SGS Appointed Recognized Assessor to Conduct BEPI Environmental Performance Assessments

ARCUEIL, France - Feb. 20, 2015 - PRLog -- SGS Appointed BEPI-Recognized Assessor

SGS has been appointed as a ‘Recognized Assessor’ by the Business Environmental Performance Initiative (BEPI) to conduct third party environmental performance assessments in production units supplying the retail and food industries.

BEPI is a new initiative, launched by the Foreign Trade Association (FTA), to help producers to identify and manage key environmental risk factors in their organizations. Initially focused on China, Vietnam and Bangladesh, BEPI will rollout worldwide. SGS has extensive experience in supporting businesses and organizations across the world to demonstrate their environmental and sustainability credentials through assessment, audit and certification.

Environmental Performance Assessment According to BEPI

The BEPI cycle comprises three stages: self-assessment, improvement phase and independent third party assessment. Each stage guides producers towards practical environmental improvement. As a Recognized Assessor, SGS will conduct the third and final assessment stage on behalf producers to whom it is contracted.

The BEPI scheme compliments the company’s existing portfolio of sustainability and environmental certification services (http://www.sgs.com/en/Consumer-Goods-Retail/Softlines-and...).

“At SGS, we help clients to ensure that in today’s global and fast-moving competitive markets they and their partners can meet the complex environmental challenges in their supply chains,” said Ahmad Ansari, SGS’s BEPI Program Manager. “Our appointment as a BEPI Recognized Assessor, means we will be able help our clients meet the expectations of the supply chain and consumers.”

About BEPI

The Business Environmental Performance Initiative (BEPI) is a business-driven service provided by the Foreign Trade Association (FTA) for retailers, importers and brands committed to improving environmental performance in supply chains worldwide. BEPI provides a practical framework that can support all product sectors in all countries to reduce their environmental impact, business risks and costs through improved environmental practices.

Website: http://www.sgs.com/en/Sustainability.aspx

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 80,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1,650 offices and laboratories around the world.