Trade Aid: auditing the social
The dual role of Trade Aid as a development organisation with educational objectives, and as an organisation engaged in commercial activities with trading activities, had always provided a creative tension.
During a time of structural change, the organisation decided to embark on a Social Audit, as a way of ensuring social objectives received just as much attention as commercial ones.
Trade Aid's first Social Audit was conducted in 2000, and it has continued to undertake social audits bi-annually since then - primarily under the oversight of a voluntary committee, and with very limited extra resources.
A copy of their second social audit is available on-line.