BSCI / SMETA

Nowadays, the subject of Corporate Social Responsibility is attracting increasing attention in the media and society as a whole: within the framework of risk management and corporate ethics, and in particular against the background of worldwide outsourcing, companies must ensure that their suppliers behave towards both people and the environment in a responsible way.

TÜV NORD Cert offers auditing to amfori BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative) and SMETA (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit) to companies who support such responsible behaviour and wish to communicate this effectively to customers, partners and consumers.

TÜV NORD Integra offers these standards under the recognition of TÜV NORD Cert. You can find more information about the certification procedure and the service description on this page: www.tuev-nord.de/en/company/certification/downloads/

The goal of both standards is to improve working conditions all over the world. They are therefore concerned with matters such as child and forced labour, occupational health and safety, freedom to establish employee representation organisations, discrimination, living wages and work conditions. BSCI and SA 8000 support the efforts of companies to improve their Corporate Social Responsibility in relation to basic human and employee rights and also to testify to this.