An independent, optional standard certification is the Responsible Wool Standard, or RWS Certification. On the farm side, RWS certification guarantees that sheep are treated with five stars for free and that best practices are followed when maintaining and safeguarding the land. Certification guarantees that the farm’s wool is accurately identified and traced during the processing stage. After ten years of concentrating on factory audit consulting, Saicert creates a customized RWS certificate, RWS factory audit consulting, and RWS certificate counseling solution that includes follow-up, audit accompanying, on-site counseling, etc., to guarantee a positive result.
1. RWS Production Management Plan
2. RWS system plan
3. Business license
4. Production flow chart
5. Workshop and storage area plan
6. RWS Standards and Management Manual Training Record
7. Supplier evaluation records and checklists and corresponding RWS certificates
8. Sales contract
9. Purchase contract
10. Delivery note (procurement)
11. RWS raw material acceptance inspection record
12. Inbound order (purchasing)
13. Purchase invoice
14. Purchasing TC
15. Production Notice
16. Picking list
17. Cleaning record
18. Production process related records
19. Finished goods receipt
20. Finished product inspection report
21. Sales delivery note
22. Sales fine code list
23. Sales invoice
24. Sales TC
25. Finished label
26. Total Balance Sheet
Farms participating in RWS certification are reviewed annually by an independent third-party certification body. As the certified wool of these farms is supplied, the textile exchange content claim standard is used to provide a chain of custody systems for the final product. Each production stage is certified by an accredited third-party certification body.
The goal of the RWS Responsible Wool Standard is to provide the industry with a tool to recognize the best practices of the farm; to ensure that the wool comes from the farm, to take a gradual approach to managing their land, and from being treated responsibly to the sheep. This standard will create an industry benchmark to promote improved animal care and land management, where necessary, and provide a robust chain of regulatory systems from farm to final product, enabling consumers to believe that the wool in their choice is a real RWS Responsible wool.
Simply speaking, the RWS certification is similar to the RDS certification.
The RWS certification standard for Responsible Wool was released in early 2016, providing benchmarks for animal husbandry and land management practices for the industry and improving traceability.
The Responsible Wool RWS Certification Standard is a measurement tool used to validate practices that global farmers can do to ensure that wool comes from humanely treated sheep, as well as from farms that manage their land in a gradual manner, and build farmers, consumers and brands. Communication and understanding between.
The Responsible Wool RWS certification standard also provides a sound regulatory system chain from farm to final product to ensure consumer confidence in RWS products.
RH&M has been loyal to nature for many times. At the end of August, it was announced that it would take 10,000 euros a year to develop the recycling technology of old clothes. In a few days, it cooperated with HSI, the international humane treatment society.
The purpose of this collaboration is not only to regulate H&M's use of animal skins or other body parts, but also to ban animal experiments on beauty products on a global scale. Details that are currently known include: protecting the health of hair-raising animals; avoiding the sale of any cherished and endangered birds and beasts; prohibiting the use of Angora rabbit fur, live birds or forcibly feeding bird feathers; only accepting cows, buffalo, Sheep, goats, fish and pig skin, as these are common farm animals.
Responsible wool RWS certification standards are created to protect the recycling of animals and land.
The RWS Responsible Wool Standard is an independent, voluntary standard. RWS certification on the farm side ensures that sheep receive five-star free treatment and ensure best practices in managing and protecting the land. Through the processing phase, certification ensures that the farm's wool is properly identified and tracked.
In summary, Responsible Wool Standard RWS Certification is a voluntary global standard that addresses the welfare issues of sheep and land management practices, providing key differentiation and complete traceability of wool for brands. The objectives of the Responsible Wool Standard are:
Provide industry tools to determine the best farm practices;
Ensure that the wool comes from a responsible sheep;
Confirm that farms follow enhanced land management practices to protect soil health, biodiversity and native species.
RWS Certification - The responsible wool standard is an independent, voluntary standard, which means the company can choose to be certified. RWS is a newer certification, the standard for the whole process from sheep pasture, wool processing, spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing, and garment processing. On the farm, certification ensures that sheep are treated with respect for their five freedoms and ensures best practices in managing and protecting the land. The RWS certification ensures that the wool on the certified farm is properly identified and tracked.
Usually, the RWS certification takes about 2-3 months, and the application process is as follows:
1. Application
CU is a Dutch-based certification company with an office in China. After receiving the officially signed application form and verifying it, CU will evaluate the feasibility and related costs of the certification.
2. Contract
After evaluating the application form, the auditing agency will quote according to the application, and the budgetary expenses will be detailed in the contract. The applicant will confirm the signature after receiving the contract. After receiving the signed contract, the RWS registration audit agency will Register for the applicant and issue a registration number. After the audit agency issues a quotation contract, the company needs to pay.
3. RWS audit
After confirming that the necessary system documents have been sorted out, the auditing agency will arrange for the auditors to go to the on-site audit. Within two weeks after the audit, the official report will be issued. RWS certification auditing agency will issue the consultation within two weeks after receiving the official report. When there is a non-conformity, different measures are taken according to the actual situation. If all the non-conformities are corrected at the specified time, the certificate of eligibility will be issued to the applicant before the original is issued. If the applicant confirms the correctness, the original qualification certificate will be issued and sent to the applicant's address.
RWS certification is a relatively new standard certification from sheep pasture, wool processing, spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing, and garment processing.
The farm is a special part that can be RWS certified alone or as part of a farm group.
There are seven steps in the RWS certification process (refer to the process of individual farm RWS certification):
Step 1: You need to contact a certified organization with a business license.
Step 2: Fill in the certification body's application form and farm information.
Upon receipt of the application, the certification body will determine if your farm meets the criteria and prepare a structured quote containing its fees.
Step 4: After the quotation is received, you will be required to sign a contract with the certification body. The contract is valid for three years and needs to be renewed after the expiration.
Step 5: Before auditing, make sure that you are clear about all the requirements, so all the necessary documents are prepared according to the standards.
Friendly reminder: Good preparation can reduce the cost of certification and save audit time.
Step 6: The certification body will send an auditor to your farm to observe the operation of the farm, interview the workers, and check some records related to the standard requirements. The first audit will be a pre-arranged public audit.
Step 7: The audit result will be sent to the certification authority's office; another person will review them and make a final certification decision. If a non-conformance is found, you will be given a period of time to correct the non-conformance and will submit proof of correction or additional certification fee for the certification body.
The RWS certification process usually takes 2-3 months.
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