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ETHIBEL as Social-Ethical
‘Auditor’
ETHIBEL offers its know-how,
built up during examination and quality care of its
own ETHIBEL quality label
for advise and tailor-made quality controls of other
organisations.
ETHIBEL can therefore act as an independent social-ethical
"auditor". In this role, ETHIBEL examines
if an organisation really does live up to its own criteria
when offering a particular service or product.
This is, for instance, the case with checking the ethical
reinvestment of various socially responsible savings
products, including those offered by organisations such
as Netwerk
Vlaanderen, Hefboom,
Réseau
Financement Alternatif and Alterfin.
If everything goes according to the rules drawn up by
the organisation in question, the product is awarded
the ETHIBEL certificate. This is a visible guarantee
for the consumer that the provider has respected all
the rules to which it is committed.
In this role, ETHIBEL is for instance responsible for
the independent verification of the social and ethical
criteria linked to the Solid’R
label, a quality label for companies employing underpriviliged
groups and operating in the sector for recycling textile
and other goods.
Another aspect of this function is the social and ethical
investigation of companies based on customer criteria.
Various authorities, trade unions, NGOs and sometimes
companies are increasingly questioning those organisations
which they plan to donate, partner or sponsor. Social
and ethical criteria are increasingly used in judging
whether these organisations are worthwhile. ETHIBEL
is ready to examine and check these organisations based
on these criteria.
In addition, ETHIBEL has been involved in "social
audits" of various Belgian and foreign companies.
A social audit is a process whereby a targeted dialogue
takes place between a company and one or more "stakeholders".
This dialogue tests to what extent a company realises
its mission and lives up to the expectations of its
‘societal’ shareholders.
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