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The Environmental and Social Score is a comprehensive assessment designed to evaluate your organization's
adherence to social and environmental standards. It examines your current practices, policies, and systems,
providing a detailed analysis of your strengths and areas for improvement.
Taking the ESC assessment is a crucial step in understanding your organization's current standing in the realm of
social and environmental responsibility. This assessment serves as a vital tool for businesses looking to enhance
their operational effectiveness while fostering a positive impact on society and the environment.
Informed Decision-Making: By understanding their score, businesses can identify strengths and weaknesses,
enabling them to make informed decisions that drive improvement.
Transparency and Accountability: This accountability encourages com to adopt more responsible practices,
ultimately benefiting people and planet.
Competitive Advantage: Consumers are increasingly prioritizing sustainability in their purchasing decisions, so
a strong score can attract more customers and enhance brand loyalty.
Risk Management: By addressing these risks proactively, companies can mitigate negative impacts and
enhance their resilience.
Stakeholder Engagement: It helps demonstrate a commitment to sustainability, which can enhance trust and
support from these groups.
Encouragement of Best Practices: This encourages a culture of continuous improvement as companies strive
to enhance their scores.

WAVES collaborates with organizations across industries to meet the environmental and social requirements set by buyers and development finance institutions.






An audit passed today is a snapshot, not a system. Building something that holds up under repeat scrutiny is the work – drawn from hundreds of social and environmental audits across manufacturing and food supply chains in the US, Canada, Mexico, and beyond.

We work alongside your team to close the gap between policy and practice – the documentation on file and what a site walkthrough, worker interview, or environmental review actually finds. The result is a management system built once and evidenced continuously: gap assessment, corrective action plan, and the operational routines that keep both current, so you’re ready before an audit or safeguard review is ever scheduled.

A Code of Conduct and a safeguard standard ask the same underlying questions – labor, safety, environmental management, grievance mechanisms – verified through the same evidence. We build the system that answers both: one set of practices for the business maintaining it, one evidence trail for the buyer, lender, or safeguards team reviewing it.

Safeguards teams and implementing partners need to know what’s happening on the ground, not just what’s documented on paper. We conduct independent site verification, worker interviews, and field research against safeguard frameworks like IFC PS2, World Bank ESS2, and UNDP SES – the same verification discipline used in SMETA and BSCI audits, applied to development-finance-linked projects and supply chains.
WAVES is committed to sustaining transformational change by bringing about
advancement of social and environmental aspects at the core your supply chain.
Join the movement of forward-thinking companies who are
transforming compliance into a powerful advantage.
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