Responsible business practices are at the heart of every resilient organization. And in today’s changing business environment, organizations need innovative ways to deliver assurance in their social performance and provide continuity throughout the supply chain. That’s where remote audits play an increasingly important role.
Shammi Singh, Global Social Audit Expert and Head of BSI’s supply chain hub, and guest Vishal Londhe, Business Head from Sedex India, to understand more about how Sedex Virtual Assessments (SVA) can help you. This will include the process involved in this new assessment methodology and the benefits it can bring to your responsible and ethical business practices.
Whether you’re a global retail brand, manufacturer or supplier, our webinar is focused on supporting you to embrace the new virtual assessment methodology by focusing on:
- The importance of managing social performance
- Why Sedex Virtual Assessments (SVA)
- How to prepare for your virtual assessment
- The difference between SVA and SMETA
- Q&A
About our subject matter experts:
Shammi Singh is BSI’s Global Social Audit Expert and heads up our supply chain hub. A metallurgical engineer by qualification, Shammi began her career as an engineer with Jindal Steel and Power Limited, India. As a working group member, Shammi engaged and trained colleagues from across the organization on health, workplace safety, social rights, work place environment. This is where her passion for CSR began.
Vishal Londhe manages Sedex operations in the Indian subcontinent. He works closely with companies within the region to understand their CSR, sustainability needs and explain how Sedex services will help them. He is part of some key discussions in the industry on sustainable supply chains in India. Vishal has been part of Sedex for nearly 6 years working and managing different teams to understand member needs and support in their queries. Vishal has delivered a number of code of conduct and supplier onboarding projects with multinational corporations around the globe.
