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SEDEX (SMETA): the audit number, the four open actions, and what the platform is
SEDEX names the ethical-data platform; SMETA names the audit format it runs. This floor’s audit is ZAA600215648, carried out 12–13 August 2026, and the report lists four open corrective actions with their own due dates.
- ZAA600215648The SEDEX audit number
- 12–13 Aug 2026The audit dates; re-checked by Aug 2027
- 4 open actionsDue 19 Sep – 18 Nov 2026, listed in the report
- SMETA 4-PillarThe format: labour, health and safety, environment, ethics
1. Two names, one audit
SEDEX (SMETA) names the ethical-data platform (SEDEX) and the audit format it runs (SMETA). Buyers ask for both by name, and the site keeps the two words together for that reason.
A SMETA audit reports on labor standards and health and safety, and in its fuller version on environment and business ethics, at the audited site — and it lists corrective actions still open. The version on this floor is the 4-Pillar.
2. The record, as printed
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Scheme | SEDEX (SMETA 4-Pillar audit · report) |
| Number | ZAA600215648 |
| SEDEX codes | site ZS1000046451 · company ZC5000039639 |
| Version | SMETA 4-Pillar |
| Dates | audited 12–13 Aug 2026, re-checked by Aug 2027 (LRQA, semi-announced; report lists 4 open corrective actions, due 19 Sep – 18 Nov 2026) |
| Holder | Zhuji Qingsheng Knitting Co.,Ltd. |
| Markets it covers | Not market-specific — a buyer-requested social-compliance audit, accepted for any destination market including North America and the EU |
| Look it up at | sedex.com |
The report is posted as a PDF of 3.8 MB, not summarised, so your compliance desk reads the source document.
3. The four open actions
The report lists four open corrective actions, with due dates between 19 September and 18 November 2026. They are in the report rather than on this page, and the site says where they are rather than paraphrasing them into a claim of a clean audit.
How a supplier talks about closing those actions tells you more than any badge. A supplier that shows the open list and the dates is more useful to a compliance desk than one that shows a logo.
4. How to read the report
- 01Read the report itself, not the summary page. The audit reports on the site; the summary is somebody’s compression of it.
- 02Find the holder and the dates first. Zhuji Qingsheng Knitting Co.,Ltd., audited 12–13 Aug 2026. A number with no holder next to it is not evidence.
- 03Read the open corrective actions. Four, due 19 Sep – 18 Nov 2026. That is the live part of an audit report.
- 04Verify at the issuing body. sedex.com, using the number above, rather than accepting a badge from us.
The other scheme: BSCI. The document type, and why the report and not the badge: audit report.
Ask for the report file itself
The SEDEX report goes out as a PDF with the numbers, holders and dates shown exactly as printed on it. Your compliance team reads the source document, not a summary of it.
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