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Yiwu,the country's first corporate social responsibility standards

Source: Yiwu sourcing agent    Author:       Date: 2009-05-23

The country's first corporate social responsibility "Yiwu standards" in the success of the pilot Beiyuan streets. In the afternoon of May 22 meeting, held in recognition of the summing up, the first pilot of the 92 large-scale enterprises, 56 enterprises have been in recognition of certification, of which 14 enterprises have been certified as commentary, "the most social responsibility Yiwu enterprises . "

The expense of social responsibility to reduce costs

Equally likely to lose orders

With economic globalization and the rapid development of international trade, corporate social responsibility is increasingly becoming a matter of concern to the public. The city's foreign trade enterprises to export-oriented labor-intensive and mostly found in the survey, in the global supply chain in Yiwu enterprises, multinational companies in developed countries will suffer from the standard of corporate social responsibility "to launch an attack."

"The current standards will suffer for the 'attack' of these enterprises, the greatest impact is the social responsibility of inspection, followed by the certification standards of social responsibility." Institute of Public Administration, Zhejiang University Professor Yao Xianguo president said that a large number of cases to Yiwu enterprises sounded the alarm: not to reduce costs and possible loss of orders; but at the expense of social responsibility to reduce costs over the same risk of losing their orders.

In view of this, in May 2008, the city of the Union together with the Zhejiang University of Labor and Social Security with the Joint Research Center for Public Policy Studies, issued a response to the city of export enterprises, migrant workers and other characteristics of the large number of "corporate social responsibility standards assessment card system Yiwu "and in September the same year the streets early in the Beiyuan pilot industrial functional areas.

Comment card at level 5

Different levels of "treatment" of different

Corporate social responsibility "Yiwu standards", including labor relations, social relations, the natural relationship between the three categories A total of 15 major items involved in the specific content of 57 indicators of the three standards.

Comments by the business permit process to provide relevant information; after Yiwu Corporate Social Responsibility Audit Commission assessment certificate; again by a third party (Zhejiang University, Institute of Public Administration) of the assessment index system certification of enterprises assessment certificates; Finally, the results of assessment certificate media publicity to mobilize the public comment cards to evaluate corporate social responsibility. This comprehensive set of assessment methods, so that corporate social responsibility "Yiwu standards" comment cards, a "government-led trade unions to take the lead, coordination among various departments, enterprises, social participation," the common behavior.

In this pilot public vote to determine the 24 public enterprises, the leading group for comment cards were received from a variety of selected enterprises and the society to vote 831,596. To participate in the 92 pilot enterprises for the last assessment certificate A, B, C, D, E grade five. Of A, B-class enterprises to implement preferential policies to give appropriate incentives; of C, D-class enterprises to promote their on-grade; of E-class problems, the management departments will strengthen supervision and promote its reform.

Social responsibility to cultivate the field of the world

The first well-known brands geographical

Europe and the United States prevailing standard SA8000 certification assessment, focusing on labor relations are conducted, the lack of resources, and environment considerations. And "Yiwu standards" to the evaluation of labor relations, natural and social relations as the focus. Its purpose is to corporate social responsibility into the track of standardization of public administration to promote corporate social responsibility in areas ranging from "self-restraint" to "social constraints" change.

"We will spare no effort to 'Yiwu standard' to cultivate the food industry, like the 'green', household appliance industry, 'CCC' certification as a mandatory product certification Yiwu regional brands." Trade union leaders said the city when the time is ripe, will be designed a corporate social responsibility, most signs of Yiwu. Through the cultivation of three to five years so that the "Yiwu standard" has become well-known trade marks and geographical Yiwu famous as the world in the field of social responsibility, the first regional brands.



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