Company Reference No. “ZC403657182”
Compliance Bureau is Member of Sedex (Company Reference Number ZC403657182), the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange which provides member organizations with a secure web-based platform for storing and sharing information on SMETA (Sedex Member Ethical Trade Audit) uses the ETI code and local law as the measurement tool, which includes four key pillars:
- Health and Safety
- Labor Standards
- Business Ethics
- The Environment.
SMETA is an audit procedure which provides member organizations with a secure web-based platform for storing and sharing information on SMETA (Sedex Member Ethical Trade Audit) uses the ETI code and local law as the measurement tool, which includes four key pillars:
A SMETA 2-Pillar audit comprises:
Labour Standards
Health and Safety
Additional Elements:
- Universal Rights covering UNGP
- Management Systems
- Entitlement to Work
- Subcontracting and Homeworking
- Environment (shortened)
A SMETA 4-Pillar audit contains in addition:
- Environment (extended)
- Business Ethics
It is sometime cumbersome costly affairs for supplier to organize audits for different customers as most of the supplier working or may work in future with multiple customer. It is therefore a wonderful option for supplier to get SMETA audit uploaded in sedex advance by which they can share the same report with other supplier.
As per sedex website An estimated 280,000 SMETAs have been conducted to date with 93,000 of those on the Sedex Advance system.
Using SMETA, a supplier can have one audit conducted and share it with multiple customers, rather than having a different audit conducted for each customer. The SMETA documents are designed to be used by experienced auditors in line with current established practices.
Membership & SMETA audits
Members have the benefit to publish their SMETA audit reports directly on SEDEX system for reviewing by all customers. SMETA is not a pass or fail audit. The non-conformances, observations and good examples are a way to help a site improve and build on good practice.
SEDEX is not a standard setting body and doesn’t approve or certify our policies and standards, becoming a member of Sedex is a sign of our willingness to share information and to utilize this information to help manage and improve ethical standards within the supply chain.
Companies who aren’t Sedex members are also encouraged to use SMETA with the aim to improve audit transparency through sharing of auditor qualifications and practices as well as audit methodology.
A self-assessment questionnaire need to be filled prior to audit by sites to be audited. The audit length ranges from one to four days on site depending on number of employees. Full audit report with Corrective action plan is provided to the facility after the audit which can be uploaded to the SEDEX system if required. After the auditing process we can work with the facility to verify the completion of corrective action plans.
Companies which undergo a SEDEX-Audit according to the SMETA-Guidelines and share this information in the SEDEX-Database can prove to their customers that they respect the principles of ethically and socially sustainable production. Customers, on the other hand, can effectively manage their suppliers according to these principles, thus reducing their risk
SMETA methodology
SMETA methodology uses the ETI code and local law as the measurement tool. It includes four modules:
- Health and safety
- Labour standards
- Environment (optional)
- Business ethics (optional)
SMETA Audit Benefits
- Improve your company’s reputation
- Competitive advantage
- Reduction of risk
- Improvement of supplier relationships
- One instead of several audits
Competency
Our auditors are highly skilled/trained and have significant industry-specific expertise, helping to ensure that SMETA audits are accepted by all stakeholders and customers in order to:
- Minimize audit exertion by providing single format for audits that is widely accepted
- To improve efficiency at workplace by Motivating the workforce
- Enhance ethical trading plans presently in place
- A common audit report format
- A common corrective action plan format
We work with SEDEX to drive convergence in audit methodology & reporting which will help you & your suppliers maintain compliance with ethical trading requirements.
Why Compliance Bureau
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Audit training and skills– Compliance Bureau have extensive program for their Auditors’ Training and skills development. All Auditors are adequately trained and skilled with right approach to conduct audits
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Audit experience- Compliance Bureau practices very strict policies for scrutiny and hiring of auditors. Before an Auditors approved and eligible to conduct audits in CB’s platform the auditors has to demonstrate required number of audits. Most of the Auditors are exemplar global certified.
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Local and industry knowledge- All Auditors of Compliance Bureau have extensive industry experience. As a policy he assign auditing job to an auditor having relevant industry experience or a sector expert is assigned as a team member.
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Language skills – Language and communication skills are important while auditing, we assign auditors keeping in view the local language however we have option to request for interpreter at additional cost.
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Qualification- All Auditors are adequately qualified to deliver best services
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Business Ethics- Compliance Bureau’s Core objective are INDEPENDENCE, IMPARTIALITY, COMPETENCE, RESPONSIBILITY, and CONFIDENTIALITY.
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Approach- Compliance Bureau auditing approach is TO FIND COMPLIANCE. Our audits are NOT policing, neither catching peoples, Its absolutely working together to find compliance along area(s) to improve