BSCI audits and training

Our suppliers are audited according to BSCI standards and helped to implement improvements. All suppliers to Charles Vögele Group are given the BSCI Code of Conduct and must confirm their compliance with BSCI standards.

Charles Vögele invites all its suppliers to introductory workshops. Charles Vögele helps suppliers implement the BSCI Code of Conduct by paying the costs of the initial audit. Charles Vögele also offers suppliers active training support so they can achieve the standards demanded by the BSCI Code of Conduct. Staff in our procurement offices are asked to give suppliers help and advice to support their efforts to implement the standards.

Subsequent supplier audits are carried out by independent, SAI-certified companies on behalf of either Charles Vögele itself or other BSCI members. The audit will rate suppliers as “good”, “improvement needed” or “critical”. In the case of “improvement needed”, measures are defined in collaboration with our local staff.

Local Charles Vögele employees also help suppliers implement these measures. A re-audit takes place within a year to give an independent assessment of how successful these measures have been. In the case of a “critical” audit judgement, Charles Vögele holds meetings with the suppliers to emphasize the importance of the issue and, hopefully, to sort out the problems together with the management.