NL/PL – The in-house printing shop of the Dutch importer midocean located in Ruda, Poland has been re-awarded the A grade it received in the scope of an amfori BSCI audit last February. After the first full audit in September 2019, in a new full audit at the beginning of September 2021 an independent auditor from Intertek Poland confirmed the previous result. According to midocean, the printing shop in Ruda is the first within the whole industry to have an amfori BSCI audit carried out. On re-obtaining the A grade, the Dutch full-range stockist has achieved the highest possible audit result. The amfori BSCI audit has to be repeated every two years. “As an important player in the promotional products industry midocean takes its responsibility seriously,” according to company statements. “The entire midocean collection is produced in accordance with the European laws and regulations. On the one hand it is important that our items are safe and sustainable, but also that the people, who produce and customise our items can do so under safe conditions.”
Amfori BSCI is an initiative that strives to improve the working conditions worldwide, which midocean is committed to in the scope of its compliance policy. On behalf of midocean, amfori BSCI has independent and recurrent audits carried out on the company’s suppliers by accredited auditing firms. The results of each audit are used to develop an improvement plan. The respective production site is then given a specific time frame to carry out the improvements. amfori BSCI and Sedex Smeta 40 audits are regularly carried out at the printing location of midocean to check that the own production sites comply with all of the local, legal working condition requirements. According to midocean, during the latest audit in September no objections had been raised and the auditor had recorded various “Best Practices” – i.e. that the conditions found within the company were better than legally stipulated in several areas. “This good result is down to the huge dedication and commitment of our employees. It also demonstrates that we are a good and attractive employer,” Petra van Elteren, Corporate Social Compliance Manager at midocean stated.
