Social Compliance
Audits
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Fiscal 2010
In 2010, 74 monitoring audits were performed, representing at least one visit to each of our 35 production facilities. This includes Gildan-owned facilities, as well as short- and long-term contractors.
Fifty-seven complete social compliance audits were conducted at both Gildan and short- and long-term contractor facilities in the United States, Asia, Central America, and the Caribbean Basin. Of these, 34 were conducted by Gildan's own internal auditors or by external auditors working on Gildan's behalf; 23 were conducted by external auditors for WRAP, the FLA, Better Work, or by customers.
Seventeen follow-up audits were conducted at Gildan-owned and contractor facilities. Of these, 15 were conducted by Gildan's internal auditors or by external auditors on Gildan's behalf, and 2 were conducted by external auditors for WRAP, the FLA, Better Work, or by customers.
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Fiscal 2011
In 2011, sixty-three monitoring audits were performed, representing at least one visit to each of our 20 production facilities (including Gildan-owned facilities, as well as short- and long-term contractors), except for our Bangladesh facility where the audit will be conducted at the beginning of 2012.
Forty-three complete social compliance audits were conducted at both Gildan and short- and long-term contractor facilities in the United States, Asia, Central America, and the Caribbean Basin. Of these, twenty-two were conducted by Gildan's internal auditors or by external auditors on Gildan's behalf, and twenty-one were conducted by external auditors or assessors for WRAP, the FLA, Better Work or by customers.
Twenty follow-up audits were conducted at Gildan and contractor facilities. Of these, eighteen were conducted by Gildan's internal auditors or by external auditors on Gildan's behalf, and two were conducted by external auditors for Better Work.
