Certification BRCGS ETRS

The BRCGS ETRS (Ethical Trade & Responsible Sourcing Standard) is the framework developed to specify the ethical trade and responsible sourcing requirements that must be adopted by a company to comply with legal and moral obligations towards workers. 

This scheme is intended for companies that want to provide guarantees to consumers, but at the same time want to ensure the protection of workers, guaranteeing them the rights and protection they deserve.

The adoption of the program brings a few benefits for companies:

• Demonstrate that you truly meet the growing ethical demands of customers and buyers.
• Be prepared to meet emerging regulatory and reporting requirements around modern slavery, supply chain due diligence, and sustainability.
• A 5-tier managed compliance scheme to deliver results that brand owners can trust.
• Work towards global oversight by recognized accreditation bodies (ISO 17065 standard).   
• Work towards recognition by the Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI).

Why choose RINA?

RINA has many years of experience in BRC standards and other ethical schemes globally. It also has a team of auditors who are experts in the field working nationally and internationally. In addition, we are constantly expanding into new countries in order to be able to offer as many companies as possible the opportunity to become certified for these schemes. 

Certification process

The process follows the following steps: 

• Completion of the information questionnaire
• Sending of the technical-economic offer which, once accepted, constitutes the contract for the provision of the service
• Audit at the company and related report
• Uploading of the report on the BRCGS portal, ensuring maximum visibility of the result obtained.

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