WRAP Certification: worldwide responsible accredited production

What is WRAP Certification?

Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP), formerly Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production, is an independent, objective, non-profit team of global social compliance experts dedicated to promoting safe, lawful, humane, and ethical manufacturing around the world through certification and education. The WRAP certification program mainly focuses on the apparel, footwear, and sewn products sectors.

Wrap Certification principles are generally based on workplace regulations and local laws. This is the world’s largest factory based certification program for the textile & footwear industries. A WRAP certification audit will inspect your entire production process to ensure you are compliant with the WRAP audit Principles and provides your customers assurance that your goods are ethically produced also demonstrates commitment towards socially and environmentally ethical standards and represents responsible production.

WRAP audit certification also administers a comprehensive training program which has become one of the leaders in the industry. They provide training programs like Internal Auditor, Fire Safety & C-TPAT for anybody who wants and Lead Auditor Course training only for accredited monitoring partners.

 

Hassle-free WRAP Certification with Smeta Compliance

Smeta Team helps organizations to implement the requirements of WRAP in most simple and systematic manner. The methodology of system implementation covers Initial review, planning followed by implementation and documentation. Smeta is one of the leading WRAP certification consultants in Mumbai, India. Our team offers active support and hand holding to organizations to achieve successful system implementation and positive audit results.100% documentation support is offered to expedite the implementation process. The Wrap certification implementation process is described below:

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Initial Review

  • Initial visits & Review of the existing system with respect to WRAP Requirements
  • Gap analysis and planning for compliance
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Documentation

  • Designing and developing of forms, formats, and procedures
  • Training and Hand holding/ support for implementation
  • 100% documentation support
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Effective Verification

  • Internal audit to verify the compliance prior to final audit
  • Management review
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Achieve Certification

  • WRAP audit / verification
  • Closure of non-conformities support if any
  • Rewarding the certificate to the organization

Smeta Compliance offers only Genuine WRAP Certification Options.

We ensure that WRAP Certification adds value to your brand rather than distracting from it by getting counterfeit/local certification. Your certificate’s international traceability helps in passing the Certificate Verification process conducted by your overseas customers.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What are focus points of WRAP Certification – WRAP Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production?

   
  • Compliance with Laws & Workplace Regulation
  • Prohibition of Forced Labor
  • Prohibition of Child Labor
  • Prohibition of Harassment or Abuse
  • Compensations & Benefits
  • Hours of Work
  • Prohibition of Discrimination
  • Health & Safety
  • Freedom of Association & Collective Bargaining
  • Environment
  • Customs Compliance
  • Security.

What are the document requirements for WRAP Certification?

   
    The organization shall demonstrate compliance related to below mentioned requirements: –
    • The Legal (Factory Act.)
    • Social (Policies, Procedures and related documents)
    • Health and Safety
    • Environmental
    • Social (Policies, Procedures and related documents)

    What Organization are eligible for WRAP Audit Certification?

       
    • Manufacturing units including sub-contractors
    • Any other business units are irrespective of nature of business, size, and location.

    How will WRAP Audit Certification Benefit your Organization?

       
    • Enhanced Business opportunities
    • Opportunity for exports. Supplier Approval by overseas customers
    • Improve working culture in organization & all workers are treated fairly and humanely
    • Improves brand reputation among consumers as a fair employer
    • Reduces health and safety hazards in the workplace
    • Improves employee engagement and boosts productivity
    • Improve market value of the organization
    • Increase customer satisfaction by deliver better product and services
    • Improve the production procedure of the organization
    • Demonstrate a commitment to social compliance.

    How did WRAP Audit Certification – evolve throughout the year?

       
    • Year 1997: WRAP standard was created by a group of American Apparel & Footwear Association.
    • Year 2000: WRAP become a standalone entity and start operating separately
    • Year 2018: WRAP becomes the official Corporate Social Responsibility partner of the American Apparel & Footwear Association.

    Is WRAP certification reliable?

       
    • In the sewn products business, WRAP continues to be the most widely recognized independent certification.

    Is Nike WRAP certified?

       
    • If a company wants to sell to buyers and retailers in the United States, it needs to get the WRAP certification. Even though they have their own certification and compliance procedures, retailers such as GAP, Nike, and Walmart frequently request that producers have a valid WRAP certification.

    How long does it take to get WRAP certified?

       
    • It is dependent on the facility’s readiness at the time of application. From the time an application is made for a certificate to be granted, it can take as little as six weeks, but it might take anywhere from two to six months, or even longer in rare cases.

    A certain brand claims to be WRAP Certified. Is it True?

       
    • No, WRAP certification is not available to brands or stores. Individual production units are the only ones that can be.

    How do I know if my clothes were made in a WRAP certified facility?

       
    • Clothing and footwear supply chains are vast and complicated, making it difficult to label any of them as being created wholly in WRAP-certified facilities. While the final assembly of a garment may have occurred in a WRAP-certified facility, the cloth, buttons, or other components may have been manufactured in a non-WRAP-certified site. We do not have a system for identifying clothing and footwear created in our accredited facilities because WRAP is not a consumer-facing company. Several companies and retailers, on the other hand, have chosen to state whether they source from WRAP-certified facilities on their websites.