Fair Stone BASIC is the underlying third-party audit scheme to verify annual compliance with minimum criteria until reaching full WiN=WiN Fair Stone compliance.
Since 2018 it enables the Fair Stone partners to perform an immediate 3rd party audit with the registration of their supply chains. The audits have a validity of only one year.
Fair Stone BASIC should be understood as an entry into the WiN = WiN Fair Stone certification. To ensure that there is no confusion on the different scope of compliance, an additional Logo is used. Individual third-party certificates show the progression of the supplier (Year 1, Year 2, Year 3).
If the factory passes the Fair Stone BASIC audit, the certification is valid for 12 months. It has to be repeated every year for a maximum of three consecutive years. In the event of failure of an audit, the logo usage will be blocked via our traceability platform TFS and a follow-up audit needs to be carried out within six months or sooner based on the urgency of the Fair Stone Partner.
After a maximum of 36 months the step-by-step process for continuous improvement is finalized and the full WiN=WiN Fair Stone audit becomes mandatory for a continued cooperation. The full Fair Stone Standard is entirely examined. Fair Stone cooperates with TUV Rheinland, QS zuerich and Paradigm Shift at the moment.
The adjusted requirements of the Fair Stone BASIC Certification include minimum criteria such as:
- All ILO Core Labour Conventions: 29, 87, 98, 100, 105, 111, 138, 155 and 182
- Minimum wage and accident insurance for employees
- Additional Fair Stone criteria:
• OSH (Occupational Safety and Health) measures
• First response (first aid kit & fire extinguisher)
• PPE (Personal Protective Equipment): helmets, masks, glasses, ear protection and work specific equipment depending on the risk assessment where necessary
• Capacity Building for workers
Fair Stone Auditors: TÜV Rheinland (China)
Winlon Tsui is Manager of TÜV Rheinland in HongKong. Since 2000, he is involved in the Auditing Department. He already conducts more than 500 audits in ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO/IEC 17025, SA 8000 and 2nd party audits in various fields including chemicals, plastics, toys, electronic / electrical.
He speaks Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese) and English. He lives in HongKong, China.
Contact: winlon.tsui@hk.chn.tuv.com
For the coordination of audit dates with the TÜV please contact Ms. Cynthia Cheng (cynthia.cheng@tuv.com)
Alma Xu is working as an auditor for TÜV Rheinland (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. since 2014. She has already conducted about 200 audits for different schemes and standards (SMETA standard, Jarden Code Of Conduct etc.) Ms. Xu has conducted audits in various fields and different industries such as garments, hardware, cosmetics, shoes, plastic toys, ceramics etc.
She speaks Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese) and English and currently resides in Quanzhou, China.
For the coordination of audit dates with the TÜV please contact Ms. Cynthia Cheng (cynthia.cheng@tuv.com)
Jason Li is a Senior Quality Engineer as well as CSR Senior auditor of TÜV Rheinland (Shanghai) Co., Ltd since 2014. He has already conducted about 350 audits in the context of schemes and standards such as ISO 9000, SA8000, BSCI, IRCA etc. The audits were conducted in various fields including plastic, Food, Toys, Hardware, Clothing, etc.
He speaks Chinese (Mandarin) and English, and currently resides in Shandong, China.
For the coordination of audit dates with the TÜV please contact Ms. Cynthia Cheng (cynthia.cheng@tuv.com)
Fair Stone Auditors: QS Zürich (China, Vietnam)
Men Yizhong is Manager of Switzerland Quality Service Zürich AG (QS Zürich AG) Shanghai Representative office. Since 2009, he is involved in the Auditing Department. He already conducts more than 500 audits in ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO/IEC 17025, SA 8000 and 2nd party audits in various fields including chemicals, plastics, toys, electronic / electrical.
He speaks Chinese (Mandarin) and English. He lives in Shanghai, China.
Contact: diwen@qs-ce.com
He Tao works for QS Zürich AG in Shanghai and is employed as full-time auditor. She has conducted more than 300 Audits to verify compliance with ISO 9001, ISO/IEC17025 or SA 8000. Furthermore she has also collected experience with 2nd party audits in different industries (Chemis, Plastics, Toys, Electronics) .
He Tao speaks Chinese (Mandarin) and English.
She lives in Shanghai, China.
Contact: susan@qs-ce.com
Zhu LiMin works for QS Zürich AG in Shanghai and is employed as full-time auditor. He has conducted more than 500 Audits to verify compliance with ISO 9001, ISO/IEC17025 or SA 8000. Furthermore he has also collected experience with 2nd party audits in different industries (Chemis, Plastics, Electronics).
Zhu LiMin speaks Chinese (Mandarin) and English.
He lives in Shanghai, China.
Contact: zlm@qs-ce.com
Wang Hui works for QS Zürich AG in Shanghai and is employed as full-time auditor. She has conducted more than 150 Audits to verify compliance with ISO 9001, ISO/IEC17025 or SA 8000.
Wang Hui speaks Chinese (Mandarin) and English.
She lives in Shanghai, China.
Contact: kerry@qs-ce.com
Wu TianBao works for QS Zürich AG in Shanghai and is employed as full-time auditor. He has conducted more than 200 Audits to verify compliance with ISO 9001, ISO/IEC17025 or SA 8000. Furthermore he has also collected experience with 2nd party audits in different industries (Chemis, Plastics, Electronics).
Wu TianBao speaks Chinese (Mandarin) and English.
He lives in Shanghai, China.
Contact: wtb@qs-ce.com
Sun Bin works for QS Zürich AG in Shanghai and is employed as full-time auditor. She has conducted more than 480 Audits to verify compliance with ISO 9001, ISO/IEC17025 or SA 8000 and also collected experience with 2nd party audits in different sectors.
Sun Bin speaks Chinese (Mandarin) and English.
She lives in Shanghai, China.
Contact: sophia@qs-ce.com
Accredited Auditors: Paradigm Shift Ltd.(China, India, Vietnam, Kambodscha)
Nilambar Bhuinya (Neel) is one of the founders of Paradigm Shift with locations in New Delhi, Kolkatta and Chennai.
Neel holds a Masters in Computer Science & Application and Masters in Social Work. He is IRCA and SAI certified auditor for several management system standards.
Neel speaks English, Hindi and other Indian Languages such as Telugu.
He lives in Kolkatta, India.
Jekib Ahmed is one of the founders of Paradigm Shift with locations in New Delhi, Kolkatta and Chennai.
Mr. Jekib Ahmed is an engineer and a FLA accredited auditor having 15 years of experience of working with core production, buying, industrial relations, and multi-stakeholders management across different sectors in Indian Sub-Continent, South East Asia, Middle East and Africa on the issues of ethical supply chain and conflict management.
Jekib speaks English, Hindi and other Indian Languages such as Kannada.
He lives in New Delhi, India.
Mr. Herr Sothearat Seoung highly experienced Cambodian national consultant with over twenty years’ experience, gained primarily within the Cambodian social development and labour rights sector. He has been working as a part-time auditor in the past 5 years and currently resides in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Mr. Sothearat Seoung speaks Khmer and English and works for Paradigm Shift.
Ms. Huyen Le Thi Thu has been working as a consultant on sustainability, human rights dialogues for 11 years. She is also an expert in UNIDO CSR Projects and ILO training programs. She has been working part time for Paradigm Shift for the last 5 years and currently living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Ms. Le Thi Thu Huyen speaks Vietnamese, English, Japanese and some Chinese.