BEPI adopts industry best practices and practical technical expertise to increase the transparency of corporate development supply chains to meet increasingly stringent environmental regulations and stakeholder requirements. The BEPI framework is built on the Global Social Responsibility Program Environmental Reference Tool and complies with leading environmental standards such as the Global Reporting Initiative.
The problems encountered by suppliers around the world include: child labor, forced labor, lack of safety in the workplace and other forms of discrimination. BSCI Business Social Standard Certification is a program for retailers, industries and importers to implement a common monitoring system of social standards and improve the fulfillment of social responsibilities in the countries where suppliers are located. It monitors and promotes the social responsibility performance of companies that produce related products through continuous improvement of development policies. The Business Community Compliance Initiative (BSCI) members include retailers, brand companies and traders.