Manufacturer sign the following undertaking at the time of joining the program

 

UNDERTAKING

 

M/s.                                                                                                                                        with its offices located at                                                                                                   

Phone(s)                                                        Fax(es)                                                         

E-mail (if any)                                                                                       represented by Mr. / Ms:                                                                 Chief Executive / Executive Director / Manager of the Company, declare that we have voluntarily joined the Child Labour Elimination Programme under the Atlanta Agreement, since _________ (date of joining). In order to fulfill the obligations of the programme, we, hereby, undertake to do the following:

 

  1. Carry out all the stitching activities of hand stitched balls without having any regard to the size, kind, quality, stitching prices etc. of such balls, at the monitorable places accessible to the IMAC monitors;

  2. Print the I.D. Code issued by the IMAC on the specific panel of all hand stitched balls without any discrimination of size, kind, quality or price of the ball;

  3. Our company will not involve in any counterfeiting activities in any form. If there will be any such objective evidence provided to IMAC through any source, we shall have no objection on the cancellation of our membership from the Child Labour Elimination Programme, after proper verification.

  4. Reveal all the information of any stitching activities belonging to the company either of sample balls, repair balls, stitching center/sub-contractors/stitchers on trial, to the IMAC Management in Sialkot;

  5. Provide information to IMAC on the brands/specific designs stitched by the company;

  6. Set up an effective and vigilant internal monitoring structure within the company manned with appropriately qualified personnel;

  7. Appoint/ designate an internal monitoring manager to coordinate with the IMAC Management on monitoring related issues;

  8. Through internal monitoring ensure that no stitching activity takes place at any place not registered with the IMAC;

  9. Ensure that in no way children under the age of 14 years, school going or not school going, are engaged/involved in any kind of paid or unpaid work either on full time or part time basis;

  10. Keep IMAC Management informed on regular basis of changes in the production volumes, changes in the stitching activities/strength at stitching centers;

  11. Respond promptly to any enquiry from IMAC especially about the stitching activities at unregistered places or incidence of child labour etc;

  12. Keep an attendance register at all the stitching centers.

  13. Cooperate with IMAC monitors or any other IMAC official designated for the purpose, at all times, on the issues related to the child labour elimination programme;

  14. To keep the programme running, contribute to SCCI @ Rs. 0.20 per ball produced or any other rate decided by the SCCI from time to time;

  15. Cooperate with the agency designated as successor agency for external monitoring;

  16. Abide by all the provisions to ensure the implementation of the programme decided by the SCCI independently or jointly by the project partners;

 

 

 

 

Signature and seal of the Company                 Signature and seal of the IMAC