Factory audit

The Home Depot, also known as the National Treasure Company, is a leading global retailer of home building materials and the second largest retailer in the United States. The Home Depot has 2234 chain stores located throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China.

The main requirements of The Home Depot's factory inspection standards are as follows:

1. Prohibition of child labor: Factories are not allowed to employ child labor or work night shifts.

2. Prohibition of forced labor: It is strictly prohibited for factories to hire forced labor, force workers to work overtime, and use laborers and prison workers.

3. Workers' working hours: not exceeding 60 hours, with at least one day off per week.

4. Worker wages: Is the employee's salary lower than the local minimum wage level? Do employees receive overtime pay for working overtime? Is the salary paid on time? Does the factory purchase insurance for its employees?

5. Factory Health and Safety: Does the factory have any health and safety issues, is the fire-fighting facilities complete, is the ventilation and lighting in the production area good, does the number of employees in the dormitory meet the requirements, and does the hygiene, fire-fighting, and safety of the employee dormitory meet the requirements?

The Home Depot, founded in 1978, is the world's largest furniture and building materials retailer and the second largest retailer in the United States. The company's business covers the entire United States, Canada, and Mexico. Home Depot expects all suppliers to comply with applicable international or local laws and regulations when producing and distributing goods or providing services to Home Depot. Home Depot actively encourages all suppliers to operate according to Home Depot's requirements or higher, and continuously promotes operational improvement. It also requires all suppliers to comply with the relevant provisions of Home Depot's social and environmental responsibility standards.

On March 13, 2017, Home Depot and Lowe's jointly developed an audit template called Retailer Ethical Sourcing Audit (RESA), which was officially launched; Replacing the previous social responsibility standards of Home Depot and Lowe's, which means that factories only need to pass RESA factory audits to meet the social responsibility requirements of Home Depot and Lowe's, reducing the additional cost of duplicate audits for using the same factory.

1、 Scope of social responsibility review

1. Laws and regulations

2. Child labor

3. Forced labor

4. Harassment and insult

5. Labor remuneration and benefits

6. Working hours

7. Non discrimination

8. Freedom of Association and Labor Management Consultation

9. Health and Safety

10. Environmental Protection

11. Split/subcontract production

12. Communication and exchange

13. Business Ethics

14. Supervision and Compliance

2、 Rating and Validity Period

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3、 Precautions

When suppliers and factories receive audit notifications, they can apply to share existing social and environmental responsibility audit reports. When the report meets the following requirements, the audit can be exempted: RESA audit report applied for by Lowe's, Home Depot's social responsibility is generally passed in two stages, pre audit and follow-up audit, and any minor issues must be followed up.