Workplace Conditions Assessment (WCA)
What is Workplace Conditions Assessment
- Workplace Conditions Assessment (WCA) program provides a powerful, web-based solution for companies and facilities seeking to improve workplace conditions efficiently and in accordance with widely accepted industry standards and best practices.
- Workplace Conditions Assessment (WCA) is an industry-agnostic and widely accepted risk-based solution in our Supply Chain Assurance suite of services. It provides an on the ground support and expertise to help companies manage Supply Chain Due Diligence specific to social and labour conditions, health & safety, environment, and business practices.
Key Benefits
Benefits to workplace conditions for your organisation:
- Risk based approach and program implementation guidance from Intertek experts, coupled with technology platform, where needed;
- Better decision-making support based on comparable benchmarks and detailed Data Analytics and Insights across the entire supply chain displayed via interactive Risk Dashboards;
- Good corporate governance and ‘preferred supplier’ status for implementing a program that is in full accordance with social and environmental industry best practices;
- Supply chain visibility and transparency beyond tier 1 and 2 with tools to identify high risk suppliers and focus your resources effectively where it matters;
- Community based sharing model to reduce audit duplication and support in Mutual Recognition Acceptance.
Workplace Conditions Assessment
Audit Methodology
Programme Consists of Five Modules Covering:
- Labour (Child/Forced Labour, Discrimination, Discipline, Harassment, Freedom of Association, Contracts);
- Wages and Hours (Wages and Benefits; Working Hours);
- Health and Safety (Work Facility, Emergency Preparedness, Occupational Injury, Machine Safety, Safety Hazards, Chemical and Hazardous Material, Dormitory, Canteen);
- Management Systems (Documentation, Records, Participation, Audits and Corrective Action Process)
- Environment (Legal Compliance, Management Systems, Waste and Air Emissions);
- Supply chain visibility and transparency beyond tier 1 and 2 with tools to identify high risk suppliers and focus your resources effectively where it matters;
- Community based sharing model to reduce audit duplication and support in Mutual Recognition Acceptance.
Why undertake a social audit?
- Social audits enable businesses to assess their suppliers, monitor health and safety for workers, and signal zero tolerance of human rights abuses such as child and forced labour.
- Once an audit is complete, buyer and supplier businesses can work together to address any issues, based on a Corrective Action Plan (CAPR).
- Using WCA to conduct social compliance Audits enables insights into the performance of your suppliers with clear scoring, heat mapping of area’s of improvement, best practice and enables your organisation to again the benefit of data driven trend insights across your supply chain and across all WCA Audits conducted globally.
Workplace Conditions Assessment Auditors
- As one of the founding members of APSCA (Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors), Intertek Auditors are both Certified CPI CSR Lead Auditors and Certified Social Compliance Auditors.
- APSCA (Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors) is an industry association, whose members represent a substantial majority of the Social Compliance audit industry. APSCA’s Certification Program of CSCA auditors is managed and issued by APSCA. Certification is only available to enrolled and eligible Member Auditors of APSCA.
- Intertek SAI Global ensure the quality, professionalism and integrity of our Auditing team through world-leading recruitment practices, training and competency assessment and an ingrained commitment to integrity.
Frequently Asked Questions
Explore some of the most frequently asked questions relating to Workplace Conditions Assessment Audits.
How can Workplace Conditions Assessments (WCA) assist in reducing the burden of over-auditing?
Will WCA Audits be widely accepted?
Why would my organisation consider WCA over other industry based social compliance Audit programmes?
Are there any membership fees involved for our organisation and our suppliers when joining the WCA community?
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