What do compliance documents prove about a supplier?
A social audit report proves conditions at one factory on the audit dates, and a product certificate proves the chemical content of one tested article. Neither proves the other, and neither proves conditions or content on any other date.
A buyer who treats "certified" as a single status confuses the two. A factory holds a valid BSCI report and no chemical certificate, or the reverse, and each is checked separately against the issuing body's records.
In this section
- BSCI and SMETA audits — what a social audit examines on the factory floor, how BSCI grades from A to E work, how long a report stays valid, and why a report differs from ongoing compliance.
- OEKO-TEX Standard 100 — what the label certifies, the four product classes, how a certificate number is verified, and what the label does not cover.
Where do compliance documents fit when sourcing from Bangladesh?
Both documents are requested before an order, not after, and each is verified with the body that issued it. Buyers who want to see a factory's current audit status and the floor it describes can visit and inspect in person.