Eurofins receives VAP Accreditation from Responsible Business Alliance to support ethical performance of electronics, retail, auto and toy industries
13 December 2023, Hong Kong
The Eurofins Assurance network of companies is pleased to announce that it has received accreditation from Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) for its Validated Assessment Program (VAP) to drive the social and ethical performance of electronics, retail, auto and toy industries.
Formerly known as the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), RBA is the world’s largest industry coalition dedicated to responsible business conduct in global supply chains, with more than 500 member companies which represent in total an annual turnover of more than usd 7.7 trillion.
RBA’s mission is to improve working and environmental conditions and business performance through leading standards and practices among members and stakeholders through different programmes and initiatives. Validated Assessment Program (VAP), RBA’s leading standard for onsite compliance verification and effective, shareable audits, assesses businesses’ performance against Labor, Health and Safety, Environmental, Ethics and Management Systems areas.
With this first-time accreditation from RBA on VAP, Eurofins will join other approved audit firms on the accredited list, supporting the industries in driving their social, environmental and ethical improvement. The approval also serves as a testimonial to our robust capabilities and expertise built in the past few years since establishment.
Learn more at https://www.eurofins.com/assurance/consumer-products/audit-services/social-compliance/responsible-business-alliance-vap-audit/.
About Eurofins Consumer Products Assurance
The Eurofins Consumer Products Assurance (CPA) network of companies offers comprehensive supply chain assurance to various industries on their quests towards compliance and performance improvement around social, environmental, security, technical and product quality. As a Full Member Firm of APSCA, our accreditation for industry audit programmes including amfori BSCI, Higg FEM, ICS, PSCI, SCAN, SLCP, Sedex SMETA and WRAP. Operating now in a network across Asia, Africa, Europe and South America, Eurofins CPA is trusted by brands, retailers, suppliers and corporates worldwide.
About Eurofins – the global leader in bio-analysis
Eurofins is Testing for Life. The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.
With over 61,000 staff across a network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries, Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods.
Eurofins Shares are listed on Euronext Paris Stock Exchange.