(Brussels) – Social audits and certifications of suppliers are not enough to prevent and remedy labor rights abuses in global supply chains, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today ...

The standards for the audits are laid out by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The scope of a performance audit varies, but usually includes an assessment of effectiveness ...

ICAI’s draft social audit standards exposed for public comments; last date for sending comments is August 26. SENSEX 81,118.60 -573.38. NIFTY 24,718.60 -169.60. CRUDEOIL 6,281.00 ...

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is hopeful of finalising the social accounting standards by the end of the year after Sebi on July 25 announced the regulations defining the ...

The Rajasthan government has decided to set up a specialised social and performance audit authority to conduct social audit of schemes, a first-of-its-kind in the country.

Of 45 issues reported during social audit of MGNREGA work in 2022-23 (till date), not a single has been closed or resolved yet and are pending at the level of the rural development and panchayati ...