Two decades of impact.
A bolder future ahead.
What SHL MEMBERSHIP delivers for
organisations
Founded in 2004 as Sedex, we’ve spent more than two decades proving a simple belief: when companies work together and share best practice, they can improve the lives of the workers whose labour powers global supply chains.
Today, our members turn supply chain data into action — applying responsible business standards, sharing best practice across a global community, and using the tools they helped create to manage risk and demonstrate their commitment to ethical sourcing. Supply chains serving some of the world's most recognised brands are covered by independent SMETA audits commissioned by our members.
For member organisations, our new phase means three things:
A secure future for the tools members our members helped create. Our continued investment in Sedex — now as a minority shareholder — helps safeguard the platform and SMETA audit our membership helped create.
Investment in ethical sourcing. New resources to strengthen ethical sourcing and performance across global supply chains.
Impact beyond any single business. A charitable foundation investing in solutions that drive lasting social change.
We do this alongside industry and partners — working to advance sustainable supply chains worldwide.
SHL Membership at a glance:
building standards and solutions across global supply chains
— 35 sectors, 180 countries
conditions improved through our members’ 540,000 audits
— new resources and the resolve to go further