Nokia’s Supplier Maturity Assessment (SMA) is an in-house, high-risk health and safety evaluation process designed to ensure contractors meet stringent safety requirements (e.g., working at heights/electricity). It focuses on risk mitigation, with a required minimum score of 3.0/5.0 for qualification, re-assessed every 2 years.
EcoVadis is the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, offering evidence-based assessments covering environmental, labor/human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement impacts. Using a cloud-based SaaS platform, it helps companies manage risk, ensure compliance, and improve sustainability performance across global supply chains.
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an independent, international organization that provides the world’s most widely used standards for sustainability reporting. GRI standards help businesses and governments disclose their impacts on the economy, environment, and society—including climate change and human rights—promoting transparency and accountability.
A Greenhouse Gas (GHG) audit is a systematic, third-party verification of an organization’s emissions data and reporting methodologies. It ensures accuracy, transparency, and compliance with standards like ISO 14064-3. Key components include boundary definition, data management, and emission source identification.
VDA 6.3 is a standardized, risk-based process audit developed by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) to evaluate and improve manufacturing process quality. It assesses compliance with automotive requirements (ISO 9001/IATF 16949) across the product life cycle, from project management (P2) to production (P6).
CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement) audits are mandatory annual assessments for automotive suppliers, focusing on specialized manufacturing processes like heat treating (CQI-9), plating (CQI-11), and molding (CQI-23), as required by IATF 16949. Developed by AIAG, these audits ensure process control, reduce variation, and align with, or exceed, customer-specific requirements.
