Standards & schemes
SLCP
In brief
The Social & Labor Convergence Program operates the Converged Assessment Framework (CAF, v1.7), a shared data-collection tool for working conditions in apparel and footwear supply chains. SLCP's design goal is audit reduction: one facility assessment, verified by an SLCP-approved verifier (verifiers must be APSCA-registered), can be shared with multiple brand customers instead of each brand auditing separately. Its defining discipline for claims: SLCP produces verified data, not a verdict. There is no score, certificate or pass/fail — the facility's answers are verified for accuracy and the buyer applies its own standards to the results. Facilities own their data and choose which buyers to share it with through SLCP's gateway and accredited host platforms. The programme is governed multi-stakeholder — brands, manufacturers, workers' organisations — and publishes signatories, making its convergence claim checkable. An SLCP assessment does not by itself demonstrate compliance with any buyer code or labour law, nor does it guarantee a favourable outcome.
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