Social Accountability

Social responsibility stems from building trust in both your internal and external social management system. Social management principles involve implementing a structured process which is repeatedly carried out ensuring the development of products or carrying out of services takes advantage of no one.

Moreover, by prioritising social sustainability within your organisation, customers will feel more attracted to your organisation as their confidence and satisfaction in your product or service will be enhanced. Potential investors will deem your organisation more appealing as social sustainability is one of the three principles of ESG, a set of characteristics encapsulating an organisation’s sustainability and its consequent net worth.

The AA1000 (AccountAbility) Assurance Standard is an internationally recognised standard, that can provide the requirements for AA-licensed assurance providers to carry out sustainability assurance assessments.

The four principles of AA1000 include the inclusion of staff in decision-making processes that affect them,  identifying and being clear about important sustainability matters, acting transparently on sustainability topics and their subsequent impacts and Impact and measuring, monitoring and being accountable for their effect on broader ecosystems.

Working with AA1000, you can aim to embed greater sustainability practices into your business, a fundamental aspect of today’s business world.

A Slave Free Alliance Gap Analysis is a thorough examination conducted independently to assess your organization's approach to mitigating modern slavery risks.

Consultancy topics provided by Slave Free Alliance include anti-slavery strategies, risk assessment and management, modern slavery statements, policies or processes and other anti-strategy initiatives.

Slave Free Analysis can streamline escalation processes to ensure any potential issues are made aware to relevant stakeholders and ensure that necessary actions can be carried out. The development programme provided includes topics ranging from scoping for issues to general provision of resources and ongoing support.

This course provides and equips participants with the latest auditing techniques, especially focussing on the SA8000 standard for decent work. These practical courses are created for certification bodies, internal auditors, buyers, managers, and workers who conduct audits according to various labour codes and standards.

The series of training programmes provided involves both introductory sessions as well as advanced lead auditor training. Moreover, frequent announcements are made on new courses available to advance your career or your company's accreditation.

FSSC 24000 is a social management scheme aiming at providing certifications to organisations in the manufacturing and processing industries. The scheme aims to help organisations meet their industry-wide expectations regarding social sustainability and performance.

This audit and certification scheme incorporates the internationally recognised PAS 24000, a regulatory body setting standards of social sustainability and PAS aligns with the ISO management system and risk-based approach.

The purpose of the FSSC 24000 scheme is threefold; ensuring the organisation can fulfil all tasks relevant to its social objectives, guaranteeing the fair treatment of workers within the organisation and along supply chains is continued and finally, complying with relevant statutory and regulatory requirements.

By prioritizing health, safety and well-being, you not only protect the welfare of your employees and stakeholders but also contribute to a healthier and more resilient community. This fosters a positive reputation for your business, as well as enhancing employee morale and productivity whilst reducing employees’ absences from work and the rate of turnover of staff.

This collectively leads to a more socially sustainable corporation, thus portraying itself more appealingly to potential investors.

Employing labour laws and standards in every aspect of your company is fundamental to maintaining social responsibility in your business.

The four core labour standards include freedom from forced labour, freedom from child labour, freedom from discrimination at work and freedom to form and join a union. Whilst rudimentary in today’s corporate world, these four standards set the baseline for which all companies must stay ahead of to be deemed a responsible organisation.

Other laws include providing employees with the right to written terms, outlining the employee’s job rights and responsibilities, the right to national minimum wage and paid holidays as well as maintaining occupational health and safety.

Supply chain mapping follows all the principles of good risk management. Identifying potential risks to supply chain social sustainability, mitigating any possibility of these risks developing to fruition and the consequent preparation of immediate solutions if these risks ever came to light are all part of being socially responsible. Constant reanalysis of the supply chain is also an aspect of responsibility so that new problematic developments never go unnoticed.

By actively pursuing all these targets, the quality of life that employees will experience will be maximised and hence prove the social sustainability of the organisation that coordinates the supply chain.