SA 8000 Social Accountability Certification
Strengthen workplace rights, responsible employment practices and supply-chain accountability.
Standard reference
SA 8000
A management decision—not only a certificate.
SA 8000 is a social-accountability standard focused on workplace conditions, worker rights, management systems and continual improvement.
What a well-used system can improve
Clearer labour-practice expectations
Stronger worker communication
Improved grievance handling
Better supply-chain oversight
Evidence for responsible sourcing
Structured improvement of workplace conditions
Designed around operating context, not company size.
- Manufacturers and exporters
- Labour-intensive operations
- Apparel and consumer-goods supply chains
- Contract manufacturers
- Organizations facing responsible-sourcing requirements
- Businesses managing labour agencies
What the system needs to control.
- 01Child and forced labour
- 02Health and safety
- 03Freedom of association
- 04Discrimination
- 05Working hours
- 06Remuneration
- 07Management systems
Before requesting assessment
This is a practical starting list, not a substitute for the applicable standard or scheme rules.
From defined scope to maintained certificate
- Step 01
Application and scope
Confirm the organization, sites, activities and standard to be assessed.
- Step 02
Readiness and assessment
Review documented arrangements and evidence that the system operates in practice.
- Step 03
Decision and issue
Close applicable findings before an independent certification decision and issue.
- Step 04
Surveillance and renewal
Maintain the system, complete surveillance activities and renew within the certification cycle.
Standards often work together.
Occupational health and safety
Create a systematic approach to hazards, worker participation and safer operating conditions.
Quality management
Build consistent processes, stronger customer confidence and a practical system for continual improvement.
Tell us what your organization does and what the certificate should cover.
A clear scope helps align the standard, assessment and final certificate record from the beginning.