APSCA 2030

STRATEGY

PROFESSIONALISM

ç Enhance the Professionalism and credibility of APSCA Member Firms and Auditors.

ç Become an association of and for Social Compliance Auditors.

ç Review the governance and oversight of APSCA’s governing boards and committees.

FUTURE PROOFING

ç APSCA to increase market adoption and capacity levels amongst stakeholders

through communication and marketing strategies that articulates social auditing

as a required and valued profession.

ç Enhance the user experience through improved business practices.

ç Review the exam process to ensure it is effectively and efficiently evaluating

the knowledge, skills and competencies of Member Auditors including

identification of emerging issues.

ç Identification of emerging issues and including into CPD and the

examination process.

IDENTITY

ç Expand APSCA’s reach and influence internally and externally on

behalf of APSCA Members in relevant forums.

ç Build awareness across the profession, industry and society.

ç Recognize the importance of the principle of transparency in

human rights due diligence processes and offer training for

social auditors.

Professionalism

OBJECTIVE

GOAL

ç Strengthen the firm application and ongoing Member Firm

oversight processes to validate information and ensure

compliance to the APSCA code before and after Membership

received.

Enhance the Professionalism

and credibility of APSCA

Member Firms and Auditors.

ç Increase efficiencies within the member auditor and member

firms’ disciplinary process while ensuring credibility and

integrity of the disciplinary process is upheld.

ç Finalise the process for Internal auditor / organizations to

join APSCA.

Become an association of

and for Social Compliance

Auditors.

ç Develop and implement a forum for auditors to share

learnings and discuss challenges.

ç Establish a method for members to influence the profession

through feedback sessions, add to podcast, communications

and other awareness opportunities.

ç Develop surveys to identify strengths, opportunities and to

measure the Trust of the Profession including capabilities,

reliability transparency and humanity.

ç Establish a CSCA Council, which leads to representation on

the SAB and/or Executive Board.

ç Open and transparent financial communication

Review the governance

and oversight of APSCA’s

governing boards and

committees.

ç Increase revenue to enable growth for the Profession, via

external engagement, communication, and other offerings

for Members.

Future Proofing

OBJECTIVE

GOAL

APSCA to increase market

adoption and capacity levels

amongst stakeholders

through communication and

marketing strategies that

articulates social auditing

as a required and valued

profession.

ç Implement a communication plan to drive support of APSCA

through market adoption and mutual recognition of APSCA’s

certification process.

ç Implement a process to bring auditors into the profession.

ç Working with Members to develop an academy which would

focus on supporting training for new auditors.

ç Develop a method for recognition of specialities, e.g. sector

(seafood, agricultural etc), topic (child labour, forced labour

etc) and alternative ways to demonstrate auditor competence.

ç Identify key stakeholders including companies and

collaborative schemes to help reduce the duplicity in

different training programmes/requirements

Review the exam process

to ensure it is effectively

and efficiently evaluating

the knowledge, skills

and competencies of

Member Auditors including

identification of emerging

issues.

ç Exam process assessed by third party to gain accreditation.

ç Quarterly calibration sessions with interviewers.

ç Annual review of exam documentation, questions, answers,

case study and scenarios.

ç Identify additional interviewers to support the capacity

required for 2023.

ç Develop and implement a post exam survey to identify areas

of opportunities and obtain immediate feedback.

ç Develop guidance framework for how emerging issues can

be integrated within APSCA CPD & exam.

Identification of emerging

issues and including into

CPD and the examination

process.

ç To develop validate and retain auditor competency by

identification of emerging issues and inclusion within the

examination process and CPD.

ç Migration from Knack to new data system (ADAM).

Enhance the user experience

through improved business

practices.

ç Increase efficiencies for Members and APSCA Team e.g.

auditor enrolment, exam request, CPD etc).

ç Central location for holding training certificates with view to

reduce multiple trainings on same topics.

Identity

OBJECTIVE

GOAL

ç Develop communications to support others to talk for the

profession. (This includes: position papers, FAQ).

Expand APSCA’s reach

and influence internally

and externally on behalf

of APSCA Members in all

relevant forums.

ç Expand the podcast, social media, publications, overall

external and internal engagement.

ç Expand the intent and coverage of the Annual Meeting to

include opportunities for networking, auditor engagement,

education on emerging issues and interested party

participation and interested party participation.

ç Expanding external engagement with government

regulatory bodies and civil society to positively impact social

measurement expectations of business.

Build awareness across the

profession, industry and

society.

ç Provide Members and Partners with the opportunity to

influence and develop the work within APSCA.

ç Develop guidance framework for how emerging issues can

be used within the Profession.

ç Developing standard responses to common issues, including

GDPR, audits don’t work and more.

ç Enhanced website design to provide easier access to

information.

ç Preparation of Podcast and supporting communication

guidance.

ç Identify relevant forums within the human rights due diligence

area to positively impact and extend APSCA’s reach to benefit

Members.

Recognize the importance of

the principle of transparency

in human rights due

diligence processes and

offer training for social

auditors.

ç Identify training for social auditors to support their ongoing

learning and development.