AMFORI BSCI CONSULTANCY
Responsible business starts with people.
Practical amfori BSCI consultancy to strengthen working practices, organise evidence and prepare your team for a social audit.
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UNDERSTANDING AMFORI BSCI
People at the centre. Progress in practice.
amfori BSCI — the Business Social Compliance Initiative — helps businesses assess and improve social performance in their supply chains. Its Code of Conduct addresses working conditions, workers’ rights and responsible business practices.
CEB helps your team connect these expectations with daily operations. We review your starting point, clarify responsibilities and organise a practical preparation plan. The aim is to build working practices supported by reliable evidence, with clear actions where improvements are needed.
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Everyday working practices are the starting point.
SCOPE OF SUPPORT
Turn expectations into everyday action.
Preparation connects your people, policies and actual working conditions. We help your team understand the gaps and organise a realistic response within the agreed consultancy scope.
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Understand your starting point
Review your site, workforce, existing practices and customer expectations to identify priorities for preparation.
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Clarify responsibilities
Help your team assign responsibilities for employment practices, worker communication, health and safety, and follow-up actions.
03
Organise your evidence
Structure relevant policies, working-time and remuneration records, training evidence and other supporting documentation.
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Prepare your team
Explain the preparation process, review unresolved gaps and support actions that reflect how your workplace actually operates.
OUR CONSULTANCY PROCESS
A practical route to preparation.
We work from your existing arrangements towards an agreed preparation plan. Your team implements the changes; CEB provides guidance, document support and feedback along the way.
01
Understand
Review the site, workforce, customer request and available policies, records or previous audit findings.
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Plan
Agree the consultancy scope, identify gaps and set practical priorities with clear responsibilities.
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Prepare
Support your team as it organises evidence, clarifies procedures and works through agreed improvements.
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Review
Review progress and outstanding issues. Where agreed, help structure actions arising from the independent audit.
PRACTICAL DELIVERABLES
What you receive from CEB.
Practical outputs to help your team understand expectations and organise its preparation. We agree the deliverables around your workplace, existing arrangements and the support you need.
Clear priorities
A structured view of your starting point, the gaps identified and the actions that need attention first.
Organised documentation
Support structuring policies and records so your team can maintain and retrieve relevant evidence.
Team preparation
Practical explanations and feedback to help the people responsible understand their preparation tasks.
Improvement actions
An agreed action plan to address gaps, assign owners and track the evidence of progress.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Your questions, answered.
Useful answers about amfori BSCI consultancy, social audit preparation and how CEB can support your team.
No. amfori BSCI uses social audits and continuous improvement, rather than a certification scheme. The audit produces a report with ratings. CEB supports preparation; it does not issue a BSCI certificate or guarantee an audit result.
The responsible amfori member, known as the RSP holder, requests and approves the audit through the amfori system. An amfori auditing partner conducts it. Producers should clarify the arrangements with their customer; CEB’s consultancy is separate from that independent assessment.
The audit covers 13 performance areas, including worker involvement, fair remuneration, working hours, health and safety, protection of vulnerable workers and ethical business behaviour. Assessment includes document reviews, workplace observations and interviews.
Yes. Existing HR, health and safety and management procedures can be a useful starting point. We review their relevance and how they are applied, then identify what needs to be clarified or improved. Documents alone cannot demonstrate how a workplace operates.
Timing depends on your workforce, existing practices, available records and the gaps to address. We review these factors before agreeing a realistic plan. Some improvements need time to become established and produce evidence; the independent audit schedule is arranged separately.
Share a brief overview of your sites, activities and workforce, plus the customer request and any target dates. Let us know which policies and records you already maintain and whether there are previous audit findings. We can then agree what information is needed next.
Start with your people. Build a clearer plan.
Tell us about your workplace, your customer’s expectations and where you need support. We’ll help you define a practical starting point for your amfori BSCI preparation.
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