Template 11: Producer

Self-Assessment
This template of the amfori BSCI System Manual can be used by most producers
to self-assess their social performance.

The source(s) of evidence can be one or several of the following:

 MI: management interview

 WI: worker interview
 WRI: workers’ representative interview
 DE: documentary evidence
 SO: site observation

Exceptions include:

 Small producers: They should use Template 12: Small Producer Self-
Assessment.
 Small holders and family farms: They should use Template 3: Assessment
for Small-holders and Family Farms.

Additional information is available in Part IV amfori BSCI Guidelines

for Producers.

Name of main producer Date:

COMPAÑIA AMERICANA DE 10/04/2019

CONSERVAS SAC
Filled out by:

Performance Area 1: Social Management System and Cascade

Source of evidence
Effect

1.1 The producer has set up

Not In Already in
an effective management
started progress practice
MI WI WRI DE SO
system to implement the
  
amfori BSCI Code of Conduct.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

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 Farm 2:

Farm n:

1.2 The producer appoints a

Not In Already in
senior manager to ensure that
started progress practice
the amfori BSCI values and MI WI WRI DE SO
  
principles are followed in a
satisfactory manner.

✔
Main producer: COMPAÑIA AMERICANA DE CONSERVAS SAC

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

1.3 The producer knows who

its significant business Not In Already in
partners are and assesses started progress practice
MI WI WRI DE SO
how they understand and   
apply the amfori BSCI Code of
Conduct.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

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 1.4 The producer organises its Not In Already in
workforce capacity to meet the started progress practice
MI WI WRI DE SO
expectations of the delivery   
order and/or contracts.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

1.5 The producer monitors Not In Already in

how its business partners started progress practice
MI WI WRI DE SO
observe the amfori BSCI Code   
of Conduct.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

1.6 The producer develops the

necessary policies and
Not In Already in
procedures to prevent and
started progress practice
address any harm done to MI WI WRI DE SO
  
workers in its supply chain
(physically, financially or
psychologically).

Main producer: ✔

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 Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

Not In Already in
1.7 The producer manages its
started progress practice
business relations in a MI WI WRI DE SO
  
responsible manner.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

Performance Area 2: Workers Involvement and Protection Sources of evidence

2.1 The producer involves

workers and their Not In Already in
representatives in workplace started progress practice
MI WI WRI DE SO
issues and exchanges   
information with them on the
issues.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

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 2.2 The producer defines long- Not In Already in
term goals to protect workers started progress practice
MI WI WRI DE SO
according to the amfori BSCI   
Code of Conduct.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

2.3 The producer takes

Not In Already in
specific steps to make workers
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
aware of their rights and
  
responsibilities.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

2.4 The producer builds

sufficient competence to
successfully embed Not In Already in
responsible practices in the started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
operation of the business   
(involving managers, workers,
and workers’ representatives).

Main producer: ✔

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Farm 2:

Farm n:

2.5 The producer establishes

Not In Already in
or participates in an effective
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
grievance mechanism for
  
individuals and communities.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

Performance Area 3: The Rights of Freedom of Association and

Sources of evidence
Collective Bargaining

3.1 The producer respects the Not In Already in

right of workers to form unions started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
in a free and democratic way.   

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

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 3.2 The producer respects the Not In Already in
workers’ right to bargain started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
collectively.   

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

3.3 The producer does not

Not In Already in
discriminate against workers
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
because of their trade union
  
membership.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

3.4 The producer does not

prevent workers’ Not In Already in
representatives from started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
accessing or interacting with   
workers in the workplace.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

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Farm n:

Performance Area 4: No Discrimination Sources of evidence

4.1 The producer takes the

Not In Already in
necessary measures to avoid
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
or eradicate discrimination in
  
the workplace.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

4.2 The producer ensures

workers are not disciplined,
Not In Already in
dismissed, or discriminated
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
against because of their
  
complaints against
infringements of their rights.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

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 4.3 The producer takes the
necessary measures to keep Not In Already in
workers from being harassed started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
or disciplined based on any of   
the grounds of discrimination.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

Performance Area 5: Fair Remuneration Sources of evidence

5.1 The producer complies

with the government’s
Not In Already in
minimum wage legislation or
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
the industry standard
  
approved through collective
bargaining (if applicable).

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

5.2 Wages are paid in a timely Not In Already in

manner, regularly, and fully in started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
legal tender.   

