TNT Express Namibia first to achieve SA 8000 accreditation
TNT Express Namibia was recently certified as the first Namibian company to achieve the SA 8000 standard of approval. SA 8000 is a humanitarian standard that deals with social accountability within an organisation.
This key milestone takes TNT?s Corporate Responsibility initiatives within the region to a new level. TNT South Africa has been certified SA 8000 since 2006 and TNT Namibia has been part of the South African certification.
New requirements came into effect in 2010, which do not allow different countries under one certification, hence TNT Namibia undergoing certification as a stand-alone entity.
?This achievement marks the first time that TNT Namibia has been audited separately from TNT South Africa; achieving the accreditation at its first attempt,? says Mary Mashiane, Corporate Responsibility Manager of TNT Express.
?As a global business, we are committed to promoting and supporting both global and local social responsibility campaigns. Our aim is to improve the social impact we have on our employees and customers from a quality perspective,? she adds.
The SA 8000 accreditation is based upon the principles of international human rights norms and is the most widely recognised as the global standard issued by the human rights organisation, Social Accountability International (SAI), for managing human rights in the workplace.
The standard is designed to maintain decent working conditions throughout a supply chain. It measures the performance of companies in eight key areas: child labour; forced and compulsory labour; health and safety; free association and collective bargaining; discrimination; disciplinary practices; working hours and compensation.
SA 8000 also provides for a social accountability management system to demonstrate ongoing conformity with the standard. This achievement makes TNT the only company with a unique combination an integrated management system of international standards of SA 8000, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001, says Mashiane.
?This further demonstrates our ongoing commitment to ensure that our activities are adding economic, environmental and social value to the markets we serve,? she concludes.
This key milestone takes TNT?s Corporate Responsibility initiatives within the region to a new level. TNT South Africa has been certified SA 8000 since 2006 and TNT Namibia has been part of the South African certification.
New requirements came into effect in 2010, which do not allow different countries under one certification, hence TNT Namibia undergoing certification as a stand-alone entity.
?This achievement marks the first time that TNT Namibia has been audited separately from TNT South Africa; achieving the accreditation at its first attempt,? says Mary Mashiane, Corporate Responsibility Manager of TNT Express.
?As a global business, we are committed to promoting and supporting both global and local social responsibility campaigns. Our aim is to improve the social impact we have on our employees and customers from a quality perspective,? she adds.
The SA 8000 accreditation is based upon the principles of international human rights norms and is the most widely recognised as the global standard issued by the human rights organisation, Social Accountability International (SAI), for managing human rights in the workplace.
The standard is designed to maintain decent working conditions throughout a supply chain. It measures the performance of companies in eight key areas: child labour; forced and compulsory labour; health and safety; free association and collective bargaining; discrimination; disciplinary practices; working hours and compensation.
SA 8000 also provides for a social accountability management system to demonstrate ongoing conformity with the standard. This achievement makes TNT the only company with a unique combination an integrated management system of international standards of SA 8000, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001, says Mashiane.
?This further demonstrates our ongoing commitment to ensure that our activities are adding economic, environmental and social value to the markets we serve,? she concludes.
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