FTM have not yet developed a template for foreign owned companies. But underlying assumptions are that transparency provides anyone with enough data they can use to judge if company is paying a fair amount of tax.
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Alice, I think the difference between FTM and some other accreditation schemes is we totally accept the limits of voluntary approach, and also see ultimate solution as legs and regs. So for eg, we supported Caroline Flint MP in amend of finance bill to force world first cbcr
But struggle to see what's going on inside 
So report management processes & systems (not the stuff that matters).
None of this tackles the 
incentives driving non-compliance (in labour/environ)
So abuses persist.
I think thats a similarity rather than a difference. Most green/social niche voluntary schemes are trying to achieve wider change than just to the companies/ products they accredit i.e to push market or regulatory norms.
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But as Alice asks if those norms are purely process-based at some point have to check they translate to positive outcomes. Otherwise transparency norms for their own sake can be a
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I think there can be non governmental accreditation which has legal backing (professions like law or medicine). But can't think of any that work by defining outcomes, eg a "good" doctor, as opposed to process eg "good" training. Outcomes are usually assessed separately.
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