Bureau Veritas and MetricStream to host the West Coast Compliance and Supply Chain Sustainability Roundtable

Industry experts and compliance and supply chain professionals from leading global organizations to discuss the significance of building sustainable Product Safety, Social Compliance, and Corporate Compliance Programs

February 20, 2013 | Palo Alto, California: MetricStream, the market leader in enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions, will join Bureau Veritas, a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification services to host the West Coast Compliance and Supply Chain Sustainability Roundtable on February 21, 2013. The roundtable will be held at the Cabana Hotel in Palo Alto, California, where eminent panelists will provide strategies and insights on how organizations can structure effective Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and social compliance programs tocomply with labor laws and compliance mandates, increase transparency over complex supply chains, and protect brand and reputation.

Leading global retail, consumer electronic, and manufacturing organizations have recently come under fire for ethical and social compliance issues, impacting their brand image and resulting in significant monetary loss. Compliance monitoring and audits have not been effective nor frequent enough to really address the challenges resulting from global and expansive supply chains in new high-risk markets. Added to the complexity are the extensive requirements of quality and safety regulations that organizations must comply with. To ensure brand reputation, build customer loyalty, and increase social performance, organizations today must redefine their CSR and social compliance programs, as well as better manage their product safety and compliance programs.

During this roundtable, the experts will discuss strategies and best practices to structure ethical and sustainable compliance programs, detailing exactly how organizations can effectively integrate their quality, safety, and compliance programs. Speakers at this event include:

• Keri Dawson, Vice President of ComplianceOnline Advisory Services, MetricStream
• Randal H. Rankin, Vice President CSR Services, Bureau Veritas
• Rick Horwitch, Vice President Strategy, Solutions Business Development, Bureau Veritas
• Laura Wittman, Vice President of Corporate Compliance and Human Rights, Jones Apparel Group
• Zoe McMahon, Director, Social and Environmental Sustainability & Compliance, Hewlett-Packard
• Susan Pifer, Chief Compliance Officer, Meijer
• Delrick Majors, Sr. Manager Quality/Compliance, Williams-Sonoma
• Dilip Lokre, Director Product Integrity, VF Outdoor Inc/ The North Face

The three key sessions at this event include:

• Maintaining a sustainable and ethical supply chain - Identifying and addressing the fundamental problems causing violations within CSR and social compliance programs.
• Managing compliance in outsourced supply chains - Avoiding recalls and reducing costly penalties by setting quality, safety, and compliance standards with vendors across the supply chain.
• Ensuring brand reputation - Implementing effective ethical corporate programs across the supply chain to comply with various regulatory requirements and uphold brand image.

About MetricStream
MetricStream is a market leader in Enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Management Solutions for global corporations. MetricStream solutions are used by leading corporations such as UBS, P&G, Constellation Energy, Pfizer, Philips, BAE Systems, Twitter, SanDisk, Cummins and Sonic Automotive in diverse industries such as Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Energy and Utilities, Food, Retail, CPG, Government, Hi-tech and Manufacturing to manage their risk management programs, quality processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and corporate governance initiatives, as well as several million compliance professionals worldwide via the www.ComplianceOnline.com portal. MetricStream is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and can be reached at www.metricstream.com.

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