“Sedex helps companies in the value chain maintain ethical and responsible practices.”

“Many of our construction contractors became a Sedex member and then had a SMETA audit for the first time. This enabled Whitbread to proactively engage with suppliers on ethical issues.”

"Equality is a human right, and every business should be committed to addressing inequality in their supply chains."

"Howdens is a local business with a global supply chain. It was founded on the principle that the business should be worthwhile for all concerned. The supply chain risk assessment is an essential step to fulfil our commitment that we act responsibly and in a sustainable manner. Radar is a …

“We had to react fast to manage the situation. One of the first things we did was get updates from factories on stock and production levels so that we could get this information to our customers quickly – then we looked at how we could release the pressure of imminent …

“PNJ Production joined Sedex to enhance our policies and procedures, addressing operational gaps. This partnership also improves visibility into our operations and helps us effectively discuss sustainability with our stakeholders.”

"Unispace reached the threshold for several ESG regulations globally within a short space of time. We’re committed to meeting our compliance obligations, including through creating safe, sustainable workplaces. The Sedex team made something that was very complex really straightforward – and easy to communicate across the rest of the business, …

"With the business built upon strong ethical values from the beginning, it was important for us to strengthen our commitments and formalise our CSR strategy. The Sedex Consultancy team helped us to create a new Responsible Sourcing and Environmental strategy, offering their expertise and guidance whilst engaging with teams from …

"Radar is an integral part of our supplier risk assessment and management process. We use the tool to build visibility of suppliers’ risk levels across nearly two hundred work sites, and can monitor these at scale. We create a criticality grid using the risk scores to help us focus our …

"The recent and continuing supply chain challenges highlight the importance of embedding further resilience into our supply chain. We consider Sedex a powerful tool to achieve this by gaining better data and insights into our suppliers’ operations and establishing a broader set of values upon which we do business."

”Using one common set of tools with customers and suppliers supports DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences to streamline sharing data, supporting us to focus on what matters most to our business creating innovative food products in a safe and productive working environment.”

“We may be newer to the sustainability space than some, but we share the same challenges—navigating complex regulations while ensuring meaningful progress.”

“Kindness is a word we use a lot at Oliver Bonas. It is in fact right at the heart of our company values to ‘Work Hard, Play Hard and Be Kind’. This means it stretches across Oliver Bonas, from the way we work with our suppliers to how we like …

"The Sedex Ethical Trade Manager has played a vital role in establishing our business human rights KPIs, working with our supply base to drive improvements and raising knowledge and understanding internally, to ensure human rights is embedded within our purchasing practices."

“The Sedex systems allows us to continuously improve our factory controls and output quality.”