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Coming Events
Responsible Electronics: Human Rights Symposium
Brussels, March 19-20, 2014
13th Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative Workshop
Brussels, March 17-18, 2014
Ethical Sourcing Forum
New York City
March 27-28
SAI to Present on
Worker - Manager Collaboration to Achieve Rapid Results and Drive Sustainable Change
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Pillars in Practice Program
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Training Courses
-Getting Started in Your Company
-Building Your Internal Social Performance Team
Bangalore, India
April 21-25
Santiago, Chile
April 21-25
SA8000 Advanced Auditor Training
Mexico City, Mexico
NGOs & Trade Unions
Complimentary seats available for NGO & trade union representatives. For more information, email SAI Training Coordinator Stephanie Wilson at ECrain@sa-intl.org.
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Social Accountability International (SAI) is a non-profit, multi-stakeholder organization established to advance the human rights of workers by promoting decent work conditions, labor rights, and corporate social responsibility through voluntary standards and capacity building.
SAI is headquartered in the United States with field representation in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, India, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Philippines, Switzerland, and UAE.
SAI- Human Rights at Work
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Brazil Worker Engagement: Participant Views
Participants Speak out on the Program
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Last month, we shared some of the positive results as companies in Waves 1-3 of our Brazil Worker Engagement Program completed their 100-day Social Fingerprint Rapid Results (SFRR) projects in Occupational Health and Safety. This week we share participant comments on the program.
"Before, my collaborators had some fears to talk to the supervisors, now with the project the access is different and we can address any problem." (Worker, T Christina)
"We have a lot of projects at our company, but this project went deeper
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Clarifying Confusion with SA8000
Interview with SAI Director of Field Services Doug DeRuisseau to discuss Common Questions Associated with SA8000 Certification
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SAI HQ: Can a certified company have one or more worker representatives even though there is a Trade Union representing some of the workers in the facility?
Doug DeRuisseau: In most circumstances, we would expect that the trade union representative will function as the worker representative. It is certainly possible, however, that a worker representative (or more if needed) could be selected within the company by their peers regardless of the fact that there are some union members represented by a Trade Union. The goal is to ensure workers have the right to exercise their choice to elect their representative(s) through free elections and it would be up to them to decide in this matter. Management cannot interfere with Read More >>
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SA8000:2014 Standard Public Consultation Open
Interested Parties Continue to Submit Comments and Suggestions on the Draft SA8000:2014
SAI continues to invite all interested parties to participate in the revision of the SA8000 standard. For 60-days, beginning December 18, 2013 and ending on February 16, 2014, a proposal for the 2014 version of SA8000 is open for public consultation. SAI hopes many stakeholders as possible will participate in the consultation process-- by entering their comments in a tool created using Survey Monkey. The more comments received, the more confident SAI is in revising the standard in line with the expectations of its users. Here is the link to the Public Consultation platform and to the Standard revision page on the SAI website.
All comments will be transparently exhibited on the SAI website, and a report will be posted following the close of the consultation period, discussing which comments
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Pillars in Practice Multi-stakeholder Advisory Committee
Concluding MACs in Bangladesh, Nicaragua, and Zimbabwe
On March 5, 11 and 26 the concluding Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Committees (MACs) of the Pillars in Practice Project will take place in Dhaka, Bangladesh; Managua, Nicaragua; and Harare, Zimbabwe, respectively. Hosted by the local implementing partners CSR Centre (Bangladesh), uniRSE (Nicaragua) and ZELA (Zimbabwe) and international partner, the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR), the MACs will focus on the project's status in advancing the knowledge, understanding and implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Read More >>
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Tainted Carpets
SAI Supports Harvard Report's Call for Cooperative Inspections
TAINTED CARPETS, an investigative report about working conditions at suppliers to Indian hand-made carpet exporters, was published by the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights , Harvard School of Public Health, at the end of January. The report was based on field research conducted by a team led by Siddarth Kara.
SAI strongly supports the report's call for more cooperation in inspections, in finding and remediating abuses-- and ultimately in enabling consumers to know they are buying carpets made only by workers of legal working age whose rights are being respected. Read More >>
To download a copy of the report, please visit http://fxb.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014/01/Tainted-Carpets-Released-01-28-14.pdf
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SAI Signs Historic Agreement with the Government of Extremadura, Spain
The Government of Extremadura takes a Step to Advance Responsible Public Procurement
On November 26, 2013, Cristina Teniente, the Vice President, Spokesman and Minister of Labor, Enterprise and Innovation of the Government of Extremadura signed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agreements with four organizations: SAI, AENOR, For�tica and Fundaci�n M�s Familia. These accords permit inclusion of enterprises certified according to the aforementioned organizations' Standards (with SAI this refers to the SA8000 Standard) to the Extremadura register of socially responsible enterprises. This is one of the Government of Extremadura's many actions to promote CSR, employment and sustainable lives in the region, an initiative
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SA8000 Auditor Trainings Courses in
Turkey and China
Snapshots from the courses that took place in Istanbul (Turkey) and Shenzhen (China)
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SA8000 Basic Auditor Training course in Istanbul, Turkey on January 27-31, 2014 with SAI Lead Trainer Doug DeRuisseau [Photo credit: Doug DeRuisseau]
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SA8000 Advanced Auditor Training course in Shenzhen, China on December 25-27, 2013 with SAI Lead Trainer Mike Lee [Photo credit: Phoenix Zhang]
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Highlights & Announcements
International Workshop on Worker-Management Dialogue in China: Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions Dec. 17, 2013, SAI trainer Jane Liu attended the International Workshop on Worker-Management Dialogue in China: Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions" organized by IDH, GIZ, and China WTO Tribune, in Guangzhou, China.
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SAI's Jane Liu (pictured middle) participating in a panel on program methodology and worker-manager dialogue in China
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The workshop focused on public private cooperation and Worker-Management Dialogue in China. Gathered were Tchibo-GIZ WE (Worldwide Enhancement of Social Quality), ILO SCORE (Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises) and IDH Electronics Program WMD (Worker Management Dialogue). Discussion centered around challenges, opportunities and solutions of Worker Management Dialogue in China. More than 60 participants from associations, multinational corporations, service providers, suppliers and NGOs attended this workshop and joined the interactive discussion.
Jane Liu was invited as one of the key speakers to share her experiences around the questions such as' Which programs and methodologies are most suitable for China' and 'What challenges exist and what success factors can be defined for up-scaling worker-management dialogue?
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