd party and corporate codes, including BSCI, ETI, ICS, ICTI and WRAP depending on your own and you customers’ requirements.  Alternatively, SGS can undertake management systems certification audits through its Systems and Services Certification business unit.

This can be backed up by active monitoring of non-compliances and corrective action plans to help support you through this process.

Social Compliance audits can be linked to other monitoring requirements to reduce the number of visits and provide an efficient combined approach.

What are the Benefits?

• Improved social, health & safety standards
• Compliance with legal and customer requirements
• Maintaining and gaining new business contracts
• Fulfilment of selection criteria for becoming a premium supplier
• Increased production efficiency  and reduced cost by improving worker conditions
• Increased product quality
• Retention of skilled workers
• Improved management practices
• Improved company image