Auditors, controls, certification and trainings

The controls are carried out in all Asian production sites at least once a year. In the supply chain, we control each quarry, where the raw material is degraded, at least once a year and similarly each processing plant. If the natural stones are processed in several factories (for example, machine processing and hand cut processing), all these factories, from which the licensee obtains its natural stones, need to be controlled. One audit per year must take place unannounced.

Auditors in China and Vietnam:

ICO Consulting Co., Ltd.
Dr. Liu Kaiming
Institute of Contemporary Observation
Add.: Room 315, Block 212, Terra Industrial Zone, Chegongmiao
Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Web: http://www.ico-china.org/home/index
P. C.: 518040

Background information about ICO and about the director Dr. Liu

The auditors of our partnerorganisation Institute of Contemporary Observation (ICO) has been trained by the Bureau Veritas S.A.

Auditors in India:

Mr. Rajnath Yadav, XertifiX Chief Inspector North India
Email: rajnath.xertifix (a) gmail.com
BAL KALYAN EVAM SHODH SANSTHAN (BKSS)
B.P.C.L. Gate, Sandwa Kalan
P.O.-T.S.L.Naini, District-Allahabad. [U.P.]– 211010
INDIA

Mr. Susai Michael, Consultant
#21, Main Street, Avvai Nagar, Selaiyur
Chennai 600073
Email: susai25 (a) yahoo.co.in
INDIA

Controls

First Audit

Information about the voluntariness of the audit process, explanation about the criteria, audits, sanctioning and certification; then similar procedure as the control audit.

Controlaudit

Verify the compliance with the XertifiX standards based on observation, interviews, check of documents. Optionally, creating and discussing the corrective action plan and audit report. The control audit takes place announced.

Unannounced Control / inspection

Similar procedure as the controlaudit. The inspection will take place unannounced.

Certification

No later than a fourteen days after conducting the audit the report shall be submitted by the auditor to the XertifiX office in Hannover. The report data is read into the XertifiX database and a summary of the report is created. Based on the audit reports the XertifiX office decides,

  • whether the natural stones of a supply chain are to be certified,
  • whether the certification is renewed,
  • whether a warning will be issued for a non-compliance with the criteria,
  • whether the certification is revoked for the non-compliance with the criteria.

After submitting the audit report the auditors can not affect the certification decision at all and are only informed about the certification decision by the XertifiX office.

Additional service:
Arranging workshops for workers / management

India

Ethicraft Sustainability Forum
Mr. Mayank Srivastava
22 Blunt Square, Durgapuri,
Lucknow – 226004
INDIA

China

ICO Consulting Co., Ltd.
Institute of Contemporary Observation
Add.: Room 315, Block 212, Terra Industrial Zone, Chegongmiao
Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Web: http://www.ico-china.org/home/index
P. C.: 518040

Further Information

1. 10 Steps to the XertifiX-Seal
2. List of retailers