BSCI Certified Refrigerator Manufacturer China

BSCI factory audit refers to BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative), an organization that advocates business communities to comply with social responsibility. The social responsibility audit of global suppliers of BSCI organization members mainly includes compliance with the law, freedom of association and collective bargaining rights, prohibition of discrimination, compensation, working hours, workplace safety, prohibition of child labor, prohibition of forced labor, environment and safety and other issues. At present, BSCI has attracted more than 1,300 members from 11 countries, most of which are European retailers and purchasers, including LIDL, ALDI, COOP, ESPRIT, METRO GROUP, etc. They will actively promote their supply in countries around the world. Suppliers accept BSCI factory audits to improve the human rights status of their suppliers.

Being the vendor of commercial refrigerators behind Coca-Cola and METRO, our factory has successfully passed the BSCI audit since 2019, with overrating C.

The auditee below is Procool. It showed how our factory reached the BSCI standard, and how to achieve the standard through rectification.

1.1 The auditee has set and publicly stated their mission, vision, and objectives which also refer to the BSCI Code of Conduct. The senior manager is available to ensure all values are strictly followed. The facility management understands the difference between short-term investment and long-lasting solutions.

2.1 The overall observation shows that the auditee respects the requirements of this performance area. The auditee has established the communication structure and procedures to genuinely involve workers and their representatives. Meeting records showed that management exchanges information on workplace-related issues with workers and their representatives once every half year. According to interviewees, provided procedures and records, workers’ representatives were elected by workers without any interference from factory management. Workers’ representatives were allowed to carry out their duties within working hours without losing pay or other negative repercussions. The grievance mechanism procedure has been established.

3.1 Satisfactory evidence has shown that there are freely elected worker representatives, who meet the management once every month. Annual training is established in consultancy with these worker representatives, which covers the training needs of all adult workers in rights and responsibilities, health and safety, and workplace rules.

4.1 Based on the BSCI code of conduct, the auditee has set up their mission, objective, and policy on No discrimination. Training is provided to new hires upon hiring and refresh training is provided annually. All interviewed workers are free from discrimination, the auditee would not conduct discriminate pregnancy testing for workers, or assort the worker by its race, age, gender, skin. In addition, the facility does not have any practices which could be considered discriminatory when hiring, firing, and paying social benefits.

5.1 The facility had calculated the local living wage. The facility had provided commercial social insurance to 31 workers. They had set their objectives that refer to the local regulation and BSCI Code of Conduct. Workers were paid minimum wage and overtime wage. Fair remuneration would be provided to all workers considering their skills and positions. Local minimum wage and overtime wage payments were communicated to all workers through displaying and training of facility policy. Wages were paid within 30 days with no delay. Wages could allow most workers to meet decent living standards. Social benefits were provided to part workers. Production employees are paid by hourly rate. The wages are paid through Bank (Rural Credit Cooperatives). Overall, the facility has established a good system to guard employees’ benefits.

5.2 Sufficient wage records, wage policy has shown that the auditee has made efforts to ensure no illegal deductions are taken. All employees are provided sufficient minimum wage and overtime wage.

5.3 The auditee has set and publicly stated their mission, vision, and objectives, which also refer to the BSCI Code of Conduct. Furthermore, the auditee has ensured Fair Remuneration. Satisfactory evidence has shown that the auditee complies with the government’s minimum wage legislation, wages are paid on time, regularly, and fully in legal tender.

5.4 Based on satisfactory evidence, the main auditee does not respect this principle because 1. The uniform fee was charged from wages of employees, (RMB 35 per suit for summer and RMB 50 per suit for winter). The facility management stated that the charge would be refunded if the employees were working for more than 3 years, or it would not. 2. Regarding social insurance, the employees would be deducted for the social insurance total fee for the individual ratio and company ratio if the employees did not apply for resigning in advance for 30 days.

6.1 Working hour policy is clear. The normal weekly working hour in the factory is 40. The maximum daily working time was 11 hours ( 2 or 3 regular overtime hours conducted) per day for the production employees. For the production employees, there is one shift 8:00am to 12:00pm, 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Overtime is conducted from 6:00 pm to 8:00pm/ or 9:00pm when needs. Weekend overtime is conducted on Saturday. The overtime was paid by 150% of the normal rate for normal overtime hours and 200% of the normal rate for weekend overtime. Moreover, the 7th day of rest is guaranteed for employees. For the security guards, the working hours are from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm or 3:30 pm to 11:30 pm or 11:30 pm to 7:30 am. Overall, except for the monthly overtime hours not controlled within 36 hours, the facility has a good management system to monitor and track the working hours.

