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Social and Ethical Business compliance
There is an increasing move towards social accountability for business and ethical trading requirements.
Major retailers are starting to require suppliers to demonstrate their corporate behaviours and values for ethical trading and responsible and legal business practices.
Correct Food Systems has experience in assisting client businesses with becoming a SEDEX member and passing a SMETA audit.
SEDEX is an international membership organisation. Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (Sedex) aims to improve ethical trade by connecting members who pass their annual SMETA audit and achieve SEDEX certification. Companies who wish to achieve ethical and responsible supply chains become SEDEX members and work to address the requirements outlined in a SMETA audit.
There are two types of audit under SMETA- 2 pillar audit and 4 pillar audit
The 2 pillar audit comprises of labour standards and health & safety.
The 4 pillar SMETA audit comprises of an additional two areas: environment and business integrity.
Audit standards require compliance to the local regulation as applicable.
The SMETA audit for SEDEX comprises of 14 codes:
Contact us if you want to chat about your move to achieve SEDEX requirements.
Major retailers are starting to require suppliers to demonstrate their corporate behaviours and values for ethical trading and responsible and legal business practices.
Correct Food Systems has experience in assisting client businesses with becoming a SEDEX member and passing a SMETA audit.
SEDEX is an international membership organisation. Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (Sedex) aims to improve ethical trade by connecting members who pass their annual SMETA audit and achieve SEDEX certification. Companies who wish to achieve ethical and responsible supply chains become SEDEX members and work to address the requirements outlined in a SMETA audit.
There are two types of audit under SMETA- 2 pillar audit and 4 pillar audit
The 2 pillar audit comprises of labour standards and health & safety.
The 4 pillar SMETA audit comprises of an additional two areas: environment and business integrity.
Audit standards require compliance to the local regulation as applicable.
The SMETA audit for SEDEX comprises of 14 codes:
- Management systems and code implementation
- Forced labour
- Freedom of association
- Health and safety
- Child labour and young workers
- Wages and benefits
- Working hours
- Discrimination
- Regular employment
- Sub-contracting and homeworkers
- Disciplinary
- Entitlement to work, migrant and agency worker
- Environment – 2 pillar/4pillar audit
- Business practices – 4 pillar audit
Contact us if you want to chat about your move to achieve SEDEX requirements.