SA 8000 Consultants & Certification in India

Championing Social Accountability: Premier SA 8000 Consultants and Certification Providers in India

SA 8000 is a standard that encourages organizations to develop, maintain, and apply socially acceptable practices in the workplace. In a world increasingly valuing ethical and socially responsible business practices, achieving SA 8000 certification is a testament to an organization’s commitment to maintaining high standards in social accountability. At [Your Company Name], we proudly stand as the foremost SA 8000 consultants and certification providers in India, dedicated to guiding businesses towards ethical and responsible operations.

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HIGHLIGHTS

Social Performance Assurance

Provides ongoing and reliable assurance that an organization is upholding social performance expectations.

Standard Recognition

Several brands that have decided to accept the SA8000 Standard as part of their social compliance program.

Cost Saving

Recognizing the Standard can result in significant savings in audit costs and to allocate resources to those facilities that need more support.

BSCI Recognized

The Foreign Trade Association’s Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) recognizes the SA8000 Standard as a credible system to detect and monitor labor conditions in their supply chains.

Certification Cost

Project Cost of Sa8000 will depend upon the number of employees and business processes of any organisation.

Sa8000:2014

SA8000:2014 is the current version of the standard ensures workers are free from employment fees and costs, must have a Health and Safety Committee and strong management system.

OVERVIEW

The SA8000® Standard is the leading social certification standard for factories and organizations across the globe. It was established by Social Accountability International in 1997 as a multi-stakeholder initiative. Over the years, the Standard has evolved into an overall framework that helps certified organizations demonstrate their dedication to the fair treatment of workers across industries and in any country.

Regular revisions ensure the Standard’s continuing applicability in the face of new and emergent social and human rights issues. Organizational buyers, independent codes of conduct, and private sector initiatives have all recognized SA8000’s multi-sector applicability and responded to growing public interest by integrating SA8000 criteria into their compliance processes. Similarly, governments wishing to encourage and strengthen social performance in the workplace have created incentive programs specifically recognizing companies with an accredited SA8000 certification.

SA 8000:2014 is the current version of the SA8000® Standard. It replaced SA 8000:2008 in June 2014. The most significant updates to the Standard as compared to SA 8000:2008 are explained here below.

Forced or Compulsory Labor
All organizations certified to SA 8000:2014 must now ensure that their workers are free from employment fees and costs.
Health and Safety
All organizations certified to SA 8000:2014 must have a Health and Safety Committee consisting of management representatives and workers, which is responsible for monitoring health and safety hazards.
Management System
SA8000:2014 places increasing emphasis on the importance of a strong management system. A management system is a set of policies, procedures, and processes that helps an organization integrate the requirements of the SA8000 Standard into its daily operations.

ELEMENTS OF SA8000

1. Child Labor

No violations involving child labor

2. Forced Labor

Ensures no forced or slave labor

3. Health and Safety

Minimizing or eliminating hazards

4. Freedom of Association

Freedom of Association and Right to Collective Bargaining

5. Discrimination

Protects workers from discrimination

6. Disciplinary Practices

Treat staff with “dignity and respect”

7. Working Hours

Working hours as per local laws

8. Remuneration

Enough to cover basic needs

9. Management System

Strong management system

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1. When and how do I receive my course Certificate of Completion?

If you pass the course exam and your course registration fee is paid in full, your certificate will be issued to you in your SAI Training Center account under the “Certificates” tab. We no longer issue print certificates.

If you do not receive your certificate within four weeks following the course and have both passed the course and paid for the course in full, please send an email to training@sa-intl.org.

2. How long is the Certificate of Course Completion valid?

SAI’s course certificates do not have an expiration date. The date of the training, however, is printed on the certificate. Once the content of the course changes substantially, we suggest that auditors interested in pursuing SA8000 certification or an auditing career attend the course again.

When the SA8000® Standard is revised, auditors must update their qualifications to audit against the new version of the standard by completing revision courses. The current version of the standard is SA8000:2014.

3. Is there flexibility in relation to compliance with the HACCP requirement?

Yes, there is certain flexibility in relation to compliance with the HACCP requirement. The legislation recognises that in food businesses undertaking low-risk activities, the prerequisite programmes (PRPs) are sufficient to control food safety without the need to develop HACCP based procedures. For more information on HACCP flexibility please refer to Guidance Note No. 11 Assessment of HACCP Compliance (Revision 2)

4.What are prerequisite hygiene requirements?

All food businesses have to comply with the prerequisite hygiene requirements which are set out in the food hygiene legislation (Regulation EC (No) 852/2004/EC) under Article 4 and in Annex II. In some cases, complying with these prerequisites may be all that is required for a food business to meet their HACCP requirement.

5 .What are the steps involved in HACCP?

There are seven HACCP principles which must be considered when developing a food safety management system:

1. Identify what could go wrong (the hazards)
2. Identify the most important points where things can go wrong (the critical control points – CCPs)
3. Set critical limits at each CCP (e.g. cooking temperature/time)
4. Carry out checks at CCPs to prevent problems occurring (monitoring)
5. Decide what to do if something goes wrong (corrective action)
6. Prove that your HACCP Plan is working (verification) and
7. Keep records of all of the above (documentation)

6. When my HACCP plan is complete do I ever need to review it?

Your HACCP plan must be kept up to date. You will need to review it from time to time, especially whenever something in your food operation changes, for example, if you decide to start hot holding food you will need to update your plan to include this additional step.

7. Is there any resource available to help me set up my own HACCP plan?

The FSAI published the Safe Catering Pack which is a tool to help caterers develop a system to manage food safety and comply with the food hygiene regulations. It presents options for businesses to choose how they are going to do this. The pack has been developed with help and expertise from the food industry and Environmental Health Officers. It is based on the principles of HACCP.