Source: Yiwu sourcing agent Author: Date: 2009-06-06
Yiwu standard of corporate social responsibility (CSR for short), the first CSR standard in the country, was practiced successfully in Beiyuan Sub-district . 56 of the 92 large-scale enterprises were certified and cited,and 14 of them were honored as “enterprises most responsible for society in Yiwu”in the commendation meeting held on the afternoon of May 22 .
Sacrificing social responsibility for reducing cost may lose order as well
With the speeding up of economic globalization and the rapid development of international trade, people show great concern for the social responsibility of enterprises . Most Yiwu enterprises are labor-intensive and export-oriented . Related surveys reveal that Yiwu enterprises in the chain of global supply will have to meet the challenge of CSR standard of multi-national corporations in developed countries .
“As for those enterprises to meet the challenge, they will be greatly affected by social responsibility inspection and the certification of CSR standard,” said Prof . Yao Xianguo,dean of the College of Public Administration of Zhejiang University . A good many cases give Yiwu enterprises a warning that if they don't reduce cost, they may lose order,but if they sacrifice social responsibility for reducing cost, they may lose order as well.
Cooperating with the Research Center of Labor Economics & Public Policy,Zhejiang University ,Yiwu L a b o r Un i o n launched the estimation system of CSR Yiwu standard in May,2008,which was based
on t h e c i t y 's particular conditions,such as the large number of export-oriented e n t e r p r i s e s a n d m i g r a n t workers . The estimation system was practiced in the industrial zone of Beiyuan Sub-street in September,2008.
CSR Yiwu standard has five grades
CSR Yiwu standard includes 15 general clauses in three kinds of relations named labor relations, social relations and natural relations,involving 57 specific standards .
To get the certification involves four steps . First , enterprises must submit related documents to the authentication committee . Secondly,the authentication committee examines the documents and confirms the qualification . Thirdly,the third party (the College of Public Administration,Zhejiang University) assesses the related enterprises in compliance with the authentication system . Last,the result of the assessment is publicized through mass media to receive the citizens' assessment on the social responsibility of those enterprises .
The authentication committee received 831,596 votes for the 24 publicized enterprises from other enterprises and all circles of society . The 92 enterprises joining in the pilot program were group edin to five grades.
Enterprises classed as A or B grade will be awarded and enjoy policy support . Enterprises classed as C or D grade will be urged to improve . And those classed as Egrade will be urged to rectify and strictly supervised by the related departments .
Yiwu aims to create a famous regional CSR brand in the world
The SA8000 standard authentication in Europe and America is based on laborer relations, lacking the assess ment of resources and environment . While Yiwu standard focuses on laborer relations, natural resources and social relations, aiming to incorporate CSR into the standardized public administration and transform the self-discip line of enterprises into social constraint .
“We are trying to foster CSR Yiwu standard into a regional compulsory certification as green food certification in the food industry and CCC certification in the industry of household electrical appliances,” said head of Yiwu Labor Union.
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