Main producer: ✔

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 Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

5.3 The level of wages paid to Not In Already in

workers reflects their skills and started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
education.   

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

5.4 The producer provides

Not In Already in
sufficient remuneration that
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
allows workers to meet a
  
decent living standard.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

Not In Already in
5.5 The producer provides
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
workers with the social
  

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 benefits that are legally
granted. ✔

Main producer:

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

5.6 The producer ensures that

deductions from wages are Not In Already in
only taken under the started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
conditions and to the extent   
prescribed by the law.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

Performance Area 6: Decent Working Hours Sources of evidence

6.1 The producer does not

require more than 48 regular
Not In Already in
working hours per week,
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
without prejudice to the
  
exceptions recognised by the
ILO.

Main producer: ✔

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 Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

6.2 The producer’s request of

Not In Already in
overtime is in line with the
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
requirements of the BSCI
  
Code of Conduct.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

6.3 The producer grants Not In Already in

workers the right to resting started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
breaks in every working day.   

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

Not In Already in
6.4 The producer grants
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
workers the right to at least
  

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 one day off in every seven
days. ✔

Main producer:

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

Performance Area 7: Occupational Health and Safety Sources of evidence

7.1 The producer observes Not In Already in

applicable occupational health started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
and safety (OHS) regulations.   

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.2 The producer seeks

workers’ protection in case of Not In Already in
accident, including through started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
compulsory insurance   
schemes.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

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Farm n:

7.3 The producer regularly

Not In Already in
carries out risk assessments
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
for safe, healthy, and hygienic
  
working conditions.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.4 There is active

cooperation between
management and workers Not In Already in
(and/or their representatives) started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
when developing and   
implementing systems
towards ensuring OHS.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

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 7.5 The producer regularly
provides OHS trainings to
ensure workers understand Not In Already in
the rules of work, personal started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
protection, and measures for   
preventing and reacting to
accidents.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.6 The producer enforces the

use of personal protective
Not In Already in
equipment to provide
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
protection to workers in
  
conjunction with other facility
controls and safety systems.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.7 The producer implements

engineering and administrative Not In Already in
control measures to avoid or started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
minimise the release of   
hazardous substances into the

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 work environment (keeping
the level of exposure below
internationally established or
recognised limits).

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.8 The producer develops Not In Already in

and implements accident and started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
emergency procedures.   

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.9 The producer makes

Not In Already in
potential hazards visible to the
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
workers through signs and
  
warnings.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

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7.10 The producer has and

properly uses procedures for Not In Already in
recording and reporting started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
occupational accidents and   
injuries.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.11 The producer seeks the

Not In Already in
stability and safety of the
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
equipment and buildings used
  
for production.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.12 The producer respects

the workers’ right to remove Not In Already in
themselves from imminent started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
danger without seeking   
permission.

Main producer: ✔

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 Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.13 The producer makes sure

a competent person Not In Already in
periodically checks the started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
electrical installations and   

equipment.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.14 The producer has

Not In Already in
installed an adequate amount
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
of firefighting equipment that
  
works properly.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

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 7.15 The producer ensures
that escape routes, aisles, and
Not In Already in
emergency exits in the
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
production site are easily
  
accessible, clearly marked,
and not blocked.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.16 The producer ensures

evacuation plans meet legal Not In Already in
requirements and are posted started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
in relevant places so workers   
can see and understand them.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.17 The producer ensures

adequate safeguards for any Not In Already in
machine part, function, or started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
process that may cause injury   
to workers.

Main producer: ✔

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 Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.18 The producer ensures Not In Already in

qualified first-aid is available at started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
all times.   

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.19 The producer has

emergency procedures to deal Not In Already in
with cases of trauma or started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
serious illness. These   
procedures must be in writing.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

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 7.20 The producer provides Not In Already in
potable water for workers at all started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
times.   

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.21 The producer provides

workers with access to an Not In Already in
appropriate, clean area for started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
storing food, eating, and/or   
cooking.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.22 The producer provides

workers with clean washing Not In Already in
facilities, changing rooms, and started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
toilets that are respectful of   
local customs.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

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 Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.23 The producer provides

workers with transportation
Not In Already in
(either directly or by using
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
third parties) that is safe and
  
that complies with national
regulations.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

7.24 The location of the social

facilities or workers’ housing
ensures that users are not Not In Already in
exposed to natural hazards or started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
affected by the operational   
impacts of the worksite (e.g.
noise, emissions, and dust).

