The Commission for the Verification of Codes of Conduct (Coverco) is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1997 by a group of labor, human rights and religious leaders in Guatemalan civil society. Their objective was to build a culture of compliance with labor rights in Guatemala. Coverco works to achieve this objective by conducting independent monitoring of workplace compliance with labor standards in Guatemala’s major export industries – including apparel, bananas, coffee, and electricity – for multinational companies and international organizations. Coverco has developed a monitoring methodology that enables them to provide accurate and credible information about working conditions by conducting social audits and field investigations of places of work.