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Sedex Introduction
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Sedex Introduction
SEDEX (Supplier Ethical Data Exchange)
What is Sedex?
Sedex- Global Membership
Data taken from Sedex Annual Review 2012-2013
Sedex / AIM-PROGRESS Members
Why Sedex?
1.Reduce Duplication and audit fatigue
2. Reduce duplicative costs
3. Align standards and share best practices
Why Sedex?
2. Collaboration
Why Sedex?
3. Supplier-led
Why Sedex?
4. Secure database
Overview of Sedex
Sedex does not
X
Pass Fail Certify
What do you need to do?
Getting Started
Getting Started with Sedex
SAQ AB
B
Grants
Access to
Site Data
Register
On Sedex Completes
your SAQ Add your
customers
Create your
site of
employment
Member
Sedex Membership types
B
A Functionality: Views others’ data
Functionality: Uploads own data
Functionality:
Uploads own data
AND views others’ data
Member
Site of employments
What is a ‘Site of employment’?
• Office / warehouse / factory owned by your
company
Your ‘Site of Employment will determine your ‘Sector Profile:
Sedex Sector Profiles
Manufacturing
Agriculture (Big)
Service Providers
Intermediaries
Agriculture (Small)
The SEDEX Self-Assessment Questionnaire
Labour
Standards
Health
& Safety
Environment Business Ethics
Self Assessment
Questionnaire
Completing the Questionnaire - Supplier Workbook
Check Sedex Supplier Workbook for more guidance
What do you need to do?
Ethical Audits
Next Steps: Ethical Audits on Sedex
Audit
Audit is
scheduled &
completed offline
Submit your
corrective actions to
the auditor to verify
Your customer
will confirm an
audit is required
Your auditor will
confirm if the issue
has resolved
Audit report is
uploaded to
Sedex by your
auditor
Next Steps: Ethical Audits on Sedex
● Sedex is a tool for storing and analysing data
● Any auditor can upload audits onto Sedex
● Any audit can be uploaded onto the Sedex system
● Requirements and frequencies will be determined by the
customer
SMETA- SEDEX Members Ethical Trade Audit
Audit Issues
Audit issues can be both positive and
negative
Audit issues will be categorised as:
Good Example (GE)
Observation (Obs)
Non-Compliance (NC)
Non-compliances: you will need to
add a corrective action for the auditor
to verify
Audit Issues – closing down non-compliances
Audit Issue Uploaded
by the auditor
You upload your
corrective action plan
Submit this corrective action plan
to the auditor
Auditor will review the information
‘Verify’ the issue is closed
Summary of Issue Status
Site Review: Issue has not yet been submitted to auditor for review or
needs to be re-submitted.
Auditor Review: The site is waiting for the auditor to review the evidence
and verify the corrective action.
Progress Made: The auditor acknowledges the site is working towards
resolution but requires further Corrective Actions.
Actions Rejected:The Corrective Actions are not satisfactory.
Verified: The auditor is satisfied with the Corrective Actions. This
Completes and closes the issue.
Data from SEDEX – Get data for East Africa, this is for
South Africa
Top 5 most frequent Non-Compliances in Health & Safety
Russia Non
Compliance
Frequency
Rate %
HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT 1547
CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT 1464
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 1318
WORKER HEALTH/FIRST AID/ACCIDENTS 1111
FIRE SAFETY 930
CHEMICALS 766
BUILDING/SITE MAINTENANCE 636
HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING 635
INAPPROPRIATE DEDUCTIONS 557
ACCURATE/UNDERSTANDABLE CONTRACTS AND PAYSLIPS 542
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT/CLOTHING 507
BENEFITS INCLUDING INSURANCE 507
Data from SEDEX – Get Data for East Africa, this is for
South Africa
Top 5 most frequent Non-Compliances in Health & Safety
Russia Non
Compliance
Frequency
Rate %
HYGIENE FACILITIES 504
MACHINERY 471
LEVEL OF OVERTIME HOURS WORKED 449
RECORD KEEPING 436
LIVING CONDITIONS 431
DISCRIMINATION POLICY 255
RIGHT TO WORK 238
PAYMENT OF MINIMUM/INDUSTRY WAGES 197
LEAVE / HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENT 193
ACCOMMODATION FIRE SAFETY 155
PREMIUM RATE FOR OVERTIME 122
HARSH TREATMENT, HARASSMENT OR THREAT OF ABUSE 110
Questions?
Guidance and Support Sedex Guidance Packs
Registration Guidance: http://info.sedexglobal.com/docs/en/stage1.pdf
Account Set Up: http://info.sedexglobal.com/docs/en/stage2.pdf
Audit upload: http://info.sedexglobal.com/docs/en/stage3.pdf
Telephone and email support:
UK Helpdesk
► tel. +44 (0)20 7902 2320
► email: [email protected]
www.sedexglobal.com
