Smeta is the acronym for Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit and Sedex is a non-profit organization that is committed to promoting ethical principles along global supply chains and is the largest platform in Europe for the collection and processing of data on ethical behavior supply chains.
Smeta guidelines are adopted by large multinational corporations to verify and monitor their suppliers.
Aschieri-De Pietri was assessed by an auditor from the certifying body Bureau Veritas, through a Smeta 4 pillars audit whose intent was to verify our company on the 4 fundamental Smeta pillars:
- Labour relations
- Health & Safety
- Environment
- Professional ethics
During the audit, compliance with the applicable national or local legislation, the level of adhesion to the ETI code (Ethical Trade Initiative) and all the best practices required by the Smeta guidelines were verified. The audit was carried out through inspections at the workplace, interviews with workers, accurate documentary analyses and photographic survey, especially relating to the management of employment relationships, health and safety, environment and professional ethics. The success of this Smeta audit demonstrates the commitment that our company has always pursued on these issues and the intention to progressively improve them over time, giving a guarantee of reliability to its stakeholders and showing a great effort to social issues and attention especially towards ethical and environmental standards.