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The GSCP is a business-driven programme for companies whose vision is to harmonise existing efforts in order to deliver a shared, global and sustainable approach for the continuous improvement of working and environmental conditions in global supply chains.
To drive convergence, the GSCP is building a set of reference tools that describe best practice and provide a common interpretation of working and environmental requirements and their implementation.
The Programme is working to enable buying companies around the world, in whatever industry and system, to work towards comparable audit approach and outcomes. Companies will then be able to perform fewer, higher quality audits and re-invest the resources made available into training, capacity building and better purchasing practices.
The Programme has been constructed to deliver shared benefits to all actors along the supply chain:
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Benefits for buying companies
- Lower complexity and costs
- Better results with concentration of resources
- More resources for remediation
- More leverage through critical mass
- More effective risk management
- Opportunity to exchange on best practices
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Benefits for civil society stakeholders
- Opportunity to guide corporations to stay on the right track while remaining independent
- Opportunity to provide advice and constructive support on the strategic direction of the GSCP
- Opportunity to monitor and evaluate progress
- Opportunity to provide guidance on remediation
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Benefits for workers
- Clear understanding of their rights
- Improvement of working conditions
- Opportunity to monitor and challenge their Employers
- Ability to raise questions directly with purchasing companies
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Benefits for suppliers
- Clarity and consistency in Labour Standards and environmental requirements
- Fewer audits with a focus on building capacity
- Time and resources to reinvest in production quality
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Benefits for existing initiatives/systems
- Opportunity to exchange and integrate best practices across sectors and at global level
- Increase reach and value for members
- Transparency and comparability
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