Walmart Ethical Sourcing Experts

What are Walmart’s Responsible Sourcing Standards? 

Walmart’s Responsible Sourcing Standards are a set of guidelines that suppliers must adhere to in order to do business with Walmart. The standards cover various aspects of social and environmental responsibility, including labor practices, product safety, and environmental sustainability.

Hassle-free Walmart Social Customer Audit with Smeta Comliance

Our team assists with a clear understanding of Walmart’s social compliance audit standards as well as simple solutions for putting them into practice. The team provides all necessary assistance in completing Walmart supplier audit-related documentation procedures. The first assessment of the organization’s current processes. To ensure satisfactory audit outcomes, 100 percent documentation support is provided. Walmart’s Social Compliance Audit implementation process is described below:

Simple & Practical Methodology

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Initial Review

  • Review of the existing  System
  • Gap analysis and planning for the compliance
D

Documentation

  • Designing and developing of forms, formats, and procedures
  • Training and Hand holding/ support for implementation
E

Effective Verification

  • Internal audit for verification of implemented system
  • Management review
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Achieve Certification

  • Audit / verification
  • Closure of non-conformities support if any

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What are the Focus Points of Walmart Social Compliance Audit?  
  • Compliance with Laws
  • Voluntary Labor
  • Labour Hours
  • Hiring and Employment Practices
  • Compensation
  • Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
  • General Health and Safety
  • Dormitories and Canteen
  • Environment
  • Gifts and Entertainment
  • Conflicts of Interest
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Financial Integrity.

Note : The above audit criteria is mentioned based on the experience & for reference purpose. As it the sole property of Walmart, the checklist/audit criteria can be modified and revised at any point in time.

What are the document requirements for Walmart Social Compliance Audit?

  • Quality System Documentation
  • Process Control & Documents
  • Performance Measurement Records
  • Standard Operating Procedures & Work Instructions
  • Visual Management Implementation
  • Health & Safety Related Requirements
  • Legal & Environmental Compliance
  • Human Resources Competence & Upgradation
  • Operational System Improvements.

Which organizations are eligible for Walmart Social Compliance Audit?

   
  • Manufacturing units including sub-contractors in Walmart Supply chain.

How will Walmart Social Compliance Audit Benefit your Organization?

   
  • Recognition of socially compliant organization
  • Opportunity to participate in Supply Chain of Disney-branded products.
  • Opportunity for exports. Supplier Approval by overseas customers
  • Compliance with business, legal, contractual, and regulatory requirements
  • Improved structure and focus with respect to Business Ethics.

What does one mean by Customer Specific Requirements?

   
  • Customer Specific Requirements are the additional requirements imposed by the customer (Walmart Social Compliance Audit) which an organization needs to compulsorily comply with in order to become a verified supplier. In many cases, these requirements are additional to ISO certification.

Is this different from ISO Certification?

   
  • Generally, customer specific requirements are the additional requirements generated over the existing ISO certification to meet certain needs of the customer. This helps the organization gain recognition as a socially compliant organization.

Does my client require me to make changes in my Quality system?

   
  • As per specific requirements the Organization might have to make necessary changes in the Quality system to comply with the Customer Specific requirements. Smeta Compliance helps an organization to make the necessary changes to comply with the requirements of Walmart Social Compliance Audit in a very easy and practical manner.

Can Smeta Compliance assist in ensuring my suppliers are certified and assist in improving the overall quality?

  • Yes, we can ensure that your suppliers are certified and we can assist them in improving the overall quality to meet your specific requirements.

Can Smeta Compliance help my organization identify requirements as per modern trend and help implement the same for my suppliers?

  • Yes, Smeta Compliance as an Organization remains very up to date regarding the new trends of certification & specific requirements. We provide full assistance in the implementation of the same.