Gender Equality in Social Auditing Guidance
Business for Social Responsibility
This report provides guidance on how organizations can integrate gender equality considerations within social auditing methodologies and processes. It identifies several systemic barriers that prevent current social audits from being gender-sensitive and provides a variety of recommendations to overcome these barriers. It provides organizations with information, recommendations, and case studies on how gender equality can be integrated within current auditing practices, including existing auditing verification measures across the supply chain, and includes a series of worker interviews.
The report highlights five reasons why addressing gender equality issues in global supply chains makes business sense:
- Helps to meet business targets
- Maintains a strong and stable workforce
- Increases productivity and cost saving
- Ensures compliance
- Encourages worker engagement
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