— Audited & Certified

Built on trust.
Backed by audit.

Our compliance framework is designed to meet the sourcing requirements of Europe's most demanding retail brands — measured, documented, and externally verified.

S4
SMETA 4-Pillar
Audit · 2024 · Closed clean
FEM
Higg FEM
Module · 2024 · Verified
i.
— SMETA · 4-Pillar Audit

Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit.

The most widely-used social audit in the world — and the floor that most major European retailers set before they'll open a sourcing conversation.

Pillar 01

Labour
Standards

Fair wages, regulated working hours, freedom of association, no forced or child labour. Verified through document review and confidential worker interviews.

Pillar 02

Health
& Safety

Safe working conditions, fire and emergency procedures, PPE provision, machine guarding, and accident reporting infrastructure.

Pillar 03

Environment
Impact

Environmental impact controls, waste-stream management, emissions reporting, and resource-use disclosure.

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Pillar 04

Business
Ethics

Anti-bribery, anti-corruption, conflict-of-interest policies, and transparent business practices end-to-end.

Recognised and required by River Island, Karen Millen, Oliver Bonas, and most major European retailers as a prerequisite for a Tier 1 sourcing relationship.
ii.
— Higg FEM · Facility Environmental Module

The environmental
measurement standard.

Developed by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition — the framework most sustainability-led European brands use to compare environmental performance facility-by-facility.

Area 01

Energy Use
& GHG Emissions

Measured at the meter, scoped to facility boundary. Year-on-year baseline now established for reduction targets.

Area 02

Water Use
& Discharge

Rainwater harvesting installed at site commissioning. Process water consumption metered and discharge tested to MoEF standards.

Area 03

Chemical
Management

MRSL/RSL alignment, supplier substance disclosures collected, and on-site chemical handling/storage to industry standard.

Area 04

Waste
Management

Segregation at source, vendor-recovery for offcut leather/textile, and quarterly volume reporting against reduction targets.

Preferred by NA-KD, Best Secrets, and the sustainability-led European brands now writing FEM scores into supplier scorecards.
iii.
— Why It Matters For Buyers

The cost of non-compliance.

Sourcing from a non-compliant manufacturer is a reputational and legal risk. SIE's dual certification means your procurement team can proceed with confidence — no delays, no surprises, no remediation costs at the back end of your season.
Note to procurement Audit documentation available on request

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