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At Pro QC, we like Earth Day because it’s an opportunity to express our commitment to helping ensure sustainability and social responsibility within the supply chain. \u00a0Aside from reducing quality risks and cost, ensuring social responsibility improves quality of life and ultimately affects the quality of products being produced as well. 80% of CEOs recently surveyed agree that ensuring social responsibility contributes to long-term success.\u00a0 Environmental leadership is considered compatible with good returns.<\/p>\n
Standards including SA 8000, ISO 26000 and ISO 14000 are generally incorporated into SR audits. A social responsibility audit can be included in a general systems audit for an added level of assurance.<\/p>\n
Social Responsibility<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013<\/h2>\nThese evaluations focus on health and safety, discrimination, disciplinary practices, working hours, compensation, management practices, forced labor, freedom of association and child labor laws.<\/p>\n
Sustainability<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013<\/h2>\nThese evaluations combine elements of key standards along with additional elements covering energy usage, renewable energy, greenhouse gas emissions, materials and waste reduction, life cycle management, supplier\u2019s supply chain activities and more.<\/p>\n
Benefits of ensuring social responsibility include:<\/strong><\/h3>\nHuman Resources \u2013 Recruitment & Retention Benefits<\/strong>
\nHigher employee morale leads to greater rates of retention, which cuts the costs of recruiting and training new staff. In addition, a growing trend in recruitment appears to be concern regarding a company\u2019s corporate social responsibility activities.<\/p>\nIncreased Product Quality & Safety<\/strong>
\nReducing defects and accidents enhances product quality. A less fatigued and adult workforce is less likely to cause accidents or defects on the production line. In addition, a supplier that shows little concern over health and safety is more likely to produce poor quality products.<\/p>\nRisk Management<\/strong>
\nProactive corporate responsibility offsets the risks of scandals or accidents that can create unwanted attention from consumers, regulators, government or the media.<\/p>\nBrand Development<\/strong>
\nInvesting in a socially accountable supply chain benefits a company\u2019s brand by differentiating from competition and building a positive reputation in the minds of consumers.<\/p>\nStronger Management<\/strong>
\nProviding training, defining responsibility and developing manuals will strengthen the management of the company.<\/p>\nGovernment Intervention<\/strong>
\nIf businesses take voluntary steps to ensure social accountability, they are more likely to avoid mandated government regulation and taxation.<\/p>\nIn a late-2010 survey from sustainable consulting group BSR,\u00a0when asked which areas sustainable companies show the most leadership and which areas will drive ongoing business success, both questions yielded the same top answers: creating innovative products and business models designed for sustainability (40 percent leadership, 66 percent business success); measuring and demonstrating positive social and environmental impacts (39 percent for both); and responding promptly and effectively to accidents, product quality issues and other incidents (35 percent leadership, 39 percent business success).<\/p>\n
Source: Bottom-Line Benefits of Sustainability\u00a0<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nWe have written several articles that provide more info:<\/p>\n
Investing in Sustainability & Social Responsibility<\/a><\/p>\n
These evaluations combine elements of key standards along with additional elements covering energy usage, renewable energy, greenhouse gas emissions, materials and waste reduction, life cycle management, supplier\u2019s supply chain activities and more.<\/p>\n
Benefits of ensuring social responsibility include:<\/strong><\/h3>\nHuman Resources \u2013 Recruitment & Retention Benefits<\/strong>
\nHigher employee morale leads to greater rates of retention, which cuts the costs of recruiting and training new staff. In addition, a growing trend in recruitment appears to be concern regarding a company\u2019s corporate social responsibility activities.<\/p>\nIncreased Product Quality & Safety<\/strong>
\nReducing defects and accidents enhances product quality. A less fatigued and adult workforce is less likely to cause accidents or defects on the production line. In addition, a supplier that shows little concern over health and safety is more likely to produce poor quality products.<\/p>\nRisk Management<\/strong>
\nProactive corporate responsibility offsets the risks of scandals or accidents that can create unwanted attention from consumers, regulators, government or the media.<\/p>\nBrand Development<\/strong>
\nInvesting in a socially accountable supply chain benefits a company\u2019s brand by differentiating from competition and building a positive reputation in the minds of consumers.<\/p>\nStronger Management<\/strong>
\nProviding training, defining responsibility and developing manuals will strengthen the management of the company.<\/p>\nGovernment Intervention<\/strong>
\nIf businesses take voluntary steps to ensure social accountability, they are more likely to avoid mandated government regulation and taxation.<\/p>\nIn a late-2010 survey from sustainable consulting group BSR,\u00a0when asked which areas sustainable companies show the most leadership and which areas will drive ongoing business success, both questions yielded the same top answers: creating innovative products and business models designed for sustainability (40 percent leadership, 66 percent business success); measuring and demonstrating positive social and environmental impacts (39 percent for both); and responding promptly and effectively to accidents, product quality issues and other incidents (35 percent leadership, 39 percent business success).<\/p>\n
Source: Bottom-Line Benefits of Sustainability\u00a0<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nWe have written several articles that provide more info:<\/p>\n
Investing in Sustainability & Social Responsibility<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHigher employee morale leads to greater rates of retention, which cuts the costs of recruiting and training new staff. In addition, a growing trend in recruitment appears to be concern regarding a company\u2019s corporate social responsibility activities.<\/p>\n
Increased Product Quality & Safety<\/strong> Risk Management<\/strong> Brand Development<\/strong> Stronger Management<\/strong> Government Intervention<\/strong> In a late-2010 survey from sustainable consulting group BSR,\u00a0when asked which areas sustainable companies show the most leadership and which areas will drive ongoing business success, both questions yielded the same top answers: creating innovative products and business models designed for sustainability (40 percent leadership, 66 percent business success); measuring and demonstrating positive social and environmental impacts (39 percent for both); and responding promptly and effectively to accidents, product quality issues and other incidents (35 percent leadership, 39 percent business success).<\/p>\n Source: Bottom-Line Benefits of Sustainability\u00a0<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n We have written several articles that provide more info:<\/p>\n Investing in Sustainability & Social Responsibility<\/a><\/p>\n
\nReducing defects and accidents enhances product quality. A less fatigued and adult workforce is less likely to cause accidents or defects on the production line. In addition, a supplier that shows little concern over health and safety is more likely to produce poor quality products.<\/p>\n
\nProactive corporate responsibility offsets the risks of scandals or accidents that can create unwanted attention from consumers, regulators, government or the media.<\/p>\n
\nInvesting in a socially accountable supply chain benefits a company\u2019s brand by differentiating from competition and building a positive reputation in the minds of consumers.<\/p>\n
\nProviding training, defining responsibility and developing manuals will strengthen the management of the company.<\/p>\n
\nIf businesses take voluntary steps to ensure social accountability, they are more likely to avoid mandated government regulation and taxation.<\/p>\n