Is amfori BSCI required? Customer requests and preparation

Decision and worked example

Example: A buyer requests BSCI, but the producer sends a quality certificate. Confirm the exact site, amfori member and expected assessment route in writing. Explain permanent, agency and temporary workers within the actual workforce. Reconcile attendance, pay and overtime for the same period; a quality certificate does not replace these social-practice records. Before purchasing preparation services, establish the invitation and RSP connection. List gaps as implementation work, rather than hiding them behind a signed policy.

Records for this purpose

• Customer membership, invitation and RSP relationship records.
• Actual site and workforce, including different worker categories.
• Linked working-time, pay and implemented correction evidence.

Conditions and authority limits

BSCI does not replace legal duties, and a consultant does not acquire the member's audit-request role. Check current programme sources and the actual customer condition separately.

Kayra service role

An enquiry to Kayra concerns actual activities, sites, application information, authority and impartiality risks; this role does not include designing or implementing the client’s system. The programme owner’s rules and the selected body’s current authority, scope and decision responsibilities are checked separately. Preparation does not guarantee certification, mark permission, an audit rating or legal compliance.

Official sources

Checked: 3 October 2026. The example is conditional; it does not describe a customer transaction or approval.

• www.amfori.org — amfori-bsci
• support.amfori.org — 24000079551-how-to-request-an-audit-as-a-producer