SMETA Ethical Trade Audit

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What SMETA Ethical Trade Audit Covers

The SMETA Ethical Trade Audit framework helps you demonstrate compliance with SMETA Audit v7.0, ensuring your products meet regulatory and market requirements.

The SMETA Audit v7.0 requires businesses operating in Global to demonstrate compliance through proper documentation and reporting. Sustalium provides a structured compliance framework that guides you through every requirement, from initial assessment to final publication. Your compliance document includes a public-facing certificate page with a unique URL and QR code, making it easy to share with buyers, regulators, and stakeholders. With Sustalium, you can create, manage, and update your compliance documents efficiently — no consultants required.

Why Sustalium

The Professional Choice for SMETA Ethical Trade Audit

Manufacturers face a growing challenge: compliance documentation that must be structured, verifiable, and always current — not scattered across PDFs, spreadsheets, and email chains.

Structured for this framework

Pre-built SMETA Ethical Trade Audit template with all required fields, data structures, and output formats. Enter your data once — it maps to the framework automatically. No starting from scratch, no manual formatting, no compliance gaps.

What you get

Structured compliance framework for SMETA Ethical Trade Audit, Public certificate page with QR code, Audit-ready PDF export — delivered as a verifiable public page with QR code, PDF export, and tiered access controls.

Covers your markets

Global — Sustalium's structured approach works across jurisdictions, so you don't rebuild for each market.

Enterprise-grade compliance infrastructure. Hashcode-secured documents, tamper-evident verification, versioned audit trails, and tiered access controls — built for businesses that take compliance seriously.

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Global Reach

Applicable Markets

  • Global: Mandatory under SMETA Audit v7.0
Framework

What's Included

  • Compliance declaration and evidence pack
  • Regulatory documentation and reporting
  • Audit-ready records and certificates
  • Risk assessment and mitigation summary
  • Stakeholder communication templates
  • Versioned compliance history
Audience

Who It's For

Manufacturers, importers, distributors, and brand owners who need to demonstrate Supply Chain Ethics compliance for Global markets.

Data

What You'll Need

Check the items you already have — learn where to get the rest.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is SMETA Ethical Trade Audit?

SMETA Ethical Trade Audit is a compliance framework that Document labor, health, safety, and environmental audit under SMETA v7. Sustalium provides the structured framework so you do not have to start from scratch.

Who needs SMETA Ethical Trade Audit?

SMETA Ethical Trade Audit is relevant for Suppliers, Factories, Brand compliance teams. Any business in Global or selling to partners who require this declaration benefits from a published, verifiable compliance document.

How long does it take to publish a SMETA Ethical Trade Audit?

Publishing your SMETA Ethical Trade Audit takes ~2-3 hours. The data model is already structured — add your data, review, and publish. No research, no consultants, no starting from scratch.

What do I receive after publishing?

A public, verifiable compliance page with a unique URL and QR code. Share as a link, embed on your website, or export as a PDF. Public, audit-only, and internal access tiers let you control who sees what.

What happens when SMETA Ethical Trade Audit regulations change?

Sustalium continuously updates every framework as regulations evolve. Your existing data carries forward — review and re-publish. No starting over, no missed deadlines.

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