Converged Assessment.

Collaborative Action.

Improved Working Conditions.

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What is SLCP?

The Social & Labor Convergence Program provides the tools to capture accurate data about working conditions in global supply chains. This multi-stakeholder initiative replaces the need for repetitive social audits by facilitating data sharing.

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Our Mission

To implement a Converged Assessment Framework (CAF) that supports stakeholders’ efforts to improve working conditions in global supply chains. Together, we can achieve a brighter future by sharing comparable and verified high-quality data that increases transparency and eliminates audit fatigue to free up and redeploy resources.

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SLCP Stakeholders

SLCP is a stakeholder-driven initiative made up of

• brands & retailers • manufacturers • agents • audit firms • consultancies • standard holders • multi-stakeholder initiatives • civil society • industry associations • governments • intergovernmental observers

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How To Get Started


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SLCP Updates

Updates
Using SLCP deeper into supply chains
Using SLCP deeper into supply chains
Harmonized social assessments from SLCP continue to be “win-win” for workers and sustainable partnerships
Harmonized social assessments from SLCP continue to be “win-win” for workers and sustainable partnerships
Sustainable Apparel Coalition and Social & Labor Convergence Program Elevate Collaborative Work to Transform Global Supply Chains 
Sustainable Apparel Coalition and Social & Labor Convergence Program Elevate Collaborative Work to Transform Global Supply Chains 
SLCP & ESG Part 3: Navigating ESG- The transformative power of social and labor data 
SLCP & ESG Part 3: Navigating ESG- The transformative power of social and labor data 
SLCP & ESG Part 2: Legislative shifts in ESG reporting- From voluntary to mandatory
SLCP & ESG Part 2: Legislative shifts in ESG reporting- From voluntary to mandatory
SLCP welcomes agreement on landmark EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
SLCP welcomes agreement on landmark EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
SLCP & ESG Part 1: Navigating the ESG landscape
SLCP & ESG Part 1: Navigating the ESG landscape
Positive progress on digital wages
Positive progress on digital wages
 SLCP Vacancy: Part Time Finance & Admin Coordinator with 3 years of experience
 SLCP Vacancy: Part Time Finance & Admin Coordinator with 3 years of experience
Enhancing global supply chain transparency: The significance of worker engagement for credible social and labor data
Enhancing global supply chain transparency: The significance of worker engagement for credible social and labor data
Latest SLCP Impact Report finds over $20 million USD unlocked through audit harmonization
Alignment for impact: To maximize the impact of human rights due diligence, policymakers should define the role of credible multi-stakeholder initiatives
Alignment for impact: To maximize the impact of human rights due diligence, policymakers should define the role of credible multi-stakeholder initiatives
SLCP launches new HRDD Toolkit to support human rights due diligence implementation
SLCP launches new HRDD Toolkit to support human rights due diligence implementation
Call to action from the Standards Convergence Initiative (SCI)
Call to action from the Standards Convergence Initiative (SCI)
ABVTEX and SLCP collaboration
ABVTEX and SLCP collaboration
Workers benefit when brands and retailers accept standardized audits from suppliers
Workers benefit when brands and retailers accept standardized audits from suppliers
From niche to necessary: the need for credible and comparable social data to support sustainable investing
From niche to necessary: the need for credible and comparable social data to support sustainable investing
Open invitation to join the SLCP team
Open invitation to join the SLCP team
Seeing double? Why it’s short sighted to focus on quality assurance as the only solution to double books
Seeing double? Why it’s short sighted to focus on quality assurance as the only solution to double books
What makes a Multi Stakeholder Initiative (MSI) fit for supporting corporate human rights due diligence implementation?
What makes a Multi Stakeholder Initiative (MSI) fit for supporting corporate human rights due diligence implementation?
Update on amfori and SLCP collaboration
Update on amfori and SLCP collaboration
Expression of Interest: Short-term Consultancy Assignment to SLCP
Expression of Interest: Short-term Consultancy Assignment to SLCP
Fair Wear Foundation and SLCP agree shared vision to improve working conditions
Fair Wear Foundation and SLCP agree shared vision to improve working conditions
When it comes to good purchasing practices, reducing audit fatigue is a no-brainer for manufacturers
When it comes to good purchasing practices, reducing audit fatigue is a no-brainer for manufacturers
SLCP and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
SLCP and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
SLCP to accelerate further convergence and expansion
SLCP to accelerate further convergence and expansion
How SLCP supports stakeholders to improve working conditions
How SLCP supports stakeholders to improve working conditions
New ITC report on Sustainability Standards
New ITC report on Sustainability Standards
Audit harmonization can reduce supplier costs by thousands, and drive investment in social and labor conditions
Audit harmonization can reduce supplier costs by thousands, and drive investment in social and labor conditions
The EU and its Member States should recognise SLCP as an accelerator and solution provider to European Human Rights Due Diligence implementation
The EU and its Member States should recognise SLCP as an accelerator and solution provider to European Human Rights Due Diligence implementation