Overview of Sedex

Sedex: Supplier Ethical Data

Exchange
www.sedexglobal.com

An introduction

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Supplier Ethical Data Exchange
Sedex is the global supplier of choice
for responsible supply chain solutions

A not-for-profit membership
organisation launched in 2004

Key objectives;
ease the burden on suppliers
and to help support improvements in
ethical and responsible business
practices in global supply chains 3
 The Four Pillars of Sedex

Labour Health & Business Ethics

Environment
Standards Safety

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 Why Sedex?
CUSTOMER 2
CUSTOMER 1 CUSTOMER 3

Questionnaire
Questionnaire Questionnaire

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SUPPLIER
 Why Sedex?
CUSTOMER 2

CUSTOMER 1 SEDEX SAQ CUSTOMER 3

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SUPPLIER
 Sedex Key Principles
Supplier owns data

Supplier controls who can see the data

Supplier controls the level of access to data

Companies cannot view each others supply

chains

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 Global Membership

Sedex offices: London, New York, Shanghai Data taken from Sedex Annual Review 2010-11

Sedex future office Rio de Janeiro 2013

Some Sedex Purchasing Members
 Sedex Facts & Figures

Sedex is the largest

collaborative platform
for ethical risk
management:

Over 500 Customer

Members

Over 30,000 Supplier

Members

And more than 75,000

users worldwide

Data taken from Sedex Annual Review 2010-11

Steps required to complete your Sedex
account

Register

Set up sites of employment

Link to customers

Labour Standards

Health & Safety

Complete
Self Assessment Questionnaire
Environment

Business Ethics

Add ethical audits

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 Sedex Supplier Registration Process
What you need in order to join SEDEX
1. Company Details
Company Name
Company Address
Country and Postcode
Number of Sites of Employment that
you own and wish to register?
2. Main Contact Details at Company
Contact Person
Telephone Number
E-Mail (Primary e-mail address that
will be used for registration SEDEX
information will be sent to this email
address)
Username (A username that you
select to use the SEDEX system)
3. Terms and Conditions
Read and agree to the SEDEX Terms and
Conditions of Membership, SEDEX Rules,
and Refund Policy.
These can also be printed / saved for
your future reference.
4. Payment methods for SEDEX
*Major credit cards (Visa, Mastercard,
American Express, Maestro)
Online payment websites (Paypal and
Alipay)
Offline payment through BACS bank
transfer
*Where you may not have a company issued credit card and
opt to use a personal credit card, SEDEX generates an
invoice which you may use to claim your respective fees
from your accounts department.
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Sedex Supplier Registration Process
Log on to
www.sedexglobal.com

1. Select
Language*

2) Click on
Join now

*Additional languages will be available from November 2010

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Sedex Supplier Registration Process
3) Choose your
membership type.

B members: companies which ENTER and maintain

data (e.g.. a company that owns productions sites or
an agent who does not want to view data about its
suppliers)

AB members: companies which both VIEW and

ENTER (e.g.. company with multiple production sites
which also wants to view information about
companies/sites in its supply chain or an agent
which wants to view information entered by its
suppliers and/or wants to help its suppliers enter
and manage data about labour standards)

A members: companies which VIEW data about

companies/ sites in their supply chain but do NOT
supply into another commercial company (e.g..
4) Choose the number of retailer)
sites of employment you
wish to register (at an
annual cost of 33.60+
handling charge per B
Member site) 14
Sedex Supplier Registration Process

5) Enter the
email address of
the main
contact for your
account. All
Sedex 6) Choose a
communication
username to be
will be sent to
used each time
this address.
you log into
Sedex

7) Read and agree

to the Sedex rules
and terms and
conditions
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 Additional Payment Support

If you require an invoice or contract statement from Sedex before making payment
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please contact the Sedex Helpdesk who will be able to provide this.
 Sedex Secure Payment Page
The system calculates the payment according to the number of your
sites of employment you wish to register S$65

8) Click
here to
make
payment

If you cannot make a payment online using a credit card please contact the Sedex
Helpdesk who will be able to provide the information necessary for you to
make a bank transfer using BACS. 17
 Sedex Secure Payment Page

9) Click here to go
to the PayPal
website and make
payment using
credit card or a
PayPal account.

Once you have made payment, you will receive the following emails:

1. (If applicable) Confirmation from PayPal of your payment.

2. Confirmation from Sedex that your account has been set up 18
 Sedex Secure Payment Page
10) Enter your
payment details
here
You must ensure that
the Billing Address
matches the address
of the card you are
paying with
otherwise your
payment cannot be
processed.

11) If you wish to

pay through an
existing PayPal
account please
log in here

If you cannot make a payment online using a credit card please contact the Sedex
Helpdesk who will be able to provide the information necessary for you to
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 Add your sites of employment
12. Click here
to view and
add your sites
of employment

View and edit

your existing
sites

13. Add a new

site of
employment
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 Adding your Direct and Indirect Customers*

14. Select
trading
relationship
type*

15. Search
for your
customers

*Direct Customer: Customer that you supply directly and who pays you for your goods

Indirect Customer: is supplied with your goods by your direct customer. Not all companies have an
indirect customer.

As soon as your customer validates your request, your company will be

visible to them.
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 Link your sites to your customers

16. Give your

customers access to
your data

17. Tick the

boxes to share Complete this step to link each site that supplies your customer.
your information Your sites will then be visible to your customer.
with your
customer
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Answering the Self Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ)
18. View and
edit your self
assessment
questionnaire

Completion
status of each
section

19. Click on the

section titles to
view and answer
the questions

*The SAQ will be available in additional languages from

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November 2010 including Russian
Sample of the Self Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ)
20. Answer
all questions
in each
section

Once the SAQ is completed and linked, your customer can see your
site information as requested
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 The Big Value Drivers
It is easy for the retailers to see our
uploaded factory audit status on
Cost avoidance Sedex, so factory can save the time
to serve a lot of different customers
Audit Sharing with the same audit.

Kord Party Favour Mfy Ltd., China

Cost reduction
- Productivity Gains
Business Growth
- Increased sales opportunity

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 Thank you
SEDEX Helpdesks

UK +44 (0)20 7902 2320

helpdesk@sedexglobal.com

China +86 (0) 21 6103 1622

helpdeskchina@sedexglobal.com

USA +1 888 487 6146

helpdesk@sedexglobal.com

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