About EICC certification scoring standards

In the EICC certification audit, whether the supplier meets the requirements is mainly reflected through the score sheet, the specific contents are as follows:

● From the EICC certification audit level, it is mainly divided into three levels:

(1) Major Nonconformance

(2) Nonconformance

(3) and information provision (info only).

Only the first and second levels are scored (deducted). The total score of EICC certification is 161. When one of the items is not met, 1 point will be deducted from the total score. The score sheet will automatically give the overall compliance percentage and indicate whether it is a major non-conformity or a non-conformity.

● From the final results of EICC certification audit, there are three results: green, yellow and red

(1) The requirement for obtaining green is that there are no major non-conformities and the overall compliance percentage is ≥ 85%.

(2) The requirement for obtaining yellow is that only 1 to 2 major non-conformities are obtained or the overall compliance percentage is 85%>X≥65%.

(3) Red means there are 3 or more major non-conformities or the overall compliance percentage is less than 65%.

● From the perspective of EICC certification audit items

It is mainly divided into several categories: labor, ethics, health & safety, environment, labor & ethics management system, environmental health and safety system, etc. Each category is divided into many small parts, such as:

(1) Regarding labor, the entire audit points of EICC certification include: free selection of employees, no child labor, working hours, salary status, medical treatment, non-discrimination and free association.

(2) Environmental aspects include: environmental permits and reporting, pollution prevention and resource conservation, hazardous substances, wastewater and solid waste, air emissions, product content restrictions, etc.;

(3) Health and safety, including occupational safety, emergency preparedness, occupational injuries and diseases, industrial hygiene, physically demanding jobs, machine guarding, dormitories and cafeterias

(4) Ethical standards include: clean management, no improper gains, information disclosure, intellectual property rights, fair trade advertising and competition, identity confidentiality, and community participation

(5) Management system includes: company commitment, management duties and responsibilities, legal and customer requirements, risk assessment and risk management, performance objectives with implementation plans and measures, training, communication, employee feedback and participation, audit and evaluation, corrective measures, documentation and records