Ethical Audits

The SANS 10400 regulation regarding firefighting equipment requires that a number of fire extinguishers are needed depending on the occupancy classification as per the table set out in the National Building Regulation.

As 2020 brought about many challenges, one of the many aspects of SIZA that remained constant was our dedication to ensure quality and credible third-party audits.

SIZA social site visits were implemented as part of SIZA’s between-audit monitoring policy to verify the producer’s approved Social Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) and to ensure practices remain in place between audit validity periods.

A total of 560 Social (Ethical) audits have been conducted for the period 1 January to 31 October 2020. This results in a median of 56 social audits per month. For the same period, three Environmental third-party standalone audits have taken place, and a further 13 Environmental audits are scheduled to take place in future.

The purpose of the closing meeting is to go through the findings, agree to them and to agree on a corrective action plan which sets out areas for improvement, actions, and timeframes.

Once the audit request has been received by the audit company, the audit scheduler must assign an audit team to the audit.

As the Lockdown period in South Africa resulted in many children not being able to return to school, but parents were set to return, the influx of children in the workplace became a reality.

In any business, regardless of size, there needs to be a mechanism through which workers or members of lower/middle management can raise their concerns to more senior managers.

Four (4) critical findings were reported for the months of January 2020 to June 2020.

The 2020 year confirmed SIZA’s prediction relating to an increase in Social audits.