“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 …

"As part of our sustainability strategy, we are proud to become a member of Sedex. It’s incredibly important for us to understand our supply chain and do what we can to continuously improve our ethical performance."

"With all the momentum in the ESG space it is really helpful to have these collaborative sessions. Because everyone is getting the same pressure to have answers to these questions around what they are doing with their human rights program, with Sedex, and their supply chain transparency issues. It is …

"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 Sedex membership is essential to align our definitions and methodology with reputable frameworks. Using Sedex, we screen all new and active suppliers to identify possible sustainability risks that suppliers might be exposed to, considering the country and sector where different commodities are sourced from. This allows us to engage …

“The benefits Sedex brings to us are being able to have external third-party validation in terms of understanding our supply chain and being able to make measurable goals within that. And to track and improve upon our processes.”

"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, …

“We would like to see Sedex become a de-facto standard.”

"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 …

"It has been so cool to get to chat with other industry members and people in general who are passionate about social sustainability. I have been loving having robust conversations and putting some names to faces finally."

“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.”

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

“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 …

"We had the pleasure of working with Sedex Consulting, and were impressed with the results achieved. Their diligent support and efficiency ensured the process was straightforward, and the solutions provided were both tangible and impactful. With their support, we were able to define our responsible sourcing governance and due diligence …

"I think there is so much value in everyone coming together to talk about these really important topics. We may all come from a different place or have larger or smaller organisations, but there is a commonality in the things that we are talking about and finding solutions for."