Corporate accountability is essential to success in today's market. UL's Responsible Sourcing team provides global monitoring, training and consulting services to help customers comply with social and environmental laws and standards across the entire supply chain.
Definition
UL's social responsibility and accountability audits measure social and environmental compliance with international standards and regulations.
Benefits
Gain immediate insight into supply chains and evaluate suppliers' social and environmental compliance with our expertise in national and international labor standards; local knowledge of workplace practices; global operational capacity; and off-the-shelf, standardized audit protocols, assessments and reporting tools.
We conduct nearly 20,000 workplace assessments each year. We have more than 200 auditors on staff in nearly 40 countries, and our employees represent over 30 nationalities.
In addition, our global network of in-house researchers maintains comprehensive libraries of country labor law profiles, annual social responsibility risk indices and global minimum wage data.
UL's workplace assessment informs customers with key insights and intelligence to make critical business sourcing decisions.
UL's Responsible Sourcing workplace assessment measures compliance with national legislation and international standards for:
Child labor
Collective bargaining
Discrimination
Document review
Dormitories
Environment
Freedom of association
Harassment and abuse
Health and safety
Prison or forced labor
Wages
Work hours
In addition, UL can assess compliance with company-specific standards such as a supplier code of conduct or a variety of industry standards.
Our extensive social monitoring accreditations include:
WRAP: Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production
ICTI: International Council of Toy Industries
FLA: Fair Labor Association Accredited Monitor
RJC: Accredited by the Responsible Jewelry Council (RJC) for conformity assessments for member certifications
SAI: Social Accountability International (SA8000)
BSCI: Business Social Compliance Initiative
EICC: Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition
In addition to the above certifications and accreditations, we also reference the following guidelines:
IFIA: International Federation of Inspection Agencies
GSCP: Global Social Compliance Programme
Visit the UL International (UK) Ltd website for more information on Social Responsibility and Accountability Auditing