OBJECTIVES

The Programme’s main objectives are:

• To define a clear and consistent message on fair labour conditions to suppliers and public authorities by building consensus on existing best practices
  
  
• To coordinate existing industry efforts to allow for:
• Mutual recognition of audit results and reduction of duplication
• Better allocation of resources to help suppliers implement fair labour conditions
• The development of adapted collaborative training and capacity/capability building activities in partnership with suppliers
• A constructive dialogue with civil society stakeholders, institutions and authorities

SCOPE & PRINCIPLES

GSCP Scope:

• All companies
• All consumer good products
• All geographies

 GSCP Principles:

• Non-competitive: the Programme shall not be used for marketing or competitive advantage
• Upgrade of existing systems: stop duplication and seek harmonisation by identifying and integrating best practices from existing code and implementation systems (individual or collaborative) and allow mutual learning and upgrading of most existing systems
• No lowering of existing standards: in promoting the harmonisation of existing systems, only best practices will be retained
• Open source: any reference tools created in the framework of GSCP will be made freely available so that any company or group of companies can integrate them in their existing system if they wish to.
• Transparency: seek independent external expertise, advice and constructive support from civil society stakeholders (NGOs, Trade Unions, International Organisations, SRIs, Academia, etc.) in the pursuit of the Programme’s objectives.

SHARED BENEFITS

The programme has been constructed to deliver shared benefits to all players along the value chain: