Responsible Sourcing Solutions UL Responsible Sourcing is a trusted advisor and global provider of monitoring, training and consulting services that help clients manage supply chain risks and reach their corporate responsibility goals.
Monitoring Annually, UL Responsible Sourcing conducts over 20,000 audits of factories, farms, processing plants and warehouses, and has a footprint in more than 140 countries. We are accredited monitors for WRAP, ICTI and SA8000, and are active in a broad range of monitoring initiatives like BSCI, EICC, SEDEX, ICS and FFC. In an effort to continually align with social compliance industry best practices, we are participating in the GSCP equivalency process.
Monitoring services include: • Social compliance audits • Due diligence assessments • Conformity Certification Audits for the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) • Conflict mineral and raw material traceability assessments • Brand protection assessments, chain of custody audits and anti-counterfeit audits • Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) audits • Environmental assessments • Human trafficking and slavery audits
Expanded Services Capacity and Management Advisory Services (CMAS) and a proprietary online CAPA system assist in the implementation and measurement of the corrective active process.
Training and Education UL Responsible Sourcing offers a wide array of classroom and E-learning opportunities for brands, retailers, suppliers and factories in over 15 languages.
Program Development and Management Drawing from extensive industry knowledge and best practices, UL Responsible Sourcing delivers innovative solutions through customized services that establish, assess, track and measure supply chain sustainability programs.
Research and Advisory Services With a global network of in-house researchers in over 30 countries, UL Responsible Sourcing maintains comprehensive libraries of country labor profiles, annual CSR risk indices, global minimum wage lists and best practices manuals. Our extensive research capability provides auditors immediate access to specific laws during the audit process, informs clients with key insights and intelligence to make critical business sourcing decisions, and positions UL Responsible Sourcing as a thought-leader in the supply chain responsibility space.
UL and the UL logo are trademarks of UL LLC © 2012. Form MC101 / 06.15.12 ACCREDITATIONS Social Accountability International (SA8000, InterAction PvO Standards) REGIONAL OFFICES Fair Labor Association (FLA) USA . Los Angeles, CA International Council of Toy Industries (ICTI CARE Process) USA . Hoboken, NJ Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) China . Shenzhen Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) Greater Asia . Hong Kong Southeast Asia . Jakarta, Indonesia APPROVED MONITORS FOR Indian subcontinent . New Delhi, India Europe . Reading, UK Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) Europe . Frankfurt, GER SEDEX Members Ethical Trade Audit (SMETA) Latin America . Puebla, Mexico Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) Code of Conduct Latin America . Sao Paulo, Brazil Initiative Clause Sociale (ICS) A number of other industry and client-specific monitoring programs SATELLITE LOCATIONS MEMBERSHIPS Canada . Toronto, ON Vietnam United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Canada . Vancouver, BC Cambodia International Federation of Inspection Agencies (IFIA) China . Shanghai Pakistan AccountAbility International (AA) China . Ningbo Bangladesh Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) China . Xiamen Russia California Fashion Association (CFA) China . Qingdao Italy American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) China . Suzhou Germany Fashion Jewelry and Accessories Trade Association (FJATA) China . Hangzhou Spain China . Guangzhou Turkey China . Zhongshan UAE China . Dongguan Egypt Korea South Africa Japan Brazil Taiwan Peru Thailand El Salvador The Philippines Guatemala
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THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED TO CONVEY LEGAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. UL RESPONSIBLE SOURCING DOES NOT PROVIDE UL and the UL logo are trademarks of UL LLC © 2012. Form MC101 / 06.15.12 LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH ITS PROGRAMS.