Independent social compliance audits and supplier assessments that connect what people tell us with what the evidence shows. Understand working conditions across your operations and supply chains, and where action is needed.
A policy describes the intention. An assessment explores how it works. We compare different sources of evidence, investigate inconsistencies and keep the limits of a finding visible.
Illustrative enquiry · Working hours & pay
Worker conversations explore how shifts are arranged, whether overtime is voluntary and what happens when someone declines.
Do different workers describe the same experience?
The conclusion comes from the evidence considered together. A gap or contradiction is a reason to investigate further.
People can explain what a record leaves out. Listening to workers helps us understand how a process is experienced, where accounts differ and which questions need further attention.
Listening is part of the fieldwork.From a single workplace to a complex employment arrangement. Choose an area to see the work we can undertake and the outputs we can agree with you.
Workplaces & people
Understand conditions where work happens, from everyday practice to a specific concern.
Independent workplace assessments bringing worker conversations, records and site observations together.
An assessment built around your supplier code, a particular material, a production process or a concern that needs closer examination.
Focused investigation when a serious workplace or sourcing concern needs attention.
Recruitment & contractors
Follow the employment relationship beyond the site gate.
Examine how people are recruited, employed and paid across agencies and intermediary arrangements.
Bring the same scrutiny to the businesses working on your premises.
Impacts & supply chains
Look beyond an individual facility to understand relationships and people affected.
Examine actual and potential impacts on workers, communities and other affected people.
Establish who is connected to your products and where closer investigation is needed.
Assurance & readiness
Test the information, systems and preparation behind your programme.
Independent examination of the data and evidence supporting your reporting.
Make self-assessment a useful starting point for verification.
Assess how quality requirements translate into manufacturing and management practice.
Build the understanding and evidence needed for a meaningful assessment.
Explore audit trainingThe report is a working document. It should explain what was examined, what was found and why it matters, with enough detail to support a useful conversation about change.
Read how James Hollins follows the evidence in his account of labour provider audits .
Explore support with implementationA clear scope and a useful handover make the fieldwork count. We agree the approach around your operation, access and assessment objectives.
Define the sites, concerns, standards and people the assessment needs to cover.
Prepare the records, conduct fieldwork and follow the questions the evidence raises.
Understand priorities, clarify the conclusions and agree the next steps for follow-up.
Yes. We can design an assessment around your supplier code, internal standards or a specific concern. The scope, assessment criteria, site access and reporting requirements are agreed before the work begins.
We start with the operation, workforce and sourcing context, together with any previous findings or concerns. That informs the records, conversations and observations needed to answer the agreed questions.
We discuss the findings and priorities with you. Corrective action planning, verification and further advisory support can be scoped around the issues identified. Assessment findings remain distinct from subsequent implementation work.
We offer readiness reviews, gap assessments and training. The aim is to improve actual practice and the evidence behind it, so your team understands both the requirements and its responsibilities.
Tell us about the site, supplier or concern. We will help you work out the scope and the evidence needed.
