Beyond Due Diligence: Independent Supply Chain Verification

Verifying What Your Suppliers Actually Do, Not Just What They Say

Supply chain assurance goes beyond desktop reviews, questionnaires, and supplier self-assessments to verify on-the-ground reality through rigorous site audits, confidential worker interviews, document examination, facility inspections, and management system evaluation.

As mandatory supply chain due diligence regulations proliferate globally, organizations face legal liability for supply chain violations, making independent verification essential to demonstrate compliance, identify issues before they escalate into enforcement actions or reputational crises, and provide the defensible documentation that boards, regulators, investors, and customers increasingly demand as evidence of effective supply chain oversight.

Speeki designs and executes comprehensive audit programs across supply chain and sales chains.

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    Modern Slavery & Forced Labor Verification Audits

    Speeki provides independent on-site audits verifying that your suppliers' operations are free from modern slavery, forced labor, human trafficking, and debt bondage as required under the UK Modern Slavery Act, Australian Modern Slavery Act, and similar legislation.

    Our audits go beyond desktop due diligence to conduct comprehensive site visits examining recruitment practices, employment contracts, working conditions, freedom of movement, wage payment systems, and indicators of coercion or exploitation.

    We conduct confidential worker interviews in local languages away from management presence, examine documentation including contracts, payroll records, and passport retention practices, inspect worker accommodation and facilities, assess grievance mechanisms and worker representation, and verify that recruitment fees have not been charged to workers.

    Our auditors are trained to identify subtle indicators of forced labor including excessive overtime, restricted movement, withheld wages, document confiscation, threats, and psychological coercion that may not be apparent in document reviews or management interviews.

    These verification audits provide the independent evidence required to substantiate modern slavery statements filed under regulatory requirements, demonstrate to investors and customers that supply chain forced labor risks are actively monitored through credible verification, and identify exploitation before it escalates into enforcement actions, supply chain disruptions, or reputational crises.

    Speeki's audits produce defensible documentation of supplier compliance that protects against regulatory challenges, provides evidence for board oversight of modern slavery risks, and enables confident disclosure that modern slavery due diligence extends beyond risk assessment to verified operational reality.

    This verification is essential for organizations operating in high-risk sectors (garment manufacturing, agriculture, electronics, construction) or sourcing from high-risk jurisdictions where forced labor prevalence requires ongoing monitoring, as well as for any organization whose modern slavery commitments, investor disclosures, or customer assurances require substantiation through independent third-party verification rather than supplier self-assessments.

  • Supplier Code of Conduct Compliance Audits

    Speeki conducts independent third-party audits verifying supplier compliance with your organization's code of conduct covering labor practices, health and safety, environmental management, ethics, and business conduct standards.

    Our compliance audits examine whether suppliers implement the commitments you've required them to make, including fair wages and working hours, freedom of association, non-discrimination and harassment prevention, workplace health and safety standards, environmental permits and pollution controls, waste management practices, energy and water use, anti-bribery and corruption measures, conflict of interest management, and data protection practices.

    We conduct systematic verification through document examination, management interviews, worker interviews, facility inspections, review of operational practices, and assessment of management systems supporting code compliance.

    Our audits identify gaps between contractual commitments and operational reality, evaluate corrective action plan implementation from previous audits, assess whether supplier management systems support sustained compliance, and provide evidence-based findings that enable informed decisions about supplier relationships, capacity building needs, or contract enforcement.

    These audits transform supplier code of conduct requirements from contractual clauses into verified operational standards, providing the independent oversight that boards, investors, and customers increasingly expect when organizations make supply chain responsibility commitments.

    Unlike supplier self-assessments that may present optimistic views of compliance, Speeki's independent audits deliver objective findings that identify issues requiring remediation before they escalate into serious violations, enable performance-based supplier management and development programs, and provide defensible evidence for sustainability reporting disclosures about supply chain management.

    This verification is critical for organizations making public commitments about responsible supply chains, responding to investor ESG due diligence inquiries, meeting customer requirements for supplier audits, or managing supply chain risks in sectors where supplier practices directly affect organizational reputation and regulatory exposure—ensuring that supplier code requirements represent verified reality rather than unenforced contractual language.

  • Worker Health, Safety & Wellbeing Verification Audits

    Speeki conducts independent audits verifying supplier workplace health and safety conditions, worker wellbeing practices, and occupational health management systems that protect worker safety and meet your organization's supply chain responsibility standards.

    Our health and safety audits examine facility safety including fire prevention and emergency preparedness, machine guarding and equipment safety, personal protective equipment provision and use, chemical safety and hazardous substance management, ergonomic hazards and repetitive strain prevention, workplace hygiene and sanitation facilities, accident and injury recording and investigation, health and safety training provision, worker health monitoring and occupational health services, and health and safety committee functioning and worker participation.

    We conduct comprehensive facility inspections identifying immediate hazards, review injury records and incident investigations, interview workers about safety concerns and reporting mechanisms, assess management commitment to health and safety, and verify that health and safety practices meet both legal requirements and your organization's supplier standards.

    Worker health and safety audits are essential following high-profile supplier incidents including factory fires, building collapses, chemical exposures, or worker fatalities that create immediate reputational crises and long-term trust damage for brands whose names are associated with supplier facilities.

    Speeki's independent verification provides early identification of serious health and safety risks before catastrophic incidents occur, demonstrates to stakeholders that supply chain health and safety commitments extend beyond policies to verified operational practices, and generates evidence supporting disclosures about worker protection in sustainability reporting.

    This verification is particularly critical for organizations sourcing from high-risk sectors including garment manufacturing, construction, chemical processing, and agriculture where worker safety risks are elevated, as well as for any organization whose brand reputation or investor commitments depend on demonstrable supply chain responsibility.

    Unlike health and safety consultants who design improvement programs, Speeki provides the independent third-party verification that health and safety standards are actually being met, enabling confident disclosure and stakeholder assurance that worker protection represents operational reality rather than aspirational commitments.

Supply chain assurance goes beyond desktop reviews, questionnaires, and supplier self-assessments to verify on-the-ground reality through rigorous site audits, confidential worker interviews, document examination, facility inspections, and management system evaluation.

Liability and reputational impact can be avoided with proactive assurance of your supply chain.

“Organizations face legal liability for supply chain violations, making independent verification essential to demonstrate compliance, identify issues before they escalate into enforcement actions or reputational crises, and provide the defensible documentation that boards, regulators, investors, and customers increasingly demand as evidence of effective supply chain oversight.”

Scott Lane, Lead Auditor, Speeki

Supplier Compliance Assurance by Speeki

Speeki designs and executes comprehensive audit programs across modern slavery and forced labor, human rights due diligence, code of conduct compliance, environmental practices, health and safety conditions, conflict minerals, and responsible sourcing, providing the independent evidence that your supply chain commitments in sustainability reports, regulatory filings, and stakeholder communications represent verified operational reality rather than unsubstantiated supplier representations

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