Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills reaches important milestone
The Hayleys Group’s world class knitted fabric manufacturing
associate Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills reached an important milestone
recently when the company was certified as compliant with the world’s
most stringent Social Accountability Standard, SA8000.
The certification is the first to be issued to a fabric manufacturer
in Sri Lanka, the company said.
Developed by Social Accountability International (SAI), the standard
represents a comprehensive and flexible
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certification: Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills’ Jt. Managing Director
Bandula Weerasinghe receives the SA8000 certificate from
Batuwita Sumanasiri, Systems & Services Certification Manager of
SGS Lanka. The Deputy General Manager Human Resources of Hayleys
MGT Senaka Muhandiramge (right) and the Assistant Manager
Systems Sanjeewa Mahendra are also in the picture. |
system for the management of
ethical workplace conditions throughout global supply chains and assures
a humane workplace through respect for workers’ rights.
Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills’ SA8000 certification follows an audit by
SGS Italia S.p.A., a premier international certification body accredited
by SAI, and covers manufacturing, dyeing and finishing of knitted fabric
at the company’s state-of-the-art factory at Narthupana Estate, Neboda.
The certification is valid till September 2010.
“Compliance with SA8000 carries tremendous weight with customers all
over the world,” said Bandula Weerasinghe Jt. Managing Director of
Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills.
“In many respects, the requirements of SA8000 are higher than those
specified by statute, and buyers are assured that a certified supplier
conforms to international workplace norms based on ILO conventions, the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN convention on the
rights of the child.”
First published in 1997 and revised in 2001, SA8000 covers areas such
as child labour, forced labour, health and safety, freedom of
association, right to collective bargaining, discrimination, working
hours, compensation, and management systems.
The standard requires, among others, that companies do not employ
children under the age of 15, that there is gender equality in
remuneration, strict non-discrimination on grounds of race, caste,
origin, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, age, or union
or political affiliation, and that wages and working hours conform with
national or international norms. |
