The standards we're actually audited against
Three frameworks come up most often with our clients and partners — social-compliance audits under RBA/SMETA, hostel standards under Akta 446, and workplace safety under OSHA. Here's how each one shapes what we actually do.
Social Compliance
RBA & SMETA
Buyer-driven social-compliance audits are now a routine part of doing business with international manufacturers. This is the benchmark set we build our worker management system against.
RBA VAP Audit
Responsible Business Alliance Validated Audit Process — the standard most electronics and manufacturing buyers require of their labour suppliers.
SMETA
Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit, covering labour standards, health & safety, environment and business ethics.
HIGG FEM / FSLM
Environmental and social facility modules used widely across the apparel and footwear supply chain.
SA8000
Social Accountability International's certifiable standard for decent working conditions.
EU CSDDD
Supply chain due diligence support under the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and Germany's LkSG.
Buyer Audits
Direct client and second-party audits, scheduled and unannounced, supported with ready documentation.
Worker Housing
Akta 446
Malaysia's Employees' Minimum Standards of Housing, Accommodations and Amenities Act (Akta 446) sets the legal floor for worker housing. We build to it and generally above it.
JTKSM Compliance
Minimum space per person, sanitation, ventilation and safety requirements, licensed and inspected.
RBA Housing Standards
International benchmarks for worker housing, dignity and freedom of movement layered on top of the statutory minimum.
Andaraya Welfare Code
Our own internal standard, going further than the law to ensure workers feel genuinely cared for, not just legally housed.
Workplace Safety
OSHA
Malaysia's Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA 1994) governs workplace safety obligations for both employers and principal contractors — directly relevant wherever our placed workers are on a client's site or one of our own construction projects.
Safety Induction
Every placed worker receives site-specific safety induction before their first shift, documented and signed off.
Protective Equipment
Role-appropriate PPE issued and tracked, with replacement schedules built into our welfare monitoring.
Reporting & Response
Incident reporting procedures aligned with DOSH requirements, with escalation paths defined in advance, not improvised.
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