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.

Course Objective:

1. Various requirements of a typical social accountability code of conduct according to organizational requirements.
2. Develop an internal monitoring plan
3. Develop a social accountability management system to meet certification requirements.
4. Prepare a plan to handle buyer’s audit.
5. Perform audit and monitoring techniques and procedures based on Social Accountability Handbook for Apparel and Textile Industry.
6. Develop a presentation on company’s social accountability strengths for marketing advantage.
7. Analyze process for non-conformance according to organizational procedure and Recommend Best Practices in Social Accountability Compliance in the industry

Who Should Attend

• Compliance Managers and auditors
• HR/Administrative Officers/Managers
• Quality Assurance Managers
• Factory Managers / Supervisors
• General Managers

• Merchandisers
• Marketing Executives and Managers
• Product Development Executives and Managers
• Sourcing Executives and Managers
• QA Auditors, QC Inspectors and QA/QC Managers
• Buyers
• Production Supervisors and Managers
• Industrial Engineers, Work Study Officers