Sedex Certification In Mumbai

SEDEX, the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange, is a not-for-profit organisation based in London, UK, open for membership to any company anywhere in the world. Sedex is a membership organisation for businesses committed to continuous improvement of the ethical performance of their supply chains. Companies join Sedex in order to use the Sedex web-based system, participate in Sedex governance , participate in working groups , network and engage with other Sedex members , utilise Sedex value-added services. Sedex enables member companies to efficiently manage the ethical and responsible practices of their global supply chains, generating transparency through the provision of a data exchange. Sedex focuses on four pillars. Members commit to improving their supply chain performance accordingly. 1. Labour Standards, 2. Health & Safety, 3. Environment and 4. Business Integrity. The tool used by Sedex is named SMETA (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit). It incorporates 3 elements: 1. A best practice guidance on conducting ethical trade audits, 2. An audit report format and 3. A corrective action plan format. SMETA is designed to benefit retailers and consumer brands and their suppliers, reducing duplication of effort in ethical trade auditing. Companies who are not members of Sedex are able and encouraged to use SMETA as well. Sedex is a comprehensive platform that enables the effective management of complex global supply chains, leading to real business benefits for your organisation. Improve your reputation Demonstrate to stakeholders and customers that you are committed to driving improvements in your supply chain. Gain competitive advantage Many customers see Sedex as an important part of their responsible sourcing practices and companies increasingly view Sedex membership as a condition of supply. Reduce risk The reports available on Sedex, and specifically the Sedex Risk Assessment tool, can help assess the likelihood of issues occurring in your supply chain. Improve supplier relationships The Sedex model encourages increased supplier engagement, helping you to drive ethical and responsible improvements within your supply chain. Save time and money Sedex allows more time and resources to be spent on making improvements rather than on completing multiple audits and unnecessary paperwork. SMETA is not a new code of conduct or standard to which audits should be conducted. It is rather a compilation of best practice in ethical trade audit technique, intended for experienced auditors to help them to conduct high quality audits that will be accepted by multiple retailers and brands. Benefits Of SEDEX Develops Ethical business practices. Easy to access business information at one place. Reduce need to various audits, Time saving and cost saving process. Minimizes workload and generates more employees involvement Maintain and monitor information properly. Increase business efficiency of the organization. Better utilization of recourses. Reduces duplication and drives collaboration. Develop business standards. Enhanced deficiency and improve efficiency. Provide effective way to communicate with your customer Methodology To Get Sedex Certification First step to get registration with the approved sedex database Complete your documentation and fill your company information and site information, Trading relationship information, Self assessment queries etc We will send a quote for a Smeta audit, once you accepted the quote then we will send you the some pre-audit information to you. This is enable we will find your company and site on the sedex database and upload the audit report. The audit is conducted by our auditor and the report uploaded on sedex database by us. After the following audit, your site needs to implement the corrective action and preventive action and upload evidences of object on the sedex database. After all done this things we will verify that the corrective action have been completed via sedex database.