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Objective

The development of reference requirements and guidelines for Auditing Competence aims at ensuring that the relevant level of knowledge and skills is required and guaranteed for auditors. It will help increase the quality of the audit as well as the consistency between the auditors and the audit results which in turn will help send a clearer message to suppliers.

An Expert Working Group on Auditing Competence was formed in May 2009. The group is composed of ten experts drawn from the GSCP Task Force:

  • Bruno Colombani, Social Ethics Manager, CASINO
  • Paul Dearman, International Ethical Trading Manager, TESCO
  • Charles Dickinson, Unit Leader SOCAM - Unit Leader Environment, C&A
  • Art Jackson, Vice President - General Administration, COSTCO
  • Derek Jee, Mechanical Quality Manager, CARREFOUR
  • Belinda Merlino, Ethical Audit Manager, WOOLWORTHS AUSTRALIA
  • Betty Pien, Manager, Vendor Code of Conduct Compliance Department, COSTCO
  • Francesca Savi, Ethical Standards Specialist, WAL-MART
  • Mike Vaudreuil, Ethical Sourcing Manager, HEWLETT PACKARD
  • Clément Warther, Director Sustainability and Risk Control, AMCOR (formerly ALCAN PACKAGING)

Development process

Drafting

The scope of the Reference Tools in development by the Expert Working Group covers:
  • the recognition of auditing bodies and of individual auditors;
  • the training of auditors (training syllabus);
  • the recognition of training bodies.
Part of the Expert Working Group’s task is to ensure good coordination with other initiatives working on the same topic to ensure a general consistent approach is built. The group is also involving auditing and training bodies as well as relevant schemes in an initial consultation process in order to gather their feedback in priority.

The work of the group is coordinated by Kevin Swoffer, an independent consultant.

Consultation

The first two draft reference tools, namely the Reference Requirements for the Recognition of Auditing Bodies, and those for the Recognition of Individual Auditors, have now gone through public consultation. The aim was to gather feedback from a global audience of companies and key stakeholders in order to ensure that the tools reference best practices and represent a broad consensus. The consultation was opened in December 2009 and ran until January 29th, 2010. Comments are now being compiled and will be consolidated in new drafts of these first 2 tools.

Timeline Summary

Reference Requirements for the Recognition of Auditing Bodies and Reference Requirements for Recognition of Individual Auditors
  • Development of the draft reference guidelines: May to October 2009
  • Public consultation: 21 December 2009 to 29 January 2010