On 21 May 2025, Luiza Reguse, Senior Manager at The Consumer Goods Forum’s Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) spoke on a panel at Foundation FSSC’s Insights Event a global certification organisation supporting the consumer goods industry, whose social responsibility scheme FSSC 24000 received SSCI Recognition last year. She highlighted a significant shift across the consumer goods industry — from traditional, compliance-focused audits to more systemic, risk-based due diligence assessments, in a panel titled ‘‘Benefits of a Management System Approach for Social Sustainability’, alongside Heineken, IQNET, SGS and the FSSC 24000 Strategic advisor.
In her panel discussion, Reguse identified three key trends driving this shift:
Reguse said “In today’s complex regulatory landscape, businesses need clarity and trust in the tools they use. That’s where SSCI comes in — by recognising credible standards and aligning expectations, we help companies turn ambition into action and build stronger, more responsible supply chains.”
With hundreds of schemes and programmes on the market, it can be difficult for organisations to know which programme to use. SSCI addresses this by benchmarking and recognising credible schemes based on international norms and defining minimum criteria for credible social and environmental programmes.
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Third-party auditing and monitoring schemes and programmes are invited to apply for SSCI Recognition and demonstrate their commitment to industry-defined expectations for social responsibility. Learn more about the SSCI Benchmark and download the application kits at benchmark.tcgfssci.com. For more information about the SSCI, please visit www.tcgfssci.com or contact the SSCI team at [email protected]
