Our Objectives

Social responsibility in global trade

Acting socially responsible in a globalised economy has become a major issue for trade as tough competition and decreasing tolerance with regard to poor working conditions in production facilities represent a huge challenge for retailing companies as well as for suppliers. How can retailers and suppliers meet requirements of high quality, low prices and socially fair produced goods?

The BSCI…..

• offers a common approach for European commerce
• provides standardized Management Tools for all countries
• supplies a database: information pool to optimise coordination of the process
• is open to retailers, importers and manufacturers
• covers all consumer goods
• is transparent
• involves stakeholders in Europe and supplier countries

Dialogue with society

The whole process is accompanied by local and European stakeholder networks, which will ensure the spread, and in the long term local ownership of the process. Cooperation with non-governmental organisations, governmental authorities, trade unions and associations will also ensure social acceptance and independence of the system.

Win-Win for parties involved

The BSCI is beneficial for all participants:

• More efficient implementation procedures than other monitoring systems
• Saves cost and time through prevention of multiple auditing
• Optimizes working conditions
• Increases productivity
• Higher product quality
• Higher satisfaction for workers and consumers
• Same requirements for all suppliers involved through their customers