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USA: SA8000-2014 Version by Spring next year

SA International is in the process of revising the SA8000 standards. The organization has received and analyzed revision comments from over 30 subject matter experts. “The SA8000 page on the SAI website will be updated in October with bios of the subject matter experts, all comments received, and a discussion and analysis of the comments,” informed SAI officials.

The next step, already in process, includes a proposal from the Standard Revision Committee on suggested changes to adopt for SA8000:2014. These changes will be incorporated into a discussion draft of the 2014 standard. The draft will be reviewed by the committee and then go to the SAI Advisory Board for review and approval. Once approved it will be posted online for a 60-day public consultation period scheduled to begin by the end of November. Public comments will be analyzed for incorporation into the next draft, which will be reviewed by the Standards Committee a number of times before the final draft is sent to the Advisory Board in Spring 2014.