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Six companies broke new ground last month by completing a three-year programme of ethical supply chain monitoring in conjunction with the US-based Fair Labor Association.
The FLA says adidas-Salomon, Eddie Bauer, Liz Claiborne, Nike, Phillips-Van Heusen and Reebok have achieved ‘substantial compliance’ with its requirements to implement workplace codes of conduct. It said this had been independently verified by certified auditors.
The codes, which cover 2800 factories in 62 countries, now have official FLA accreditation, to be reviewed every two years.
Adele Simmons, chair of the FLA’s board of directors, said: ‘Accreditation is an important milestone, but we now look to them to achieve even higher levels of compliance and to play leadership roles.’ Reebok, which elected for a two-year period, became the first to achieve accreditation for its footwear compliance programme last year.
The FLA is a non-profit body helping businesses and civil society to improve global labour standards and working conditions. Its Workplace Code of Conduct sets out standards on child labour, harassment, health and safety, collective bargaining and other issues. Accredited companies must show they have adopted and communicated the code, provided training, monitor facilities and taken action to remedy non-compliance.
An international purchasing and supply chain management body has challenged its 36,000 members to make a specific commitment to corporate social responsibility within their organizations during 2005. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply says its ‘CSR challenge’ is aimed at galvanizing company buyers around the world. It wants members to email it details of action they intend to take. Ian Taylor, the institute’s president, said that among commitments they might make were encouraging improved labour practices among suppliers in developing countries.
Despite having produced CSR guidelines, ‘penetration and distribution of good practice were poor’, especially among smaller companies, and he had decided to use his influence as president to promote the issue.
The FLA says adidas-Salomon, Eddie Bauer, Liz Claiborne, Nike, Phillips-Van Heusen and Reebok have achieved ‘substantial compliance’ with its requirements to implement workplace codes of conduct. It said this had been independently verified by certified auditors.
The codes, which cover 2800 factories in 62 countries, now have official FLA accreditation, to be reviewed every two years.
Adele Simmons, chair of the FLA’s board of directors, said: ‘Accreditation is an important milestone, but we now look to them to achieve even higher levels of compliance and to play leadership roles.’ Reebok, which elected for a two-year period, became the first to achieve accreditation for its footwear compliance programme last year.
The FLA is a non-profit body helping businesses and civil society to improve global labour standards and working conditions. Its Workplace Code of Conduct sets out standards on child labour, harassment, health and safety, collective bargaining and other issues. Accredited companies must show they have adopted and communicated the code, provided training, monitor facilities and taken action to remedy non-compliance.
An international purchasing and supply chain management body has challenged its 36,000 members to make a specific commitment to corporate social responsibility within their organizations during 2005. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply says its ‘CSR challenge’ is aimed at galvanizing company buyers around the world. It wants members to email it details of action they intend to take. Ian Taylor, the institute’s president, said that among commitments they might make were encouraging improved labour practices among suppliers in developing countries. Despite having produced CSR guidelines, ‘penetration and distribution of good practice were poor’, especially among smaller companies, and he had decided to use his influence as president to promote the issue.
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