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Auditing Newsletter September 26, 2024

How do auditors allocate risk-ratings?

During a SIZA audit, when a SIZA auditor makes a finding, the auditor must allocate a risk rating to each finding. The risk rating of the finding will be based on the root cause of the problem and certain risk factors observed on the day.

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Auditing Newsletter September 26, 2024

Understanding Effective Soil Management: Key Practices and Metrics for a Successful Audit.

Effective soil management is essential for boosting farming productivity, supporting crop health, enhancing water retention, and maintaining ecosystem balance. Within the SIZA Environmental Standard, soil management is key in ensuring farm sustainability and audit compliance. While soil enhancement practices can be adapted based on specific conditions, common techniques such as soil health assessments, erosion control, nutrient management, and minimising compaction are widely used to promote soil health and prevent degradation.

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Auditing Newsletter May 17, 2024

Third-party Audit Cost

The cost of compliance has always been a sensitive and uncomfortable subject. The aim of compliance is not to create financial strain on the business but a requirement to ensure a third-party certification body has evaluated specific requirements of a standard required by the farm’s clients/buyers.

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Auditing Newsletter May 17, 2024

Exploring the Narrative: Food Safety vs. SIZA Social and/or Environmental Audits

Many agricultural businesses have to undergo at least three types of audits, depending on the market they supply to: a food safety audit, a social (ethical) audit, and, nowadays, an environmental (sustainability) audit.

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SIZA Connect Newsletter February 2, 2022

Wat is die verskil tussen SIZA en ‘n GLOBALG.A.P. oudit?

Alhoewel SIZA daarop gefokus is om duplisering in oudits vir Suid-Afrikaanse produsente te vermy, benodig produsente steeds  drie pilare vir volhoubaarheidsoudits wat insluit:  etiese-, omgewings-, en voedselveiligheidsoudits.

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SIZA Connect Newsletter February 2, 2022

What is the difference between SIZA and a GLOBALG.A.P. audit?

Although SIZA focuses on avoiding duplication in audits for South African producers, producers still require three pillars for sustainability audits which includes: social, environmental, and a food safety audit.

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Auditing Newsletter July 29, 2021

Options when scheduling SIZA Environmental Audit

SIZA Environmental third-party audits are not a pass/fail exercise but rather a process to measure a suppliers’ compliance against the SIZA Environmental Standard, in order to identify areas on the site which are non-compliant and that require corrective actions and improvement. As more and more markets are requesting Environmental audits to be conducted, it is… Continue reading Options when scheduling SIZA Environmental Audit

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SIZA Connect Newsletter March 19, 2021

Waarom werk SIZA saam met platforms soos Sedex en GLOBALG.A.P.?

Die SIZA-visie is om ‘n koste-effektiewe benadering aan lede te bied, en om dit te bereik is dit nodig vir SIZA om met globale platforms saam te werk.

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SIZA Connect Newsletter March 19, 2021

Why does SIZA partner with platforms such as Sedex and GLOBALG.A.P.?

The SIZA vision is to supply a cost-effective approach, and to achieve that we need to partner with global platforms.

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