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SMETA is the world's most commonly used ethical audit format. It was created by the Sedex Stakeholder Forum to help auditors conduct high-quality audits that assess all aspects of responsible business practices. SMETA allows suppliers to share one audit with multiple customers. Over 93,000 SMETAs have been uploaded to Sedex Advance, with an estimated 280,000 conducted worldwide. The latest version, SMETA 6.0, includes assessments of how companies protect universal human rights and increased transparency around recruitment practices.

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Smeta in Numbers

SMETA is the world's most commonly used ethical audit format. It was created by the Sedex Stakeholder Forum to help auditors conduct high-quality audits that assess all aspects of responsible business practices. SMETA allows suppliers to share one audit with multiple customers. Over 93,000 SMETAs have been uploaded to Sedex Advance, with an estimated 280,000 conducted worldwide. The latest version, SMETA 6.0, includes assessments of how companies protect universal human rights and increased transparency around recruitment practices.

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SMETA the Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit

SMETA is... What’s new in SMETA 6.0?


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Introduces the United Nations
Guiding Principles (UNGP) for
an audit format which is a compilation of Business and Human Rights and
good practice in ethical audit techniques includes an investigation into how
designed to help auditors conduct high Universal Rights are protected within
quality audits that encompass all aspects SMETA is the world’s
global supply chains;
of responsible business practice created by most commonly used
4 Aims to increase both transparency
the Sedex Stakeholder Forum (previously the ethical audit format in recruitment practices and quality
Sedex Associate Auditor Group). of reporting around the recruitment
process;
4 Designed to better tackle forced
Number of shares labour by highlighting the movement
of workers across the globe;
SMETA is designed so that a
supplier can share one audit 4 Includes new details on the UK
with multiple customers. Modern Day Slavery Act 2015;
25% 34% 29% 12%
4 Improves the measurement of
Shared Shared Shared Shared Of all SMETAs on Sedex Advance positive impacts at a site, using
1 time 2 times 3 times 4+ times (active members only). performance indicators such as
worker turnover;
4 Features an expanded business
The Sedex Stakeholder Forum (SSF) ethics module, to include financial
requirements, and to allow
Works to drive convergence in ethical trade/social auditing, 
auditors to raise non-compliances
based on and helping to shape best practice.
in this section;
Active in Europe, Latin America & China. 4 Has a refreshed and streamlined
SSF Groups include commercial auditing companies, NGOs and Sedex members. format, to reduce duplication.

79% 93,000 280,000 91% 150


of audits ever uploaded SMETAs have been estimated SMETAs of all audits uploaded countries covered
onto Sedex Advance uploaded onto Sedex conducted  on Sedex Advance in by Sedex
are SMETAs Advance worldwide the last year are SMETA members

The 3 elements of SMETA The 4 pillars of a SMETA


SMETA is publicly
A common corrective 
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action plan format available in English Labour Standards

Best practice guidance 


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1 English/Mandarin and Health & Safety
on conducting ethical 2 English/Spanish versions
trade audits are also available to Sedex Business Ethics
3 members.
A common audit report format
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