SA8000 factory inspection - OUTSTANDING !

As part of the Sweda Group, PSL proudly announces that its affiliated factory Sweda SZ Electronics has passed the factory inspection of SA8000® with a distinctive result "outstanding".

“Corporate Social Responsibility is essentially about doing good and doing well. We all have a duty to be socially and environmentally responsible not only in private life but also in a corporate structure. The commitment to being a responsible company includes efforts regarding the welfare of the workforce, the protection of natural resources, charity, optimal supply chain management and integrating social and environmental management systems like ISO9001, ISO14001 and SA8000. Passing the SA8000 factory inspection with an outstanding result, emphasizes our commitment to continuously improving social circumstances and decreasing our environmental footprint.”

Arthur Strijbos, Group CEO PSL 

The SA8000 Standard

SA8000, created in 1997 by Social Accountability International, is an international standardized code of conduct for improving working conditions around the world. Based on the principles of thirteen international human rights conventions and developed through a multi-stakeholder process, SA8000 is a tool to help apply these norms to practical work-life situations. SA8000 contains eight core elements including health and safety, working hours, child labor, forced labor, discrimination, freedom of association and collective bargaining, wages, and discipline. The management system requirements of SA8000 move beyond a checklist approach, encouraging managers to make sustainable systemic changes in how they run their businesses.

PSL Group

PSL is a global promotional gift supplier, the specialist in premium design. 18 sales offices are serving approximately 12.000 distributors in over 100 countries. PSL is a subsidiary of the Hong Kong based Sweda Group established in 1978 with among others 2 affiliated factories in China. The Sweda group has obtained the ISO9001, ISO14001 and SA8000 certificates. See www.pslworld.com for more information.