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 SA8000
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What is SA 8000?
- Released in October 1997, the Social Accountability 8000(or SA 8000) Standard is the first global ethical standard.
- SA 8000 has been developed based on the conventions of the International Labour Organization, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child. It is applicable to all companies regardless of scale, industry and location
- Its objective is to ensure ethical sourcing and production of goods and services.
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Why was SA 8000 developed?
- Consumers and other stakeholders have become increasingly concerned about whether products have been manufactured under conditions of violation of human rights, child labor and discrimination – as often reported by the media.
- The existing management of many companies cannot adequately cope with the myriad demands imposed by labour laws, codes of conduct of individual companies, as well as their stakeholders.
- A greater challenge is to effectively monitor whether the manufacturers and suppliers have implemented
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