Manufacturers

• Reduction in audit fatigue

• Increased ownership of, and accountability for, social assessments

• Ability to redirect resources unlocked to  improvement activities in line with company strategy and desired impact 

Brands, retailers, agents

• Reduced management burden

• Credible S&L data: facility level and aggregated

• Ability to redirect resources unlocked to  improvement activities in line with company strategy and desired impact

• Enhance/protect brand reputation

Service providers

• Value-add for current/future clients

• Reasonable commercial terms/return for system investment

• New opportunities e.g. data, improvement consulting

• Progressive business & best practice

Non-profits and (inter)governmental

• A single, consistent measure of social & labor conditions globally

• Trusted comparable data

• Greater transparency

• Positive impact on working conditions

The CAF is…

Data Collection Tool to collect social and labor

data from production facilities

Robust verification methodology to verify the

accuracy of the data gathered

Data hosting & sharing system including SLCP

Gateway and Accredited Hosts

The CAF is not…

A scoring or ranking system, certification

program or Code of Conduct

Instead: it results in a standard-agnostic verified

data set which is compatible with existing

scoring systems

VISION:

Converged Assessment.

Collaborative Action.

Improved Working Conditions.

MISSION:

To implement a converged assessment framework that supports stakeholders’ efforts to improve working conditions in global supply chains.