Are you commited to the social and ethical aspects of your business?

1. Social Accountability Are you commited to the social and ethical aspects of your business?

2. Social Accountability - SA 8000 • What is SA 8000 ? • Who is behind it? • What’s in it for business? • What are the critics saying? • Who are certified? • How is DNV doing? • Summary • Questions

3. Social Accountability - SA 8000 • What is SA 8000 ? • Who is behind it? • What’s in it for business? • What are the critics saying? • Who are certified? • How is DNV doing? • Summary • Questions

4. General What is SA 8000 ? • SA 8000 is an auditable standard • Ensures ethical sourcing of goods and services • Based on: • Universal declaration of Human Rights • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child • 11 Conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO) • Modelled after the established ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards

5. General What is SA 8000 ? SA 8000 is both a performance standard and a management system standard. The standard contains: • Predetermined performance requirements (criteria) • Requirements for a management system and thus the assessment consists of two elements: • Performance evaluation based on criteria • Evaluation of the management system, which is a tool to achieve the performance targets defined by the criteria

6. The standard requirements What is SA 8000 ? • SA 8000 stipulates nine requirements: 1. Minimum age 2. Forced Labour 3. Occupational Health and Safety 4. Freedom of Association and Right to organise 5. Discrimination 6. Disciplinary Practices 7. Hours of Work 8. Compensation 9. Management Systems

7. Social Accountability - SA 8000 • What is SA 8000 ? • Who is behind it? • What’s in it for business? • What are the critics saying? • Who are certified? • How is DNV doing? • Summary • Questions

8. Amnesty International Human Rights Watch Avon Products Toys R Us The Body Shop Reebok History of SA 8000 Who is behind it? SA 8000 is developed by the Council on Economic Priorities Accreditation Agency (CEPAA), known today as Social Accountability International (SAI), and 25 other organisations, such as: others

9. Social Accountability - SA 8000 • What is SA 8000 ? • Who is behind it? • What’s in it for business? • What are the critics saying? • Who are certified? • How is DNV doing? • Summary • Questions

10. Publicity is not always good... What’s in it for business?

11. Information chief Mr Kvam of Tiedemanns Tobakksfabrikk Companies Code of Conduct What’s in it for business? Good intentions are not always enough... Let’s get it straight, in principle we oppose child labour.

12. Social Accountability - SA 8000 • What is SA 8000 ? • Who is behind it? • What’s in it for business? • What are the critics saying? • Who are certified? • How is DNV doing? • Summary • Questions

13. Trustworthiness is the issue What are the critics saying? “SA 8000: Escape Route for Corporate Accountability” • Lack of Transparency: • Criteria for appointment to the advisory board are unknown • “Inside-trading” • Majority of members in advisory board come from the business sector • Weak competence of auditors and auditing companies • “Façade of Public Monitoring”- involvement of NGOs • Workers roles in auditing and certification process • Only the large corporations can afford this… negative loop

14. Social Accountability - SA 8000 • What is SA 8000 ? • Who is behind it? • What’s in it for business? • What are the critics saying? • Who are certified? • How is DNV doing? • Summary • Questions

15. 66 SA 8000 certified facilities Almost 50 % of all certificates in China 67 % of all certificates in Asia In Europe: most certificates in Italy Only three certificates in the Americas (one in US and two in Brazil) Certified companies Who are certified?

16. Toy manufacturers Clothing and shoes manufacturers Automotive industry Food Industries Who are certified?

17. Social Accountability - SA 8000 • What is SA 8000 ? • Who is behind it? • What’s in it for business? • What are the critics saying? • Who are certified? • How is DNV doing? • Summary • Questions

18. SA8000 REGISTERED FIRM DET NORSKE VERITAS DNV’s Accreditation How is DNV doing? • DNV is one of the few companies accreditedby the CEPAA to perform SA 8000 audits and to issue accredited certificates • Issued the 1st Certificate in August 1998 • Service fits well with our corporate objective of “safeguarding…”

19. Market share How is DNV doing? • Close to 30 % of issued certificates (19 out of 66) • Covers: • Toys • Sport shoes • Textile • Food Services • Automobile Services sectors

20. Why choose DNV as your certification partner ? Trained Auditors DNV have trained SA 8000 auditors in: • China • India • Vietnam • Singapore • Japan • Americas • Europe

21. Social Accountability - SA 8000 • What is SA 8000 ? • Who is behind it? • What’s in it for business? • What are the critics saying? • Who are certified? • How is DNV doing? • Summary • Questions

22. Social Accountability- SA 8000 Summary • SA 8000 is an universal standard for companies seeking basic rights for the workers • SA 8000 contains both performance requirements as well as requirements for a management system • SA 8000 is an auditable standard, modelled after the established ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards • DNV is world-wide accredited for SA 8000 certification and has a market-share of 30%

23. Social Accountability - SA 8000 • What is SA 8000 ? • Who is behind it? • What’s in it for business? • What are the critics saying? • Who are certified? • How is DNV doing? • Summary • Questions

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25. Det Norske Veritas Tell the world that child labour is not part of your business - and that you treat your workers fairly.