Overview about the BSCI Process

BSCI Members

Suppliers

Audit Companies

Code of Conduct Self-Assessment Initial Audit Corrective Action Plan

BSCI Social Requirements (mandatory) Best Practice (voluntary)

Awareness raising phase:

-Workshops -Pre-Qualification -Support S

Audit Phase

Qualification phase: p :
-Controlling -Coaching -Training

Correction Phase R A dit Re-Audit

Not successful BSCI Social Requirements (mandatory) Best Practice (optional) Successful Definitely not successful Not successful

Re-Audit Phase

Successful Repetition after 3 years

Decision of supplier for a certification or not

Decision by participating BSCI member company

The auditing process

1 Supplier accepts Code of Conduct 2 Self-assessment by supplier 3

Local awareness supplier workshops Auditing by appointed, independent

4 commercial SAI-accredited audit companies 5 Corrective Action Plan (CAP)

N b No boycott tt b but t step t b by step t improvement: i t

Re-Audits (dep. on results of initial audits) New-Audits on a regular basis (after 3 years)

6 Monitoring coaching - training 7 Webbased database: access for members