Questions about BSCI certification

Q: What is the scope of BSCI certification audit?
A: The scope of BSCI audit is that the requirements of SA8000 standard are too high and it is difficult for general factories to meet them. Therefore, when BSCI borrowed this standard, it classified the easy-to-achieve part as Part B, and the more difficult-to-implement part as Part C (recommended part). Part C is not included in the scoring in the factory inspection. Part B includes 13 major items, including: B1-Management Practice, B2-Documentary Evidence, B3-Working Hours, B4-Remuneration, B5-Child Labor/Underage Labor, B6-Forced Labor/Prisoner Labor/Discipline, B7-Freedom of Association, B8-Discrimination, B9-Working Conditions, B10-Health and Welfare Facilities, B11-Occupational Safety and Health, B12-Dormitories, B13-Environment. Each major item contains 3 to 20 problem points. Some serious items of these problem points will directly lead to 0 points in the factory inspection.

Q: How to apply for BSCI certification as a factory?
A: If it is other members, such as customers like Metro and JOKA, the factory only needs to apply to the notary office. The notary office will determine the man-days and fees for the factory inspection based on the number of people in the factory. For factories with less than 100 people, the man-days will be 1.5. As the number of people increases, the man-days will be increased accordingly according to the BSCI standards. After the factory deposits the factory inspection fee into the notary office account, the notary office will arrange the auditor's schedule. Generally, the factory inspection will be carried out about one month after payment, depending on the task arrangement of the notary office. If the notary office has a lot of tasks during this period, it may take a long time to queue up. If it is in July and August every year, which is the traditional off-season for these notary offices, the arrangement will be faster accordingly.

Q: How long does it take to get the BSCI audit results and how to check them?
A: On the day of the audit, the auditor will issue an audit summary for the factory to sign. The auditor will not tell the factory how many points it has scored. Generally, about two weeks later, the notary public will upload the report to the BSCI database, which will generate the factory's DBID number and password. The factory can log in to the BSCI official database with the DBID number and password to check whether it has become a qualified supplier of BSCI. The first time you log in to the database, you will be required to sign an online customer code of conduct agreement statement. If your factory does not get 0 points, then you are a qualified supplier of BSCI. Of course, LIDL requires 2 points.