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

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 7.25 The producer verifies that
temperature, humidity, space, Not In Already in
sanitation, and illumination are started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
adequate for the health and   
safety of workers.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

Performance Area 7: No Child Labour Sources of evidence

8.1 The producer does not Not In Already in

engage in illegal child labour started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
directly or indirectly.   

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

8.2 The producer establishes

robust age-verification
mechanisms as part of the Not In Already in
recruitment process, which started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
may not be in any way   
degrading or disrespectful to
the worker.

Main producer: ✔

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 Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

8.3 The producer has

adequate policies and Not In Already in
procedures in writing for started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
protecting children from any   
kind of exploitation.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

8.4 The producer has

adequate and remedial
Not In Already in
policies and procedures to
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
provide further protection in
  
case children are found to be
working.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

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 Performance Area 9: Special Protection for Young Workers Sources of evidence

9.1 The producer ensures that

young workers do not work at
night and are protected Not In Already in
against conditions of work that started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
are harmful to their health,   
safety, morals, and
development.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

9.2 Young workers’ working

hours do not affect their
attendance at school, their
participation in vocational Not In Already in
orientations approved by the started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
competent authority, or their   
capacity to benefit from
training or instruction
programmes.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

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 9.3 The producer establishes
Not In Already in
the necessary mechanisms to
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
prevent, identify, and mitigate
  
harm to young workers.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

9.4 The producer seeks to

Not In Already in
ensure that young workers
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
have access to effective
  
grievance mechanisms.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

9.5 The producer seeks to

ensure that young workers are
Not In Already in
properly trained on
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
Occupational Health and
  
Safety and have access to
related training programmes.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

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 Farm 2:

Farm n:

9.6 The producer has a good Not In Already in

overview of all young workers started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
engaged in its production site.   

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

Performance Area 10: No Precarious Employment Sources of evidence

10.1 The producer’s

Not In Already in
employment relationships do
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
not cause insecurity for the
  
workers.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

10.2 The producer engages

Not In Already in
workers based on recognised
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
and documented employment
  
relationships.

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 Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

10.3 The producer provides

Not In Already in
workers with understandable
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
information before entering
  
into employment.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

10.4 The producer does not

use employment Not In Already in
arrangements in a way that started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
deliberately conflicts with the   
genuine purpose of the law.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

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 Performance Area 11: No Bonded Labour Sources of evidence

11.1 The producer does not

engage in any form of Not In Already in
servitude, or forced, bonded, started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
indentured, trafficked, or non-   
voluntary labour.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

11.2 The producer acts

rigorously and diligently when Not In Already in
engaging and recruiting started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
migrant workers both directly   
and indirectly.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

11.3 The producer does not

subject workers to inhumane
Not In Already in
or degrading treatment,
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
corporal punishment, mental
  
or physical coercion, or verbal
abuse.

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 Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

Performance Area 12: Protection of the Environment Sources of evidence

12.1 The producer

continuously identifies the Not In Already in
significant impacts and started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
environmental implications   
associated with its activities.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

12.2 The producer has

procedures in place to ensure Not In Already in
integration of local started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
environmental law into the   
business performance.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

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12.3 The producer has and

Not In Already in
maintains required
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
environmental permits and
  
licences.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

12.4 The producer manages

Not In Already in
waste in a way that does not
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
lead to the pollution of the
  
environment.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

12.5 The producer manages

water in a way that respects Not In Already in
the environment, including started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
preserving local water   
sources.

Main producer: ✔

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 Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

Performance Area 13: Ethical Behaviour Sources of evidence

13.1 The producer actively

opposes any act of corruption,
Not In Already in
extortion, or embezzlement, or
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
any form of bribery, in its
  
activities as a business
enterprise.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

13.2 The producer keeps

Not In Already in
accurate information regarding
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
its own activities, structure,
  
and performance.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

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 Farm n:

13.3 The producer takes the

necessary measures to
prevent the falsification of
Not In Already in
information related to its
started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
activities, structure, and
  
performance and any act of
misrepresentation of its supply
chain.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

13.4 The producer collects,

uses, and processes personal
information with reasonable Not In Already in
care and in accordance with started progress practice MI WI WRI DE SO
privacy and information   
security laws and regulatory
requirements.

Main producer: ✔

Farm 1:

Farm 2:

Farm n:

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