SMETA- Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit
This is a certification which is designed to benefit retailers and consumer brands and their suppliers, reducing duplication of effort in ethical trade auditing.
SMETA incorporates 3 elements
- A common best practice guidance on conducting ethical trade audits
- A common audit report format
- A common corrective plan
SMETA guidance and report format were developed by Sedex Associates Auditors Group in response to the challenge from Sedex members to provide a report format for ethical trade audits that could be more easily shared and to give greater transparency into the auditor qualifications and practices that underpin reports. |
