1.1. What is Sedex Certificate Consulting?
Although this standard is built on the ISO 9001 Quality management system; Sedex is our latest bespoke service aimed at supporting businesses of all sizes and industries in starting or developing their responsible sourcing journeys.
Sedex brings together leading data insights and industry expertise to create a tailored approach around your business needs and challenges using effective and innovative solutions.
Sedex helps you align with your strategic goals while delivering the positive change that matters to you and your key stakeholders.
1.2. What are the benefits of the Sedex document?
The Sedex Document can help you achieve practical and concrete solutions and ensure compliance with current and upcoming human rights due diligence legislation. It also helps you proactively manage supply chain risk and correction and drive positive long-term change.
You will avoid financial and reputational risks by actively evaluating your work programs to ensure effective ethical sourcing practices. Your organization can pioneer industry and cross-industry best practices and explore new business opportunities.
The Sedex Document takes you at any stage of your responsible sourcing journey to get you closer to achieving your business goals while creating value for all stakeholders.
1.3. How can Sedex Certificate help your company?
Sedex Document collaborates with your business to help you meet your goals and identify priority areas for development and improvement. We point out that every company is different and will be at a different stage in its journey of responsible sourcing and human rights due diligence. Our team will create a plan that fits your business and delivers tangible results.
Some of the areas where we can help you are:
– Responsible sourcing programs
– Fulfill legal support and reporting requirements such as the UK Modern Slavery Act
– Risk assessment and risk management
– Responsible resource leadership and training
– Effectively using Sedex data to inform policy and practices
– Subject-specific support such as gender and D&EI programs
1.4. What is the Sedex consulting methodology?
Our consulting methodology is based on internationally recognized frameworks such as the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. We call this methodology the Seven Pillars of responsible sourcing. This methodology is a comprehensive set of events and program phase tools that can help you understand where your organization is on its journey and where to start or continue developing strategies for sourcing responsibly.
1.5. What kind of support has the Sedex Document provided to date?
From designing strategy and setting commitments, interacting with suppliers to reporting on progress, Sedex has supported many of our new members to design, deploy and implement a responsible sourcing program from the ground up. Many of these programs are still in progress as we support the implementation of the program over time. Other support includes reviews and recommendations on ESG and Human Rights policies and processes, reporting risk information for nationally mandated disclosures, and writing Modern Slavery Act action plans and statements.
