{"id":778,"date":"2025-03-26T08:29:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T08:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/?post_type=gcl-services&#038;p=778"},"modified":"2025-06-16T09:55:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:55:26","slug":"sedex-members-ethical-trade-audit-smeta","status":"publish","type":"gcl-services","link":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/tr\/certification\/sedex-members-ethical-trade-audit-smeta\/","title":{"rendered":"Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit &#8211; SMETA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SMETA (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit) Standard &#8211; 2 \/ 4 Pillar<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"116\" class=\"wp-image-779\" style=\"width: 563px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sedex-AAC-logo2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sedex-AAC-logo2.png 800w, https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sedex-AAC-logo2-300x44.png 300w, https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sedex-AAC-logo2-768x111.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Sedex is a global membership organisation dedicated to driving improvements in ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chains. Sedex is home to one of the world\u2018s leading collaborative platforms for sharing sustainable and responsible sourcing data on supply chains. Buyer and supplier companies use Sedex to manage their performance around the Sedex four pillars of Labour Rights, Health &amp; Safety, the Environment and Business Ethics. Over 50,000 members use Sedex worldwide across more than 150 countries, to identify and manage risk their supply chain.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KegjYmgeZFM\u201cGCL International Ltd\u201d is an AAC (Affiliate Audit Company) of Sedex (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sedexglobal.com\/\">www.sedexglobal.com<\/a>). Sedex is home to one of the world\u2019s leading collaborative platforms for buyers, suppliers and affiliate audit companies to store, share and report on information quickly and easily. Sedex helps more than 50,000 members in over 150\u00a0 countries to work together to better manage their social and environmental performance, and implement measure to protect people, the environment and their business. Being granted an account of AAC (Affiliate Audit Company) indicates GCL International \u2019s commitment to correctly use SMETA methodology and the Sedex Advance platform under Sedex\u2019s supervision. The account provides additional benefits and obligations, including access to Sedex Advance and the Sedex platform, Sedex products and services, and engagement in the SMETA audit quality monitor and assessment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcl.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sedex-process-01.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>GCL as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sedex.com\/affiliate-audit-companies\/\">Sedex Affiliated Audit Company (AAC)<\/a>, have demonstrated compliance with Sedex\u2019s stringent AAC requirements. We only engage APSCA Member Auditors, who are internally qualified to conduct SMETA audits, as per Sedex requirements.\u00a0Contact us for Smeta audit enquiries and to get more information regarding Sedex Advance &amp; E-Learning to ensure client understands the activities, the site must carry out on the Sedex system.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":779,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-778","gcl-services","type-gcl-services","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-compliance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gcl-services\/778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gcl-services"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gcl-services"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}