SMETA (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit)

SMETA, powered by Sedex, is the world’s most widely used social audit. It helps you understand the standards of labour, health and safety, environmental performance, and ethics within your own operations or at a supplier site.

The SMETA audit is designed to help protect workers from unsafe conditions, overwork, discrimination, low pay, and forced labour.

Delivered by TÜV SÜD which is an Affiliate Audit Company (AAC) of Sedex and is authorised to conduct SMETA and Service Providers With a Distributed Workforce (SP DW) audits, you or your supplier is provided with a Corrective Action Plan to help improve performance in these areas.

SMETA provides a framework for organisations to enhance their sustainable business practices, improve supply chain transparency, and achieve business growth. Organisations use SMETA to identify good practices in employment conditions. SMETA also demonstrates your organisation's commitment to ethical trading. You can legally claim your products are 'fair trade,' something increasingly valued by consumers. Demonstrating your ethical stance through a SEDEX audit will gain you a competitive edge.

TÜV SÜD is authorised to conduct both SMETA and Service Providers With a Distributed Workforce (SP DW) audits. We provide honest and high-quality audits to help you build sustainable supply chains.

SMETA or SP DW 2-pillar audit:

• Labour Standards
• Health & Safety
• Environment (2-pillar)

SMETA or SP DW 4-pillar audit:

• Labour Standards
• Health & Safety
• Environment (4-pillar)
• Business Ethics

SP DW 3-pillar audit:

• Labour Standards
• Health & Safety
• Business Ethics