Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) Completes Independent Audits At 9 More Manufacturing Sites
Demonstrating verified compliance with RBA VAP standards1 April 2025, Taipei, Taiwan – Hon Hai Technology Group
(“Foxconn”) (TWSE:2317) has completed independent, third-party audits of nine
manufacturing campuses covering five countries, demonstrating, for a second
year, a commitment to critical compliance and transparency in social and
environmental responsibility by the world’s largest electronics manufacturing
service provider.
No priority
findings were assessed for the most part in the audits conducted under the Responsible
Business Alliance Validated Assessment Program (RBA VAP), an industry standard that recognizes
a factory’s commitment to social and environmental responsibility and focuses
on verified closure of issues identified in a VAP assessment.
The audits
covered Foxconn manufacturing sites in China, Vietnam, Malaysia, India and Mexico,
showing an overall compliance rate of 89%. The Quang Chau campus in Vietnam’s
Bac Giang province was recognized at a Silver
level under RBA VAP, outperforming
the average score in the local industry.
According to
RBA, customers, investors, governments and other stakeholders consider the
verified closure of audit findings critical to demonstrating compliance to
their requirements. To enhance sustainability in Foxconn’s operations and serve
as a global best-practice model, the audits in 2024 also focused on campuses
needing to strengthen third-party checks based on comprehensive assessment of their
operational complexity, employee size, and past record in third-party audits. Audit
areas covered labor rights, occupational health and safety, environment, ethics,
supply chain management and interviews with 1,067 employees. Total scope included
210,000 employees and took the equivalent of 96 man-days.
No priority
findings were assessed, with the exception of one priority non-compliance in supply
chain management due to overtime hours of an outsourced service provider, which
has been addressed. The compliance rates for environment and ethics each reached
over 97%, while those for labor, health and safety, and supply chain management
each reached over 80%. Findings indicated a need to strengthen the management
of the ratio of dispatched workers, overtime hours, calculation for social
insurance and on-time severance payment, as well as attention to the on-site
working environment in India.
By end 2024,
RBA VAP audits have been done at 58 sites with 8 recognized at Platinum level,
17 at Gold, and 20 at Silver. The first
audits in 2023 covered eight
sites in China and India.
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