Social Accountability Compliance for Apparel and Textile Exporters

Course Description

Social Accountability compliance has emerged as one of the most complex challenges before the garment industry. In recent years, Asian vendors had failed to meet the code of conduct standards given by buyers. Thus, affecting hundreds of factories to close down. There are still thousands of small factories that cannot cope doing businesses with large brands as they do not know how to meet the code of conduct requirements. Buyers, on the other hand, are increasing pressure and raising the bar with new demands. A factory is often faced with multiple codes of conduct and has many audits and monitoring visits. The challenge, therefore, is to ensure that they meet the code of conduct audit every time and stay competitive. This training is a great opportunity to understand the issues, challenges and solutions from a renowned expert.

Who Should Attend

HR Managers, Compliance Managers/Auditors, Admin. Managers/Supervisors, Security Supervisors, Factory Managers, Factory Owners.

Objective

The aims of this subject are to:

* Gain a strategic insight into factory compliance programs of buyers
* Learn how to pass buyers' compliance audit every time
* Learn to develop compliance systems
* Learn to develop internal controls and monitoring
* Learn to use compliance as a competitive advantage in the global market
* Learn to develop Best Practices in Compliance

Subject Content

Subject Topics	Sub Topics	Specific Learning Outcomes
Introduction to Social Accountability Compliance	1.An overview of code of conduct compliance programs 2.Why buyers have code of conduct compliance programs? 3.Various industry standards i.e. WRAP, FLA, SA 8000 etc. 4.Key challenges of compliance in the region. 5.New trends in code of conduct compliance	A sound understanding of social accountability issues, standards, background, importance and trends for better management of buyer audits.
Code of Conduct Standards	1.General Principles 2.Labor and Wage Standards 3.Health and Safety Standards 4.Environmental Standards 5.C-TPAT Standards	Understand code of conduct for effective implementation.
Audit and Monitoring Process	1.Difference between audit and monitoring 2.Audit and Monitoring techniques and procedures. 3.Administrative procedures 4.Audit payment 5.Do’s and Don’t during an audit	• Familiar with audit process and procedures • Know Do’s and Don’t of audits
Preparing for a successful Code of Conduct Audit	1.Planning for an audit 2.Specific steps to be taken 3.Special care for zero-tolerance issues 4.Documentation requirements 5.Required Records	Able to prepare for an audit in a structured way minimizing the probability for errors.
How to pass compliance audits every time, without failure	1.Practical tips for ensuring a successful audit. 2.Most common violations/mistakes	• Aware of success factors of an audit • Able to avoid commonly found violations leading to failed
Internal Controls audits.	Developing Internal Monitoring System	• Able to develop and design internal controls and monitoring system for sustained compliance.
How to prepare for social accountability system certification	1.Social Accountability Systems 2.Systems Approach	• Understand social accountability systems approach. • Understand how to build compliance systems. • Able to prepare the factory for certifications.
Best Practices	Developing Best Practices to win buyers’ confidence.	• Aware of best practices • Able to develop best practices
Competitive Advantage of Compliance	1.How to use compliance to your competitive advantage. 2.Compliance presentations	• Understand ways and tools to use compliance as a competitive advantage

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Course Code	:	SAC
Course Duration	:	14Hours - 2 Full Days
Course Fees	:	Actual Cost	SDF Grant	Amount to Pay (Approved for SMEs Only)
		S$320.00	S$56.00	S$264.00 (TaFf Members)
		S$350.00	S$56.00	S$294.00 (Non Members)