As your trusted partner in social accountability, Intertek is committed to honoring the ethical values and respect of all stakeholders, communities, as well as the natural environment.

Nowadays, customers are more and more concerned with the ethical issues behind the products they buy, including forced labor, child labor, low income and poor working conditions. With the development of social compliance responsibility, the current enterprise is not only increasingly realize the importance of corporate social responsibility but also actively explore how to work to promote social responsibility into business strategy and daily operations management, to establish a comprehensive social responsibility management system. In addition, the world's major buyers are increasingly concerned about whether their supply chain business ethics and corporate social responsibility to fulfill the performance conditions as the selection of suppliers.

Intertek is also a Social Accountability 8000 certification body, accredited by Social Accountability International in 1999, and was the first external monitor to receive accreditation to the Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production Certification Program (WRAP). Intertek has also been accredited in multiple countries by the Fair Labor Association (FLA) program, Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) Monitoring System, ICS (Initiative Clause Sociale), and the International Council of Toy Industries (ICTI) Code of Business Practices. We are continually seeking accreditation under new and emerging industry standards across industries and around the globe.

Basic requirements of social compliance audit:

• Laws & Regulations
• Wage & Benefits
• Working Hours
• Child Labor
• Force Labor
• Discrimination
• Free Association
• Disciplinary Practices
• Women Rights
• Health & Safety
• Ethical Standards
• Environment