What is SLCP?
A non-profit multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to eliminate audit fatigue in global supply chains. We provide the tools and system for a high-quality comparable data set on working conditions that can be used by all industry stakeholders. This increases transparency in supply chains, reduces the need for social audits and ultimately allows users to redeploy resources into improving working conditions.
Why was SLCP set up?
Evidence has shown that social auditing in itself does little to improve working conditions in global supply chains. Yet, over the last 20-30 years there has been a proliferation in social auditing, subjecting manufacturers to repetitive and duplicative, resource-intensive audits multiple times a year. Traditionally, there has been a lack of collaboration across the industry, with companies creating their own audit protocols and not sharing findings. SLCP was established to develop a systemic solution to this problem.
Program Goal and Overall Objective
How the Converged Assessment Framework can make a difference to improving working conditions in global supply chains:
SLCP Core Strategy
What does SLCP do?
SLCP has brought together diverse stakeholders to create and implement a common tool to reduce the time and money spent on social auditing. The aim of SLCP is to redirect savings from auditing to improving working conditions. SLCP, through the Converged Assessment Framework, enables manufacturers to take ownership of their own social and labor data. SLCP provides a single comparable data set and facilitates collaboration between stakeholders.
What is the Converged Assessment Framework?
SLCP signatories developed a common tool called the Converged Assessment Framework (CAF). The CAF results in a high-quality verified data set that has no value-judgment or scoring.
What are the benefits of SLCP verified data?
A facility can share their SLCP verified data with as many stakeholders and clients as they want. SLCP verified data is designed to be compatible with different standards or Codes of Conduct. This allows brands, retailers and standards the flexibility to add their own scoring or interpretation to the data, according to their needs. With SLCP, there is huge potential to compare data over time and across countries, regions and tiers.
Benefits of SLCP
Efficiency
Reduction in time and money spent on audits; reduction in audit fatigue.
Flexibility
Brands can score the data according to their own code of conduct.
Comprehensive Tool
Covers all data points/questions collected in nearly all other assessments and audit schemes.
Credibility
High-quality, reliable verified social and labor data.
Facility Ownership
Facilities own their data and control how it is shared.
Enabling Comparability
Provides common and comparable data - a first in the industry.
Multi-stakeholder
SLCP has been developed collaboratively by brands, manufacturers and other stakeholders.
The SLCP Story
This video tells the story about why SLCP was set up and how it has developed over the years.
