CREA

CREA is a social economic research and education not-for-profit institution with over a decade of CSR experience in monitoring and education. Starting with the foundational work of the Independent Monitoring Working Group (IMWG) with Gap in Central America, CREA has been involved in social compliance monitoring including the development of codes, compliance systems and trainings. More recently CREA has been instrumental in such initiatives as Project Kaleidoscope in China with Disney and McDonald's. CREA operates through an internal network of partner NGOs. All of CREA's projects require collaborative standard setting, facilitation, education of multi-stakeholder constituencies as well as the creation of education and management tools for on-going use. For more information, go to www.crea-inc.org.  


Verité

Verité's mission is to ensure that people worldwide work under safe, fair and legal conditions. Founded in 1995, Verité is a pioneer in monitoring, researching and improving labor and environmental practices in workplaces around the world. Verité works to empower companies, factories, NGOs, governments, and workers to create sustainable practices in the facilities and communities where our consumer goods are made. Verité's client companies come from the apparel, footwear, electronics, agriculture, food and beverage, toy, extractive and retail sectors, and we are supported as well by individuals and foundations.  Verité is a winner of the 2007 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.  For more information on Verité, go to www.verite.org.