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The AAG The Associate Auditor Group The Associate Auditor Group (AAG) is a Sedex working group made up of commercial auditing companies and NGOs that are significantly involved in ethical trade auditing, with active participation from Sedex members. The purpose of the AAG is to drive convergence in ethical trade/social auditing, based on and helping to shape best practice. Participation in working groups is a condition of AAG membership and there is an application process with associated criteria. The AAG works to:- improve best practice guidance on conducting social audits (SMETA) • develop and improve standardised preferred audit report formats (SMETA) • develop agreed protocols on auditor training requirements and qualifications (available to members in the ‘Resources’ section of the Sedex system) • establish project groups, where required • agree priorities and areas for system developments • As a working group, membership of the AAG is necessarily limited but you can find further details on AAG membership, including costs and criteria, by visiting our ‘Auditors’ page. If you are an A or AB member of Sedex you can apply to become a member of the AAG. Please complete the application form (67KB) and return to [email protected]. For instructions on how to register as an auditor on the Sedex system please download part 1 o our Auditor Guidance Pack . AAG Members Accordia • Home About Sedex Training & Services Ethical audits Resources News and events Page 1 of 3 Enabling ethical and responsible supply chains – Sedex 14/10/2012 http://www.sedexglobal.com/ethical-audits/aag/
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The AAG
The Associate Auditor GroupThe Associate Auditor Group (AAG) is a Sedex working group made up of commercial auditingcompanies and NGOs that are significantly involved in ethical trade auditing, with activeparticipation from Sedex members.
The purpose of the AAG is to drive convergence in ethical trade/social auditing, based on andhelping to shape best practice.
Participation in working groups is a condition of AAG membership and there is an applicationprocess with associated criteria.
The AAG works to:-
improve best practice guidance on conducting social audits (SMETA)•
develop and improve standardised preferred audit report formats (SMETA)•
develop agreed protocols on auditor training requirements and qualifications (available tomembers in the ‘Resources’ section of the Sedex system)
•
establish project groups, where required•
agree priorities and areas for system developments•
As a working group, membership of the AAG is necessarily limited but you can find furtherdetails on AAG membership, including costs and criteria, by visiting our ‘Auditors’ page. If youare an A or AB member of Sedex you can apply to become a member of the AAG. Pleasecomplete the application form (67KB) and return to [email protected].
For instructions on how to register as an auditor on the Sedex system please download part 1 ofour Auditor Guidance Pack .
AAG Members
Accordia•
Home About Sedex Training & Services Ethical audits Resources News and events
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ALGI•
Bureau Veritas•
Intertek•
KSSA•
Level Works•
Partner Africa (formerly Africa Now)•
Reassurance Network•
RINA•
Sercura Ltd•
SGS•
SMT Global•
TÜV Rheinland•
TÜV SÜD•
UL – Responsible Sourcing Inc.•
Wieta•
WRAP•
Being a member of the AAG does not affirm the competencies of, or certify, auditors. Sedexdoes not approve auditors or audit bodies.
Sedex will accept audits from all auditors and we believe it is the right and responsibility of ourmembers, purchasers and suppliers to decide and agree which auditors they will use.
Other types of auditors
You do not need to be a member of the AAG in order to perform, or upload a SMETA audit ontoSedex, but there is the possibility of purchasing additional functionality.
For instructions on how to register as an auditor on the Sedex system please download part 1 ofour Auditor Guidance Pack .
The Audit Company Group (previously the Non AAG)
As the number of global auditors using the system has increased, other audit companies areinterested in improving their ‘Sedex experience’.
For this reason, we have created another auditor group – ‘the Audit Company Group – who haveincreased their functionality on the Sedex system in order to offer an improved service to theircustomers. See our ‘Auditors’ page for more information.
Independent auditors
Independent auditors have their own way of using the Sedex system and membership of theAAG / Audit Company Group is not open to independent auditors.
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