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That would be the ISAGO audit (IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations).
Do keep the following in mind: It is allowed for an airline to outsource the work, but never the responsibility. Thus any findings in an ISAGO audit may well point just as much towards the customer airline as the ground handler.
Everything starting with IATA is just a gentlemen club. ISAGO is just a club while SAFA is indeed punitive. Until the ground handlers will start to get punished by authorities they will remain a black hole.