Audits

Four (4) critical findings were reported for the months of January 2020 to June 2020.

The 2020 year confirmed SIZA’s prediction relating to an increase in Social audits.

SIZA het ook aan die begin van die inperking pro-aktiewe maatreëls ingestel om SIZA-lede gedurende die afgelope paar maande by te staan ​​sodat hulle sover moontlik kan voortgaan met die handhawing van goeie besigheidspraktyke, sosiaal/etiese nakoming, en verantwoordelike omgewingsbestuur. Daarom was dit belangrik dat SIZA ‘n gebeurlikheidsbenadering tot SIZA-oudits kommunikeer om die betrokke risiko’s te… Continue reading SIZA-Derdeparty-Ouditprosedures

Thus far, 2020 has been an eventful and busy year for us all — especially so for SIZA. While the national lockdown has created challenges for businesses and individuals throughout South Africa, SIZA launched the brand-new platform, MySIZA, while simultaneously working hard to embrace the challenges posed by the pandemic and creating a safe and… Continue reading SIZA Third-Party Audit Processes

Due to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, SIZA will be implementing an audit procedure that will allow Environmental Third-Party audits to continue. While still adhering to the SIZA Environmental Audit Process and Methodology (APM), two options will exist.

On the 19th of November 2019, SIZA publicly opened the applications for all independent third-party audit companies to apply to become recognised to conduct SIZA Environmental audits.

The new Sedex SAQ was released late in February this year. The previous SAQ which is now renamed “Legacy SAQ” is available and visible to markets.

During 2019, 627 SIZA Ethical audits were conducted. Out of this total, 94% have been completed in full, and a further 6% are in the process of completing the required corrective actions.

Verifying hours using manual systems has become an increasing concern for auditors during SIZA audits. In many cases, auditees supply attendance registers that do not adequately indicate the actual time worked for a particular employee.

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