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CCC Reference Guide on Code Implementation & Verification
Section 4. Critical issues on code implementation and verification
Transparancy and Disclosure
Transparency is crucial to build credibility among stakeholders and the
public at large, to improve the quality and effectiveness of auditing,
to make complaints mechanisms work, to minimize the inefficient use of
resources and in general to improve the compliance mechanisms presently
under development.
Garment companies should be taking steps to increase transparency regarding
the composition and conditions of their supply chains. Several brands
have recently begun to publish more in-depth social responsibility annual
reports, and even details of the composition of their supply chains.
Companies should also provide more in-depth and detailed information
about code implementation activities: the procedures they have adopted
and the activities they have undertaken, including audits, to implement
the code. They should provide details of non-compliance and of remedial
action undertaken, as well as of complaints and how these complaints
were addressed. Ensuring feedback to the workers themselves should be
a priority. The information provided should be verified.
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