I. What is Sedex?
The Sedex audit is a social responsibility audit conducted by ETI for global suppliers of members of the organization. Sedex is short for Supplier Ethical Data Exchange.
Sedex is also known as the ETI audit, or the SMETA audit. This is because Sedex is a data platform built on Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) standards to help companies store labor guidelines within their business, and their customers can share that information. SMETA is the abbreviation of Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit and is one of the most widely used social auditing programs in the world.
? Organization form: membership system
? Factory inspection type: social responsibility audit
? Scope of application: all industries
? Main content: mainly for the review of supplier labor, health and safety and the environment
? For customers: European customers based in the UK
? Acceptance: High recognition. Major members include TESCO/Tesco, P&G/Procter & Gamble, ARGOS, BBC, M&S/Masha and other large well-known companies.
? Audit results:
divided into follow UP and desk TOP. The specific results mainly depend on the customer not accepting.
II. What are the benefits of Sedex?
A. Improve management and management systems to increase productivity and thereby increase profits;
B. Improve the relationship between enterprises and employees, fulfill social responsibilities, and build public goodwill;
C. Minimize
potential business risks, such as work-related injuries and even deaths, legal proceedings, and lost orders.
A. One certification for different buyers, reducing duplicate audits and saving audit fees;
B. Fulfill customer requirements, stabilize customer cooperation and broaden new markets;
C. Establish international credibility, improve
corporate image, and make consumers positive about products.
III. How to apply for Sedex?
1. Application process:
A. First meeting;
B. On-site audit;
C. Document review;
D. Employee interviews;
E. Review summary meeting.
2. Precautions:
A. After the Sedex audit was approved, there was no certificate, and the report was the final result.
B. The enquiry report can be found on the Sedex website: https://www.sedexglobal.com/
IV. Sedex inspection results
In the Sedex audit report, each question item is divided into two results, Follow Up and Desk Top. Since different customers have different requirements for each problem item, there is no strict saying. Which projects can't be Follow Up, and which projects can't even appear with Desk Top, mainly depends on the customer's judgment.
