Auditing Company

Auditors/Auditing Companies conducting Audits in the FCO Program must meet the following insurance requirements:

  • Workers Compensation or equivalent with statutory limits, as required by applicable local laws
  • Employers Liability limits of $1,000,000 each accident / $1,000,000 disease – each person / $1,000,000 disease – policy limit
  • General Liability Coverage:
    • $1,000,000 USD per occurrence
    • $2,000,000 USD general Aggregate (total)
    • Name Sumerra as an additional insured
  • Professional Liability Coverage: $500,000 USD
  • Auto Liability Coverage: $1,000,000 USD combined single limit covering all owned, hired and non-owned autos
  • General Liability, Auto Liability and Workers Compensation coverage noted above shall contain a waiver of subrogation in favor of the certificate holder
Individual Auditors

To be eligible to attend a Nike Auditor training, you must meet the following qualifications:

  • 4 year college degree in a related field (HR, Environmental, Industrial Hygiene, Safety, HR, Etc.) and 2+ years relevant auditing experience; or
  • 6+ years of factory Auditing Experience; or
  • 50+ factory audits in the past year

It is Nike's and Sumerra's expectation that the Auditors attending these trainings have prior experience and training from the Auditing Company.  These trainings are to cover the Nike Standards and expectations.  Therefore, previous knowledge/experience/training on how to conduct social and HSE factory audits is a requirement

Auditors will be approved to conduct audits in countries where they meet the following qualifications:

  • The auditor either currently resides in the specific country or has lived in the country for a substantial amount of time
    • In some cases, auditors who do not or have not lived in the country may still be approved to conduct audits in that country, based on prior experience.  This is done on a case by case basis and needs approval through Nike
  • The auditor speaks the local language
  • The auditor is familiar with local laws and local customs

Do I need to be both an HSE and Labor auditor to conduct Nike audits?

No, however, you should note that each Nike factory visit will consist of both a labor audit and HSE Audit being conducted during the same visit.  In order to bid on a Bundle of audits within the Nike Program, you must meet the following criteria:

  1. You are an Approved Auditor to conduct BOTH HSE and Labor Audits; or
  2. You are an Auditing Company that has 1 approved HSE Auditor and 1 Approved Labor Auditor and BOTH auditors will be sent to the factory (during the same visit) to conduct the audits