Mutual Recognition of audits pre-supposes that members are confident their respective audit requirements are aligned. The audit protocol benchmarking tool developed by ITC (International Trade Centre in Geneva) to enable AIM-PROGRESS members to compare respective audit protocols continues to be updated at regular intervals to reflect evolving member expectations surrounding audit coverage and methodology.
AIM-PROGRESS vice-chairman Stephen Fischer (Colgate-Palmolive) recently addressed the Intertek Ethical Sourcing Forum on the collaboration between ITC and AIM-PROGRESS and the project was very well received with both presentation sessions being over maximum capacity!
