BSCI Stakeholder Council
The Stakeholder Council is open to knowledgeable representatives of diverse civil society organisations such as trade unions, NGO’s,g representatives, representatives of international organisations, academics, and representatives of other systems. Members of the Stakeholder Council are experts in their field and bring with them the expectations of civil society. Therefore the role of the Stakeholder Council is to advise the BSCI Steering Committee on policy and systemic questions of the initiative. The Stakeholder Council shares BSCI’s objectiveswithout endorsing the initiative itself.
Current members of the Stakeholder Council are:
· Daria Cibrario (Chair - ECLT Foundation)
· Alice Tepper Marlin (Vice-Chair - Social Accountability International)
· Simone De Colle (IESEG School of Business, Paris)
· Carien Duisterwinkel (Solidaridad)
· Mattias Forsberg (Save the Children)
· Anthony Miller (UNCTAD)
· Bo Viktor Nylund (UNICEF)
· Christian Rousseau (Test-achats)
· Luc van Liedekerke (European Business Ethics Network)
BSCI Working Groups
BSCI Working Groups (WGs) gather operational experts from BSCI participating companies to bring their knowledge and experience to the initiative and submit proposals to improve the BSCI system and services in six different areas. BSCI WGs also involve external experts in their work, notably by requesting feedback and consulting with stakeholders. Through their influence, the WGs bring an important contribution to the work of the BSCI Steering Committee.
BSCI System WG
Reviews the performance of tools and overall functioning of BSCI’s system from the participant perspective and submits proposals on aspects where the need for improvement has been identified.
BSCI Auditing WG
Provides feedback on all topics related to the reinforcement of BSCI auditing such as the Audit methodology and report, training of auditors, relations with auditing bodies as well as the BSCI Integrity Programme.
Chair: Annette Koch (Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Gerry Weber)
BSCI Capacity Building WG
Provides input and recommendations for improvements of BSCI training, including the development and enhancement of participant and producer workshops as well as training materials and impact analysis.
Chair: Astrid Walter (Senior Manager Sustainability, Miles Fashion)
BSCI Food and Primary Production WG
Gives feedback and shapes the development of auditing, stakeholder engagement and capacity building especially for the food and primary production sectors.
Chair: Leon Mol (Manager Product Integrity, Royal Ahold)
BSCI Ad-Hoc System WG / Database
Proposes ongoing improvements to the BSCI database to ensure that this central tool to collect and analyse social audits and capacity building of producers is in line with the needs of companies. Provides input on material to train participants to familiarise themselves with the database.
BSCI Ad-Hoc Communication WG
Defines approaches and activities to raise awareness towards internal and external audiences of the work achieved by the initiative.
Chair: Martin Brüning (Head of Corporate Communications/Public Affairs, REWE Group)
BSCI Steering Committee
The BSCI Steering Committee runs BSCI activities, cooperates with other organisations and stakeholders and decides on issues related to the implementation of the BSCI Code of Conduct. It steers the BSCI system and services under the supervision of the FTA Board and with the support of the FTA secretariat for its general and daily management.
As a representation of the diversity of BSCI participants in terms of type of companies, sectors of activity and geographies, the BSCI Steering Committee is composed of maximum 9 representatives of BSCI participants and one representative of the Stakeholder Council.
Current members of the BSCI Steering Committee are:
· Bernardo Cruza (Chair - El Corte Inglés)
· Maren Barthel (Boehm) (Vice-Chair - Otto Group)
· Monique Ansink (EXCELLENT Products BV)
· Lary Brown (Esprit)
· Anke Ehlers (ALDI Süd)
· Anita Falkenek (Axstores, Ahléns)
· Pirjo Heiskanen (Tuko Logistics)
· Ms. Megan Hellstedt (Delhaize Group)