Givaudan International SA is committed to social responsibility, which includes going beyond financial due-diligences and establishing leading ethics, social, and environmental practices at its sites and areas of operations. The company adheres to the International Labour Organization's fundamental conventions on right to work, Ethical Trading Initiative's base code principles, and United Nations' Global Compact Principles. Givaudan demonstrates its efforts and progress on these conventions and principles through participation in Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (Sedex) forum and following its Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit (SMETA) assessment program. The assessment program has been in place at Givaudan since 2008 and serves as a platform for managing and demonstrating its social responsibility ambitions and efforts. The scope, methodology, reporting, and timelines of assessment that Givaudan follows are an outcome of consultative process with its stakeholders and follows Sedex SMETA specifications as applicable.
