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CCC Reference Guide on Code Implementation & Verification
Section 2. Pilot projects
2.1 CCCs pilot strategy and main pilot
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FR: Ethique sur l'Etiquette
"Programme of experimental controls, intended to examine concretely
the best methods for monitoring and verification"
Industry/Sector focus: Large retailers of various industries
including
clothes, shoes, and toys
Dates: March 1998 - November 2001
Who was involved?
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Factory members, NGOs, union members and an SGS representative
in Madagascar
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Large retailers, three Auchan factories in Madagascar
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French Clean Clothes Campaign
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The umbrella organisation of large retailers, the Federation of
Retail and Distribution Enterprises (FCD)
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The large retailers have all involved social audit companies, such
as SGS and ITS/Intertek (SA 8000 certified), in checks of their
suppliers.
Pilot study's background
The project's first visit to Madagascar was organized in March 1999.
The team consisted of two representatives Auchan (large retailer) and
one from the Ethique sur L'Etiquette (French CCC).
Project aims
The objectives were to assess the feasibility of independent monitoring,
and to evaluate the need for "side-measures" (i.e. things
to be done outside the factories to make the conditions better for workers).
Project implementation
In the agreement between CCC France and IREDEC (an NGO in Madagascar)/FFM
(a trade-union in Madagascar), it was decided that:
- Audits will be organized for three Auchan factories (all the factories
also produce for other companies, one for Carrefour) in the spring
of 2001. The audit team will consist of representatives of a commercial
audit firm and the NGO IREDEC. At this time it is not certain what
the division of labour will be. An educational training program in
Madagascar for the workers, the union, and for the employees of IREDEC
is planned.
- The trade union FFM will play a large role in the follow-up of the
audit. Ideally, the French CCC would like the improvements suggested
to become part of an agreement between the local union and the local
management, so that the union can monitor the progress (this is still
to be discussed with Auchan). If no union is active in the factory,
the CFDT and the FFM will be active in supporting efforts to organize
one.
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