Accordia Global Compliance Group was established in March 2001 in response to North American brands seeking professional, competent and affordable monitoring and certification of factories within their supply chains. 

Accordia was founded under three simple and straightforward business principles that provide a “License to Operate” in this industry:

• Recruit, professionally train and qualify personnel that will service our clients
• Anticipate, understand and fulfill the expectations and needs of our clients
• Return value to our clients through responsive, accurate and timely delivery of services

In 2002, Accordia was granted accreditation by Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production (WRAP) for the country of Honduras within the Americas.  Today, Accordia is accredited by WRAP in several countries that are the main sourcing regions in the world for apparel including Nicaragua, Mexico, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.

In 2003, AGC expanded its offerings to include monitoring, auditing and consulting to widely accepted standards including SA8000 and the Fair Labor Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct. 

In that same year and afterwards, leading brands and companies have come to rely on Accordia to provide supply chain monitoring to their own codes of conduct. 

Today, Accordia Global Compliance Group operates from a head office located in the Buffalo, New York suburb of Williamsville from which local customer support and global operations are directed.   Eight staff professionals provide focused support in the areas of Client Services, Quality Assurance, Legal and Regulatory Research, Marketing and Administration and Finance.

Global Operations

Accordia Global Compliance Group is a truly global company with representation and staff in various countries.  Monitors and staff are located in the countries of Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India. 

Accordia’s head office provides close oversight and employs local monitors within these countries that are familiar with national laws and regulations, regional customs and local practices of factories.  All monitoring/audit personnel are perfectly bilingual in English and their own native language.

Over 80% of our audit staff are dedicated monitoring professionals working solely for Accordia.  The remaining personnel include subject matter and legal experts that are contracted and utilized on an as-needed basis.

Accordia maintains offices outside the United States in the countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Mexico.