The 5th Annual Global Compliance summit took place on May 13-14, 2014 in Dongguan, China. The turnout was great with just over 300 people in attendance, representing 15 Countries and 48 Participating Brands. Attendance was made up by:
• 50% Factories
• 28% Brands
• 10% Licensees
• 10% Auditors/Consulting
• 2% Associations/Lab

WORKSHOPS
The summit format was different than in year’s past as it was structured to include more hands-on workshops in order to provide attendees with more valuable and useful information to take back to their factories. It encompassed 9 Workshops varying in subject matter within Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environment, Health & Safety (EHS). Each attendee was able to select 2-4 of the trainings to attend.
The workshop topics included:

• Chemical Management
• Fire Safety Training
• Conducting Better Audits
• C-TPAT
• Environmental Stewardship & ZDHC
• Structural Safety and Building Management
• Factory Self-Assessment
• Factory Management Systems
• Introduction to Higg Index

PARTICIPATING BRANDS
The participation by the following 48 Brands was one reason for the success of the summit! All of these Brands encouraged their Suppliers to attend. Some of the Brands even covered a portion or all of the cost for their Suppliers. Representatives from many of the Brands attended the summit so they could also meet face-to-face with their Suppliers.

BRAND BREAKOUTS
Several Brands used the 2014 Global Compliance Summit as an opportunity to meet with their suppliers in Brand specific breakout sessions and discuss current topics relevant to their supply chain. The Summit provided the perfect setting by offering daily workshops and the Brand breakout proved to be a natural fit.

EXHIBITION
The summit included an exhibition where several companies were able to showcase their products and services! This year’s exhibitors included:

COMMENTS FROM ATTENDEES
We received a lot of great feedback from attendees, as well as some valuable information on how we can continue to make the next summits even more valuable for the participants. Some of the comments include:
“I do think this year’s summit is arranged in a more efficient way to have the attendees learn what they want/need and are interested in as this summit is divided to several sections/topics for us to make the choice.”
“This year’s summit is the best one I have been involved with, much more focus on each topic with expert trainer leading it.”
“Summit was informative. In future, I would like to be able to attend all the trainings, since the format this year I could only attend a couple.”
“Very good, if we need supplier training, we will look for your help!” – Brand Representative
“Trainers were excellent & the agenda was clear and helpful.” – Brand Representative
“Great workshop! It was clear, interactive, informative, fun, serious, all with a good speaker.”
“Surprisingly good session, not too hard, very easy to understand; good session for factories.”

Click here to view Schedule of 2014 Summit.

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• 4th Annual Global Compliance Summit – September 12 – 13, 2012 (Suzhou, China)
• 3rd Annual Global Compliance Summit – September 22 – 22, 2011 (Dongguan, China)
• 2nd Annual Global Compliance Summit – December 7 – 9, 2010 (Dongguan, China)
• 1st Annual Global Compliance Summit – March 10 – 11, 2010 (Bangalore, India)