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Pricing Model

Subscription-based, annual commitments with per-supplier or per-audit fees

Commercial Flexibility

Volume-based Discounts, Multi-year Agreements, Custom Scoping, Gainshare Arrangements

Gainshare / Outcome Pricing

Audit savings, Compliance risk reduction, Sustainability improvement benchmarking

Delivery Model

Hybrid, On-Site, Remote

Pricing Model

Managed Services, Outcome-Based Pricing

Commercial Flexibility

Flexible scoping, Time-and-materials, Retainer, Managed services, Gainshare arrangements

Gainshare / Outcome Pricing

Risk mitigation savings, Compliance cost avoidance, Efficiency gains

Delivery Model

Onsite, Remote, Hybrid

Typical Integration Time

1-3 months for platform setup and initial supplier onboarding

Middleware Experience

API integrations, EDI, Web services, Data syndication platforms

Certified Partnerships

Ecovadis, Responsible Minerals Initiative, amfori

Proprietary Accelerators

true

Typical Integration Time

4–8 weeks (assessment and discovery phase)

Middleware Experience

API, REST, Webhooks, SFDC, SAP, Oracle, ServiceNow

Certified Partnerships

Major technology partners including Coupa, SAP Ariba, Ivalua, Kyriba, Dun & Bradstreet, Bureau van Dijk, Sustainalytics

Proprietary Accelerators

true

AI-Driven Risk Monitoring

Sedex integrates machine-learning models to flag emerging labor, environmental, and geopolitical risks in near real-time, surfacing changes in supplier news, sanctions status, and facility compliance trends between formal audits—a capability that supplements traditional periodic auditing.

ESG & Sustainability Intelligence

The platform combines SMETA labor-rights audit data with environmental intelligence (carbon, water, chemical use) and social governance metrics, providing a unified ESG scorecard that aligns with CSRD and corporate sustainability reporting requirements.

Real-Time Risk Alerts

Buyers receive notifications of sanctions hits, labor disputes, facility shutdowns, geopolitical exposures, and compliance deadline approaching, enabling rapid response and supplier communication without waiting for scheduled audits.

Supplier Audit Management

SMETA audit standard is one of the most widely-recognized and trusted frameworks globally; Sedex manages auditor assignment, scheduling, reporting, and document storage, reducing administrative overhead and ensuring consistency.

Regulatory Coverage

Sedex tracks and updates audit protocols to reflect new legislation (CSRD, CSDDD, modern slavery amendments, industry-specific labor laws), and customers receive guidance on regulatory alignment without buying separate compliance-change services.

Advanced Analytics & Dashboards

Dashboard visualizations include risk heatmaps, compliance-gap tracking, supplier scorecards, remediation-pipeline analytics, and benchmarking against industry peers—helping teams prioritize investment and communicate risk to board/stakeholder audiences.

Global Supplier Network Insights

Sedex's largest-in-class shared audit database and benchmarking community provide visibility into supplier performance trends, emerging risk geographies, and industry best practices—insights not available to individual buyers using point solutions.

AI-Driven Risk Monitoring

EY employs machine learning and text analytics to scan news, regulatory feeds, and financial data for emerging supplier risks in real-time; however, the core strength is the human-led investigation and remediation advisory, so AI is a supporting layer rather than the primary differentiator.

ESG & Sustainability Intelligence

EY's unique advantage is deep expertise in emerging ESG standards (CSRD, SEC climate disclosure, Science-Based Targets, UN SDG alignment) combined with on-the-ground supplier assessment capability to verify claims and support carbon/emissions baseline projects that go beyond typical ESG questionnaires.

Real-Time Risk Alerts

Continuous monitoring programs include real-time alerts via news, regulatory, and financial data feeds; escalation is triggered by pre-defined risk thresholds, though the response (investigation, remediation planning) is advisory and human-driven, differentiating from purely automated alert systems.

Supplier Audit Management

EY's global on-the-ground audit delivery is a key differentiator — the firm can execute multi-site, multi-country audit programs with local language and cultural expertise, combined with advisory on remediation, corrective-action planning, and compliance program design.

Regulatory Coverage

EY tracks and advises on a comprehensive set of global regulatory frameworks (sanctions, anti-corruption, trade, anti-trafficking, environmental, emerging ESG disclosure rules). The breadth and depth of regulatory expertise, especially on newly enacted standards, is a material differentiator versus pure technology platforms.

Advanced Analytics & Dashboards

EY provides custom dashboards and reporting tailored to client governance needs (board reporting, regulatory filings, supplier performance scorecards); however, the service is advisory and manual reporting, not a self-service analytics platform.

Global Supplier Network Insights

EY leverages its own global advisory network, proprietary databases, and partnerships with third-party data providers (financial, regulatory, ESG) to surface supplier-network risks including geopolitical exposure, single-source dependencies, and ESG cluster risks not typically visible in point assessments.

Revenue Band

$50M–$150M

Case Studies

2 engagements

Estimated Procurement Clients

600+

Years in Procurement Services

25+

Active Engagements

600+

Revenue Band

$45B–$50B

Case Studies

3 engagements

Estimated Procurement Clients

500+

Years in Procurement Services

30+

Active Engagements

200+