Social Accountability

RT Sourcing follows a zero tolerance social accountability policy with standards for social compliance and security well over and above those set by world governments and industry governing bodies.

RT Sourcing is a Tier 2, certified member of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Program, a 2002 initiative of the U.S. Customs & Border Protection Division of the Department of Homeland Security. Of the companies that applied, RT Sourcing is among the 7% awarded certification.

Corporate Responsibility and the Global Market

In recognition of our accountability for the social impact of our operations, the need to systematically address the issue of potential labor abuses and to safeguard our clients' interests, RT Sourcing has developed a comprehensive social accountability program as a part of our corporate governance.

Basic Labor Standards

We want to ensure that our factory partners respect basic labor standards defined by the International Labor Organization, and basic human rights defined by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and encoded in the International Covenants on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and Civil and Political Rights.

International Labor Organization (ILO)

Labor Standards, norms and rules that govern working conditions and industrial relations are regarded as basic labor rights. As such, they are considered inviolable and universally applicable. They form, together with the core Conventions of the International Labor Organization (ILO), an agency of the United Nations, the basis of our corporate responsibility and are manifested in a Social Accountability Code of Conduct.

Display of Social Accountability Code of Conduct

RT Sourcing wants to hear and respond to concerns of workers engaged in production for our clients. Our Social Accountability Code of Conduct is posted in both English and the local language and our factory partners are required to display a copy in an area which is freely accessible to the workforce. A phone number is provided to workers who can contact us in confidence regarding potential violations.

Monitoring Complaints

Monitoring is part of the process of implementing a code of conduct. The process of regularly collecting information on working conditions at the production locations and checking whether the working conditions recorded comply with the standards set down in the Code of Conduct, is part of our daily factory visits. Given the complexity of supply chains, which arise from outsourcing arrangements and the prevalence of informal labor, it is clear that without a strong presence, it is difficult to establish the identity and status of the workforce producing the goods. We have a team of over 60 professional engineers, inspectors and auditors working in factories every day, whose responsibilities include monitoring our Social Accountability program. E-mail us to request our complete Social Accountability Code of Conduct document.