Norquest is a SEDEX member and completes the SMETA 4-Pillar audit - the independent ethical-trade audit covering labour standards, health & safety, environment and business ethics. In fact we were one of the earliest textile bag manufacturers to get the SEDEX audit done 10 years ago. And we have been compliant ever since. Unlike other manufacturers with multiple manufacturing units, we take care to get ALL our operating factories certified. Our SMETA report is available to your compliance team on request and to SEDEX members through the platform.
400+
Workers with Fair Wages
70%
Women Workforce
10+
Years SEDEX-audited
62+
Countries Shipped to
25+
Years of audited production
The two are often confused: SEDEX is the membership platform where ethical-trade data and audit reports are shared, while SMETA (the SEDEX Members Ethical Trade Audit) is the independent audit methodology carried out against SEDEX standards. Norquest is SEDEX-registered and completes the SMETA 4-Pillar audit, which covers four pillars:
What to check with any supplier - and what we provide.
recency matters for approval.
labour, health & safety, environment, ethics
and whether they were closed.
SEDEX members can view our report on the platform; we also share it with your compliance team on request, under NDA.
What to check with any supplier — and what we provide.
What to check with any supplier — and what we provide.
Ask for the SMETA report and audit date: recency matters for approval.
Confirm all four pillars were covered: labour, health & safety, environment, ethics.
Review findings and corrective actions: and whether they were closed.
Access via SEDEX or on request: SEDEX members can view our report on the platform; we also share it with your compliance team on request, under NDA.
What to check with any supplier — and what we provide.
What a 4-Pillar ethical-trade audit lets you say.
"Manufactured under SEDEX-audited working conditions"
“Ethical-trade audited to SMETA 4-Pillar”
“Independently audited labour, health & safety, environment and business ethics”
We provide the SMETA report and our other audit documents for your ESG and procurement records — just ask during quoting.
SEDEX is the membership platform where ethical-trade data and audits are shared; SMETA is the audit methodology. Norquest is SEDEX-registered and SMETA 4-Pillar audited.
SEDEX members can access it on the SEDEX platform; we also share our SMETA report with your compliance team on request, under NDA. Check the audit date, that all four pillars were covered, and that findings were closed out.
It is a widely accepted basis. Norquest also holds LRQA ELEVATE, plus GOTS, GRS, Fairtrade, Higg FEM, GSV, AEO and ISO 9001.
Norquest, based in India, is SEDEX-registered and SMETA 4-Pillar audited, exporting to 62+ countries.
Definitely Yes – on request from our compliance team, and via the SEDEX platform for members.
