Why are audits important to WRAP?

Audits are a vital part of WRAP’s multi-faceted, collaborative approach to social compliance. We understand that a production facility cannot simply be “audited into compliance,” therefore our audits serve more as a starting point for us to begin a collaborative dialogue with our facilities about what it takes to get them to a compliant state. Our audits also go beyond simple facility walk-throughs in that they are designed to look for objective evidence that effective management systems are in place to maintain a facility’s compliance on an ongoing basis.