Cosipar is a large pig iron maker located at the city of Maraba, South of Para State, near the Amazon Forest.
In its supply chain Cosipar works with the local charcoal industry, a sector with significant environmental and labour issues. Many of the farms in Cosipar's region are suspected to use forced labour.
Therefore ABN-Amro Bank of Brazil advised Cosipar to improve the managment system for its external and internal social performance. In 2007 the company decided to implement a SA8000 system. With a SA 8000 Certificate Cosipar gets a stronger position on the market, proving the company's compliance with national and international requirements in the social field.
BSD started to work for Cosipar doing a social audit and a Gap Analysis against the requirements of SA8000. Afterwards an efficient integration of a standard conform management system into the company's existing organisation follows. The efforts made since February 2008 are leading to a certifiable stage in 2009.
Involved BSD Consultants
Beat Grüninger
Marco Perez
Giulia Cricenti
In this project BSD worked together with its partner consultant Adriano Diniz, Specialist in the field of Labour Laws and SA 8000 Implementations.
