About the Directory

The BRC Global Standards Directory and its collaborative back office portal were developed to provide a secure platform for the communication of audit data between nominated stakeholders. The functional specifications were defined in conjunction with retailers, Certification Bodies and suppliers with focus being placed on data protection and ease of administration. The Directory was launched in June 2009 holding data for over 15,000 sites which had previously been audited against one of the BRC Global Standards

Functional Overview:

• Once an audit has been completed, the Certification Body visits the BRC Database and uploads the pre-completed Audit Report to the appropriate supplier record. This automatically populates the database with all the key audit data from the report

• The system cross checks the scope of the audit against the authorised attributes of the auditor

• Data extracted from the audit report is immediately available to authorised users. Only information associated to the profile of the user will be displayed

• The Global Standards Directory (public area) will be automatically updated with the new details showing the certification status of supplier

• An email is automatically created, advising the supplier that their new audit details have been added to the system

• The supplier allocates retailer access to audit reports

• Automated email alerts will communicate status changes and pending certificate expiry to nominated stakeholders

Advance notice – The BRC registration fee - the element of the audit fee which covers the management and development of the Certification Scheme, the compliance function and future Directory development will be increased to £125 from 1 January 2010. The BRC registration fee is included within the audit costs charged by your Certification Body and paid to the BRC by your Certification Body