Presently, only independent auditing companies that have been accredited by Social Accountability International (SAI) and selected by the BSCI will be entrusted with carrying out BSCI social audits. This assures the best possible audit quality while avoiding costly and bureaucratic accreditation procedures. BSCI is not a certification scheme but a monitoring system using SA8000 as best practice.

BSCI audits must be conducted by auditors who work on behalf of the following auditing companies:

* ABS Quality Evaluations

* ALGI

* APCER

* Bureau Veritas (BV)

* CISE

* DNV

* HKQAA

* Intertek (ITS)

* IQNet Ltd

* RINA - Registro Italiano Navale Group

* SGS

* STR - Registrar, LLC (STR) Formerly CSCC

* TUV Asia Pacific ( a member of TUV NORD Group)

* TUV Rheinland Group

* TUV SUD Group