RBA Code of Conduct consulting at Sanico Vietnam

About the company

Sanico Vietnam Co., Ltd. is a wholly Korean-invested company manufacturing circuit boards for headphones used in technology products such as phones, headsets and tablets. After more than three years of development, Sanico had established relationships with major customers across Vietnam. In 2018, it set a target of becoming a Tier 1 supplier to Samsung Vietnam.

Company history: October 1978 – Sanil Electronics established in Korea; May 1992 – Qingdao Sanil Electronics established in China; October 1997 – Qingdao Sanico Electronics established; March 2005 – Sanico Electronics established in Korea; February 2012 – its Korean research institute established; July 2014 – Sanico Electronics established in Vietnam; July 2014 – the new Qingdao factory completed and operations relocated; March 2015 – Zhengzhou Sanico Electronics established in China; December 2016 – the new Vietnam factory completed. Certifications included ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and TS 16949.

Factory network at the time of the 2018 project: Korea – established in 2005, located in Jungwon-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, occupying floors 1, 2 and 5; 70 employees; MEMS manufacturing. Qingdao, China – established in 1992, new factory completed and operations relocated in 2014; 428 employees; ECM and MEMS, PBA and EMS. Zhengzhou, China – established in 2015; 480 employees; ECM. Vietnam – established in 2014 in Bac Ninh; 507 employees; PBA and EMS.

Sanico Vietnam – Graphite application areas. Applications include phones, tablets, TVs and displays, set-top boxes, transponders, networking devices, navigation systems, LED lighting and medical devices.

RBA consulting project

To meet Samsung’s requirements, Sanico launched a project to establish and implement a social responsibility management system in line with the RBA Code of Conduct.

With its experience in RBA social responsibility management system consulting, ITVC Global was selected as the project’s consultant.

The project began on 4 January 2018 and was expected to be completed in April 2018. The following images show project implementation.

Awareness training and interpretation of RBA Code of Conduct requirements

Implementation activities

To implement the project, Sanico concentrated its resources on meeting RBA Code of Conduct requirements through the following activities:

• Develop documentation, including policies, procedures, rules and operational forms, relating to labour, health and safety, the environment and business ethics.
• Train all workers to understand the RBA Code and its requirements, while encouraging and requiring the participation of all employees in compliance activities.
• Communicate the RBA Code of Conduct to relevant parties and require them to join Sanico in committing to compliance.
• Assess compliance with the RBA Code of Conduct through internal audits and supplier audits.