Case Studies
Selected projects
The projects are listed by start date. Some client names and project details are omitted for confidentiality.
Long-term factory support
- Provided ongoing social compliance support to the same medical supply factory for over six years, working closely with management amid day-to-day production demands, commercial pressures and management challenges.
- Supported efforts to reduce excessive overtime and establish Sunday as a regular rest day, helping make weekly rest an accepted part of factory practice.
- Designed and delivered bullying and harassment prevention training for more than 130 employees across production and office roles, focusing on workplace respect and awareness.
- The long-term engagement provided a practical understanding of how social compliance requirements translate into everyday factory decisions and working conditions.
PUMA living wage project
- Managed a global living wage project covering more than 60 PUMA core supplier factories across China, Vietnam, Türkiye, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Brazil.
- Coordinated wage data collection and verification, auditor and factory training, project timelines, quality monitoring and final deliverables across participating countries.
- Worked with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate implementation across different suppliers and locations.
- The two-year project provided practical experience across three areas of living wage work: awareness training, wage data collection and verification, and living wage gap analysis.
Six-site food group pre-audit
- Conducted a two-day pre-audit across six sites of a food manufacturing group, in preparation for a formal social compliance audit required by an international supermarket brand.
- Identified issues relating to emergency exits and evacuation routes, fire safety, electrical and equipment safety, chemical spill preparedness, and first-aid coverage across day and night shifts.
- Highlighted priority concerns for follow-up, including locked or obstructed exits, potentially insufficient escape routes and gaps in building and fire safety documentation. Flagged matters requiring further technical or regulatory confirmation.
- Reviewed working hours, weekly rest and workforce arrangements, and recommended using accurate attendance records to support transparent assessment and address the underlying issues.
- Encouraged the group to use findings from each site to check for similar issues across its other locations, helping teams prepare corrective actions ahead of the formal audit.
Local audit scheme support
- Provide ongoing local support to a European audit firm on auditor onboarding and audit quality management in China.
- Witness initial audits conducted by newly onboarded auditors and review subsequent audit reports to assess audit quality and consistency.
- Provide regular updates to the European headquarters on local audit activities, auditor performance and recurring quality issues.
- Support communication between the China audit team and European headquarters on audit methodology, reporting and consistent implementation of the audit scheme.
Wind turbine supplier review
- Reviewed the supply chain social compliance management system of a major wind turbine supplier in China as an SAI Registered Consultant.
- Worked with representatives from a European bank to assess how social compliance risks were managed across the supplier's supply chain.
- Reviewed policies, procedures and management practices against relevant SA8000 requirements and identified gaps in the existing system.
- Provided recommendations on social compliance management, supplier management and supply chain due diligence.
Overseas factory due diligence
- Conducted onsite due diligence at two Chinese-invested factories in Southeast Asia together with the buyer during the construction and trial production stages.
- Assessed labour and social compliance conditions, identified potential supplier-level risks and discussed areas requiring improvement with the buyer and suppliers.
- Conducted confidential worker interviews and management engagement to understand conditions beyond documentation and management representations.
- Provided early-stage risk findings and practical recommendations for follow-up and risk mitigation.