How is Step 1 of CAF/Tool 1.4 different from Better Work’s existing Compliance Assessment Tool and how will this affect companies that are not part of SLCP?
In general BW continues to collect the same information and will keep its current process and approach intact. The tool covers all the areas (both compliance and basic information) covered in Better Work’s existing Compliance Assessment Tool. At a technical level, changes have been made to support data sharing. Some questions have been worded slightly differently; some questions have been broken down into more granular data points for enhanced data usability by SLCP, partner brands, constituents and other actors. The tool also contains additional data points requested by brands. Social dialogue and management systems questions from the Better Work Compliance Assessment Tool are currently not mapped to the SLCP framework but will be aligned and moved to Step 1 for v1.5 of the tool.