Social Accountability 8000 Program

Social Accountability 8000 Standard was established as a universal standard that could be used across product lines and sectors as a definitive benchmark for social accountability.

SA8000 provides transparent, measurable, verifiable standards for certifying the performance of companies in nine essential areas:

Child Labor 

Forced Labor 

Health and Safety 

Freedom of Association and Right to Collective Bargaining 

Discrimination 

Disciplinary Practices 

Working Hours 

Remuneration 

Management Systems

The Social Accountability 8000 Standard is now used to provide companies with a system to integrate social accountability into all of their policies and practices. Additionally, it provides a basis for objective third party certification of a company’s production facilities.