Watch this webinar on-demand to learn more about socially responsible manufacturing, get findings from our latest annual review process and listen in on an exclusive Q&A session with one of the accepted independent social verifiers conducting the interviews with brand owners.
Thousands of workers are engaged in the manufacture of a single IT product model, from material sourcing and component manufacturing to final product assembly. Much of it occurs in low-cost and low-wage countries, where worker protection is often inadequate, and social sustainability is a continuing challenge. This is the reason socially responsible manufacturing criteria were added to TCO Certified in 2009.
In addition to meeting the mandatory criteria in TCO Certified, brand owners must prove a long-term commitment and work proactively with their suppliers to reduce sustainability risks. To follow up on this work, all brand owners must complete a self-assessment questionnaire once a year and provide supporting documentation to prove that the stated information is correct. They must also meet with an accepted independent social verifier in an annual interview to discuss the results.
On the agenda
In this webinar on-demand, Stephen Fuller will introduce us to the criteria in TCO Certified for socially responsible manufacturing and present findings from our latest annual review process. We also have an exclusive Q&A session with Ashiley Fu, Project Manager at TÜV Rheinland, offering her perspective on conducting interviews with brand owners and how she sees them making a difference.
Speakers
Stephen Fuller
Senior Criteria Manager, TCO Development
Stephen Fuller leads the development of supply chain and chemical management criteria for TCO Certified. As a senior manager, he specializes in developing strategies for socially responsible manufacturing and safer substitution of hazardous chemicals in IT products and supply chains that drive ahead of legislation to create more sustainable IT products.
Ashiley Fu
Project Manager, TÜV Rheinland
Ashiliey Fu works as a project manager at TÜV Rheinland. She is one of the approved social verifiers conducting interviews with representatives of brand owner management as part of the TCO Certified process. She is an RBA-qualified lead auditor who has audited more than 400 factories.
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