Working conditions and environmental performance at 444 studios' suppliers are ensured with Sedex - Smeta Audit

SMETA is the world's most widely used audit. Companies use SMETA to understand and make improvements to working conditions and environmental performance in their business and supply chain.

• The SMETA audit is designed to help protect workers from unsafe conditions, overtime, discrimination, low wages, and forced labor.
• SMETA is an audit that helps us understand standards for labor, health and safety, environmental performance, and ethics within our own operations or at a supplier.
• Audits are provided by one of Sedex's approved auditing firms and here we or our supplier receive a corrective action plan to help improve performance in these areas.

Simply put, Sedex SMETA Audit conducts investigations on behalf of companies, including for us. We receive an annual report that can tell us whether the manufacturing company complies with laws and guidelines. Naturally, it is only possible to continue our production with the company if they comply.