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Wal-mart Ethical Sourcing Experts
InTouch understands the pressures from Wal-mart put on their suppliers and has successfully executed hundreds of programs for factories and suppliers that supply this retail giant. Our experience ranges from “rescuing” factories who are on their last “strike” (meaning they have already had serious violations in previous audits and must improve in a last audit attempt), to working with factories on sustainability and energy conservation campaigns which have a significant and clearly reported result on the local environment.
In these programs our senior-level ethical sourcing and social compliance auditors work with your factories and vendors on a variety of issues, and help you prepare the paper work required to either become a new vendor, or maintain your current standing as one.
Such programs may address these aspects of the Wal-mart Ethical Sourcing initiative:
- Energy and Climate – Evaluating facilities sustainability rating, including energy and climate, and initiating “next steps” for improvement in the vendor base.
- Efficiency – Evaluating your supply chain for efficiency and working with your organization on programs which reduce waste and enhance quality.
- Natural Resources – Natural resource preservation campaigns.
- People and Community – Our evaluations will document and help you better understand the exact location and relationships involved in your supply-chain, and initiate community development projects as needed.
- Social Compliance – If systems are in place for social compliance monitoring, InTouch will ensure they are in-line with Wal-mart requirements. If you have yet to develop systems then we will build them for you.
Such programs may require only one simple audit, or can include more involved on-site monitoring and consultation. Contact us for more information on how we can build a program that’s right for you and we’ll let you no longer need to worry about this issue.
