SEDEX - Supplier Ethical Data Exchange

SEDEX stands for Supplier Ethical Data Exchange, it is non-profit business organization dedicated to drive ethical business practices. It provides secure online database that allows members to store, manage and share data and information on four key areas:- Labor standards, Health and Safety, Business Ethics and Environment. It is a fast, Cost effective way of sharing business information globally. It helps to improve ethical business practices in Global Supply chain. As a supplier, Sedex allow to fill the self assessment form and post any certification, corrective action plans and audit reports.

• Platinum :- Platinum certification of wrap will be issued for 3 consecutive years certification with all WRAP principles and successfully cleared each audits with no corrective action. The 3 consecutive years wrap certification begins from the date of issue of the certification not for the date of subsequent audit. Continuous certification maintain the quality of “Platinum” certificate
• Gold :- Gold certification of wrap will be issued for 1 year with all wrap principles during the  subsequent audit. One year wrap certification begins from the date of issue of the certification not for the date of subsequent audit. The “Gold” certificate is equal to the wrap compliance certificate.
• Silver : - Silver certification of wrap will be issued for 6 months with the wrap principles but have non–compliance in training and policies that need to be addressed. Facilities means not have any “Red Flag” non compliance such as health and safety issue, environment issue and child labor, harassment and abuse of the employees. Facilities must signify the employees are paid the legal wages and overtime compensation.

Customer

Buyers can manage and view Ethical information for all their suppliers at secure place on SEDEX.

Supplier

Suppliers can share their ethical information with the multiple customers on SEDEX.

It provides an electronic system to the buyers for analyzing information on responsible and ethical business practice in your supply chain. SEDEX provides cost effective way to the suppliers for sharing the same professional data to the multiple customers.

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.