SA 8000: Socially Responsible Corporate Management

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is increasingly gaining in significance particularly for companies operating on an international level. Any misconduct or failure to follow the minimum requirements can quickly result in damage to a company’s image and consequently also in financial losses.

By demonstrating a responsible approach to social and ethical issues, you create a stable corporate image and clear competitive advantages. Especially because your company actively and positively influences the confidence of customers, investors, local authorities as well as the general public.

The basis for the confirmation of your corporate social standards could be a voluntary certification of your compliance with the rights of workers according to SA 8000, the international standard for social accountability. This is particularly suitable for multi-national companies wanting to strengthen and communicate their responsible business conduct as well as for suppliers of products and retailers - regardless of their size, industry or location.

SA 8000 places the same requirements on a company as the BSCI standard, but also includes a management system similar to ISO 9001. Among others, the standard has the objective to improve the working conditions of employees. It also sets the minimum requirements for social and labor standards for a company.

Benefits of SA 8000

Some of the main benefits of SA 8000 certification include:

• • Protect your image from attacks by the general public regarding corporate social responsibility.
• • Document that your company remains seriously committed to the protection of and compliance with social and labor standards and social responsibility.
• • Strengthen the confidence of the public, your partners and customers and demonstrably comply with their requirements.
• • Gain significant competitive advantage over companies that do not adjust their production to social aspects.
• • Ensure social accord in your production sites and your relationship with your suppliers.
• • Show that socially fair working conditions, health and environmentally friendly production conditions are a matter of course in your company.
• • Improve the working conditions and create a safer working environment

INTERESTED IN GAINING CERTIFICATION?

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