SLF Transparency Dashboard Will Alleviate Audit Fatigue and Cost

Taking off from my last interview: Will this add to the audit fatigue or will it serve as a purpose to reduce that in the long run. If yes, how. Please elaborate.
This is another huge step towards alleviating audit fatigue and cost.  Once brands, retailers and OEMS recognise that this system allows them to see all the good practice in one place, they will be able to concentrate on supporting their supply chains to achieve the necessary standard and really start to understand what the different certifications provide risk mitigation for.  In my experience a lot of people ask for a particular sourcing criterion without understanding what it really means. In some cases, this leads to leather manufacturers having to undergo different audits / testing / inspections for different customers which might all be very similar but take time and cost money for each one that a facility has to undergo.  Of course, on top of that cost, there is also the reduction in productivity, taking the company away from the principle business at hand.  Some companies are spending tens of thousands of pounds each year just to meet these demands.
 
Our equivalency mapping service allows a company’s Transparency Dashboard to reflect all their conformance and compliance, as long as it is third party audited and credible.  Of course, the summary section of each organisation’s individual Dashboard also shows non-auditable good practice to give a full overview of how a company considers its responsibility – this can include awards, social responsibility programmes, additional due diligence work, etc.  We are working to give brands, retailers and OEMs a window to good practice so they can think more about what standard should be in place and not what certification company they know.
 
Overall, we believe that this fully transparent system, using our A.I.M. (Accessible, Inclusive, Modular), approach is the way forward for the future delivery of high-performance leather products that meet the sustainable expectations of civil society.