129502 Resource 94086 93210 94146 1149060171927 1201210617832 Controlled Environmental Risk and the China Supply Chain

Including Subcontractors in Risk Mitigation

International standards have been launched to promote environmental compliance in China. Global companies have realized that they cannot limit accountability to their first-tier suppliers. In order to mitigate risk to the company subcontractors must be included in your risk sampling, otherwise you may end up failing to protect your brand. <br /><br />The SA8000 standard specifically addresses subcontractors and requires suppliers to be responsible for ensuring compliance. In addition to including subcontractors in your code of conduct, it is also crucial to monitor the implementation of the SA8000 standard at the subcontractor level. <br /><br />Currently, the impact of SA8000 in China on the direct improvement in working conditions in individual factories is slight. The main impact may lie in the longer term.&nbsp; Although the number of SA8000 certified factories is increasing, there has been no breakthrough, either in China or elsewhere. However, there are examples of specific cases where the implementation of the standard have made a difference. <br /><br />See: <b class="big">The Costly SA8000 in China(2)</b> 9 application/xml false china environmental risks china sourcing china supply china supply chain risk FTSE4Good global sourcing global supply chain global supply chain risks green supply chain SA8000 Human Rights and Ethical Supply Chain http://www.sa-intl.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=472 Importance of Incorporating Subctractors in Environmental Compliance Efforts http://scm.ncsu.edu/public/hot/hot050822.html Chinese Firms Increasingly Presssured to Meet Criteria http://english.people.com.cn/200407/06/eng20040706_148628.html Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 Establish 208.105.4.154 false true false false true 187565 false false true false false false true 94086 blog blogsite/ChinaSupplyChain/web