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AAFA EC Meeting
February 17, 2009
BSR Sundries Suppliers
Corporate Social
Responsibility Assessment
and Audit
John Eapen
American & Efird, Inc.
Group Consists of
12 Retail/Brands
1. Abercrombie
2. Burberry
3. Eddie Bauer
4. Gap
5. JC Penney
6. Levi-Strauss& Co.
7. Li & Fung
8. Nordstrom
9. REI
10.Timberland
11.VF Corporation
12.Wal-Mart
Identified Auditors for
the Third-Party Audit
1. Verite
2. Level Works
3. STR
4. Intertek, Mill Qualification
Program
5. ERM
6. AECOM/ENSR
Next Steps
1. Audit Scope to be
Written by the Group
2. Proposals for the Audit
to be Obtained by
Sundry Suppliers
3. Third-Party Audit to be
Conducted in 2009
4. 25% of Owned &
Operated and JVs or 25
in 2009
Next Steps
1. Group will purchase
only from Sundries
Suppliers who conduct
the audit and who are
in compliance
2. Group of 12 will share
the audit results
3. Urge you to join