6.2 The auditee has set and publicly stated their mission, vision, and objectives, which also refer to the BSCI Code of Conduct. Furthermore, the auditee has ensured Decent Working Hours. Satisfactory evidence has shown that the auditee conducts 40 regular working hours per week, and provides sufficient breaks in every working day. However, gaps have been identified in implementation.

7.1 The factory had established policies and procedures based on BSCI standards and local law requirements for occupational health and safety. Regular health and safety training was provided to employees on workstation safety, machine safety, use of PPE, use of chemicals, etc. Written accident and the emergency protocol were set and drills were conducted. Sufficient first-aid supplies were available in workshops and a fast response agreement was concluded with the local hospital for the emergency. Drinking water and sufficient restrooms were always accessible without restrictions. The temperature, humidity, and lighting were acceptable in the factory. Also, all of these are maintained in good conditions by the responsible persons.

7.2 Follow-up audit on March 8, 2019. The factory did not provide job-leaving occupational health checks to employees under high noise and chemicals… Follow-up audit on July 1, 2019, Corrected. Per the provided occupational health checking records and the facility management, they had provided the job-leaving occupational health checks to the resigned employees. Per the records and facility management, two employees contacting with occupational hazardous factors had resigned from the facility since the last audit. And the occupational health checking records for the two employees were provided for review.

7.3 Follow-up audit on March 8, 2019. Some containers of glue are not provided with secondary containment. Follow-up audit on July 1, 2019, Corrected. Per the onsite observation, all chemical containers are provided with secondary containment.

7.4 Satisfactory evidence has shown that sufficient exits are available on all work floors. Aisles are all wide enough for free body movement and marked with yellow lines. Evacuation plot plans are posted on all the work floors. All fire equipment is in a sufficient number on the work floors. All fire extinguishers on the work floors are well mounted and accessible. Fire and evacuation drill records were provided for review. There is a qualified electrician in the facility. Drinking water is provided on the work floors for the employees. An adequate number of first aid kits is provided on the work floors, which are stocked with sufficient supplies. Sufficient restrooms are available for all employees on the work floors. However, gaps have been identified in implementation.

7.5 Previous audit on March 29&30, 2018 Three viewed employees contacting with chemical on the work floor are not wearing the provided masks during the working period. (PRC Work Safety Law (2002), Amendment (2014), Article 42) Follow up audit on March 8, 2019. Corrected. All employees are wearing the provided mask.

8.1 The auditee has established procedures on No child labor and remediation procedures are available in case child labor is found. Also, the age verification mechanism is used upon recruitment to ensure all workers are 16 years. No child labor is detected during the current assessment.

9.1 The auditee has established procedures for the protection of juvenile workers. And they show a good understanding of what activities could be harmful to young workers.

10.1 The auditee has signed labor contracts with all employees and each of them got a copy of them, besides, the facility does not misuse probationary periods. Also, they ensure the employment relationship does not cause insecurity and social or economic vulnerability of workers.

11.1 The auditee has established procedures on no bond labor and all employees are free to terminate their relationship with the auditee. The facility does not ask workers to leave their personnel documents as deposits and workers can leave work and terminate their employment freely. No physical or verbal abuse is ever reported or allowed. Disciplinary procedures are clearly stated to workers upon orientation training upon hire.

12.1 Satisfactory evidence has shown that the auditee has set up the environmental protection policy. The EIA report is provided for review during the audit.

12.2 Previous audit on March 29&30, 2018 As per facility management, the empty chemical was collected by the supplier, however, the facility did not maintain the empty chemical containers recycle records for review. Follow-up audit on March 8, 2019. Corrected. The empty chemical container recycles record is provided for review on the audit day.

12.3 The overall observation shows that the auditee respects the requirements of this performance area. The auditee has established procedures and policies on environmental protection. Also, the auditee has taken effective measures to avoid environmental degradation.

13.1 The overall observation shows that the auditee respects the requirement of this performance area. The auditee had established BSCI management manual and related procedures, including anti-bribery procedure; disclosed information about its activities according to local law and regulation; the procedures could identify and handle unethical behavior and take actions of zero tolerance; could ensure proper investigation and disciplinary action will follow if any staff behaves unethically; based on onsite observation and the provided documents & records, no unethical behavior was observed.