Our 90-minute online training course equips you with the knowledge and skills to detect forced labor practices.
Forced labor occurs when individuals are made to work against their will through threats of punishment or coercion. These can include physical violence, intimidation, debt bondage and confiscation of identity documents. A hidden crime, forced labor can occur in every country and in any sector and can happen in many ways in business operations and supply chains.
Businesses use social audits to identify risks of forced labor and hidden exploitation in their operations and supply chains, so they can mitigate and remediate these risks. They make up one component of an organization’s forced labor due diligence processes, alongside other risk assessment methods and systemic due diligence measures.
We are excited to partner with Stronger Together to offer an eLearning training course designed to help auditors identify and report forced labor practices with social audits.
Enhance your auditor skills to detect forced labor practices
Our 90-minute online training course is divided into four modules that include interactive exercises to check and reinforce your knowledge:
- Module 1: Introduction
- Module 2: Forced labor overview
- Module 3: Spotting the signs in an audit
- Module 4: Reporting and audit safeguarding
Upon successful completion of the course and exam, you will be issued a certificate demonstrating that you have completed the course and increased your capability as an auditor to detect and report forced labor practices.
Amanda Mangan, Global Head of Training at SGS, said: "We are excited to unite with Stronger Together. It allows us to combine our social responsibility and human rights expertise with Stronger Together’s specialized knowledge in forced labor prevention.
“This collaboration empowers auditors worldwide to effectively detect forced labor, supporting organizations to uphold the highest standards of ethical practice across global supply chains."
Jantine Werdmuller von Elgg, Co-CEO of Stronger Together, added: "We are delighted to partner with SGS to offer this eLearning training. Stronger Together's expertise in forced labor prevention, combined with SGS's extensive global network and dedication to human rights, creates a powerful alliance.
“This course equips auditors with necessary knowledge and skills, as well as builds their confidence to identify and report concerns in appropriate ways while ensuring the safety of potential survivors, themselves and others. In doing so, we intend for this course to contribute to improving the lives of men, women and children worldwide."
For more information about the training course, please visit our web page or contact us.
About Stronger Together
Stronger Together is an impact-driven, not-for-profit organization that provides organizations with practical training, resources, business services and collaborative programs. It works with many other organizations to achieve a wider vision of a world where all workers are recruited responsibly and have fair work, free from exploitation.
About SGS
We are SGS – the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 99,600 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world.
