Service - Next Gen Standard

1. SMETA: Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit is the world’s most widely used audit.
   • SMETA is an audit, which helps you to understand standards of labour, health and safety, environmental performance, and ethics within your own operations or at a supplier site.
   • Delivered by one of our approved auditor companies, you or your supplier is provided with a Corrective Action Plan to help improve performance in these areas.
   • The SMETA audit is designed to help protect workers from unsafe conditions, overwork, discrimination, low pay, and forced labour.
2. WRAP: Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production is the world’s largest independent certification program focused on the apparel, footwear, and sewn products sectors. Achieving a WRAP certification is a collaborative approach, working with facilities to ensure they remain in compliance with our 12 Principles. Facilities must be actively engaged, ensuring effective management systems are in place and demonstrating that they can and do fulfill their social compliance obligations.
3. amfori BSCI: The Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) is an industry-driven movement that aims to monitor and assess workplace standards across the global supply chain. amfori BSCI audit helps a business monitor its supply chain to ensure that all suppliers are treating workers ethically and legally.
4. ICS: Initiative for Compliance and Sustainability actions are based on a common methodology applied by all ICS members and securing a complete control of the audit process by brands. ICS audits are mandated and managed by member companies. Audit launch is a member prerogative, which ensures a total control of the use of ICS tools. Audits are only performed by third party ICS-accredited audit companies. ICS audits are neither certificates nor labels. ICS members share common monitoring rules when critical non-conformities are identified in the factories. The vast majority of ICS audits are semi announced or unannounced.
5. FLA: Fair Labor Association offers membership programs for companies in the agriculture and manufacturing sectors to help them achieve Fair Labor Accreditation through a rigorous multi-year evaluation process. Its Fair Labor Standards improve working conditions and align with international labor rights frameworks such as ILO standards, UN Guiding Principles, and global supply chain laws. Through collaboration with businesses, universities, and civil society organizations, FLA helps companies create meaningful improvements for workers worldwide.
6. SA8000: The SA8000 Standard is the world’s leading global certification program for social accountability in the workplace. There are 9 Core Elements of SA8000 such as Child Labor, Forced and Compulsory Labor, Health and Safety, Freedom of Association & Right to Collective Bargaining, Discrimination, Disciplinary Practices, Working Hours, Remuneration, and Management Systems.
7. Code of Conduct (COC): The audit standard which is designed as per respective client’s requirements.
8. Generic Standard: The generic social audit standards are the benchmark standards developed by responsible third-party audit firms.

Technical Audit: To assess the quality management system and implementation throughout the production processes to ensure the quality and safety of the products. The technical audit provides manufacturers:

• Improved product quality and consistency through evaluation of production processes and technical controls.
• Identification of operational inefficiencies, defects, and process gaps that may affect productivity or quality.
• Better compliance with customer requirements, industry standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Reduced production risks, waste, rework, and manufacturing costs.
• Enhanced supplier and factory performance through stronger process management and technical capability assessment.
• Increased customer confidence and business credibility, especially for international buyers and certification requirements.
• Improved workplace safety, equipment maintenance, and production reliability.
• Support for continuous improvement and long-term operational excellence.

The manufacturers frequently face GMP, SQP, TQP, FQA, FCCA… etc.

Security Audit is a systematic, comprehensive evaluation of supply chain of an organization's information systems, physical facilities, and operational procedures. It measures existing security controls against industry best practices to identify vulnerabilities, assess risk exposure, and verify compliance with regulatory standards. The security audit criteria mainly focuses on

1. Security Vision & Responsibility
2. Risk Assessment
3. Business Partners
4. Cybersecurity
5. Conveyance and Instruments of International Traffic Security
6. Seal Security
7. Procedural Security
8. Agricultural Security
9. Physical Security
10. Physical Access Controls
11. Personnel Security
12. Education, Training and Awareness

The popular security audit programs are C-TPAT, SCAN, SCS, Generic Standards, and AEO.

Product Certifications

• GOTS: The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) was developed by leading standard setters to define world-wide recognized requirements for organic textiles. GOTS is the worldwide leading textile processing standard for Organic Fibres including Enviromental Criteria, backed up by Third-Party Certification of All Processing Stages. GOTS certified final products may include fibre products, yarns, fabrics, clothes, home textiles, mattresses, personal hygiene products, as well as food contact textiles and more.
• Textile Exchange: Textile Exchange is a global non-profit driving beneficial impacts on climate and nature across the fashion, textile, and apparel industry. There are various standards under Textile Exchange such as CCS, GRS, RCS, OCS, RAF (RAS, RWS, RMS), and RDS.
• BCI: Better Cotton Initiative (BCI)

Chain of Custody Standard:

Outlines how Better Cotton is traced through the supply chain, ensuring credible claims via segregation or mass balance, proper documentation, and traceability.

Independent Assessment

Verifies that Retailer & Brand Members measure cotton consumption using Better Cotton’s methodology, Improving data accuracy.

SFA: The Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA) represents a global alliance of supply chain actors, stakeholders, and industry experts with a mission to drive positive change in natural fibre value chains. The SFA aims to minimize the environmental impact of cashmere and other animal fibres, safeguard livelihoods, and improve animal welfare standards.

1. ISO 9001:2015 - Quality Management System (QMS)
   • Demonstrate your organization’s commitment to delivering consistent quality products and services.
   • Enhance customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.
2. ISO 14001:2015 - Environmental Management System (EMS)
   • Improve your environmental performance and reduce your ecological footprint.
   • Achieve compliance with legal and regulatory environmental requirements.
3. ISO 45001:2018 - Occupational Health & Safety Management System
   • Prioritize workplace safety and employee well-being.
   • Minimize workplace risks and ensure compliance with safety regulations.
4. ISO 13485:2016 - Medical Devices Quality Management System
   • Ensure the quality and safety of medical devices across their lifecycle.
   • Comply with international regulatory requirements.
5. ISO 22000:2018 - Food Safety Management System (FSMS)
   • Manage and control food safety hazards.
   • Build trust in your food products among consumers and stakeholders.
6. ISO 28000:2007 - Supply Chain Security Management System
   • Enhance the security of your supply chain operations.
   • Mitigate risks and improve resilience against disruptions.

1. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)

• An international standard that demonstrates a commitment to food safety. It's a system that analyzes and controls biological, chemical, and physical hazards in food production, preparation, handling, and consumption.

2. GMP: Good Manufacturing Practices audit evaluates a food facility’s manufacturing practices, hygiene, and safety protocols against established baseline standards. It ensures a facility consistently produces safe food by assessing everything from employee practices and pest control to equipment maintenance and sanitation.
3. BRCGS: The BRCGS Food Safety Global Standard is the most widely accepted food safety standard in the world.

SLCP: The Social and Labor Convergence Program (SLCP) is a multi-stakeholder initiative committed to improving working conditions in global supply chains. SLCP addresses the burden of redundant and resource-intensive social audits by offering a streamlined solution. SLCP’s universal social assessment tool, the Converged Assessment Framework (CAF), provides credible and actionable data, enabling stakeholders to redirect resources towards meaningful improvements.

Higg Facility Environmental Module is an environmental assessment tool for manufacturing facilities that measures performance across key impact areas such as energy and GHG emissions, water, wastewater, waste, air emissions, chemical management, and environmental governance.