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Social Audit

A social responsibility audit is a comprehensive evaluation of a company's policies and practices concerning its impact on society. This includes assessing how the company interacts with its employees, customers, suppliers, and the wider community. It goes beyond just financial performance and delves into the social aspects of the business.

This type of audit examines crucial areas like working conditions, child labor prevention, and the company's contributions to social causes, to ensure compliance with social compliance standards. For example, are your factories providing safe and healthy environments for your workers?

Why Conduct a Social Responsibility Audit?

Social responsibility is critical for brand owners and retailers, and undergoing social audit can be a powerful tool to assess their impact across their entire operations. Here's how social responsibility can benefit them:

  • Improve brand perception and connect the brand with meaningful causes. A corporate social responsibility (CSR) audit helps align your brand with values your customers care about. Demonstrating a commitment to ethical and responsible business practices builds customer trust and loyalty, leading to improved brand perception.
  • A CSR audit helps pinpoint areas where a brand can improve its social impact, such as ensuring fair working hours and responsible sourcing of materials within their supply chain. For example, it can uncover if there are any instances of forced and compulsory labor in the supply chain.
  • Improve the bottom line by supporting sustainability, ethics, and efficiency. Social responsibility can help brand owners and retailers reduce costs, waste, and risks, as well as increase innovation, productivity, and customer loyalty.
  • A social compliance audit ensures that your supply chain adheres to ethical labor practices and environmental standards. This can help you avoid costly legal issues and reputational damage. For instance, adhering to environmental laws in textile dying.
  • Increase consumer and employee engagement. Social responsibility can help brands and retailers attract and retain customers and employees whose values align with the brand's vision and mission. Customers and employees are more likely to be satisfied, loyal and motivated when they feel that they are contributing to a positive social impact.
  • Enhance the brand's image and stand out from the competition, building a reputation as a leader in their industry and community. It can also help them comply with laws and regulations, as well as meet the expectations of stakeholders such as investors, suppliers, and customers.
A positive social audit report demonstrating the brand's commitment to responsible business practices, including ensuring compliance with labor laws and environmental regulations, can be a powerful marketing tool.

ECQA Social Audit Services Aspects

ECQA provides cost-effective social audit services for buyers, retailers, and manufacturers. We conduct supplier inspections based on standards like SA8000, ETI, BSCI, and large retailer codes of conduct. Our services ensure your compliance with ethical and responsible business practices.

Our social audit includes the following aspects:
  1. Prevention of Child Labor
  2. Elimination of Forced and Compulsory Labor
  3. Non-Discrimination Policies
  4. Fair Working Hours
  5. Fair Remuneration (wages)
  6. Ensuring Health and Safety
  7. Ethical Disciplinary Practices
  8. Protection of Freedom of Association
  9. Effective Management Systems
  10. Environment protection

How to Implement a Social Audit?

Companies dedicated to social responsibility should engage third-party social audit services such as ECQA to thoroughly assess their supply chain and ensure ethical labor practices. A social audit is not just about checking product quality, it is a critical tool for evaluating the overall societal impact of your business operations. ECQA's service offers comprehensive supplier evaluation, thorough on-site assessments, verification of compliance and more
  • Free consultation

Conduct Social Audit inspection and streamline your supply chain with ECQA. Experience a stress-free, compliant, and quality-assured start to your production journey. Our team of audit experts is here to assist you every step of the way.

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