Ethical Trading Policy

We at Cliveden Foods recognise the responsibility we share with our suppliers to operate ethically.  Promoting decent working conditions in our supply chains is part of our strategy to act in a social ethical manner. In pursuit of our aims, we require that all our suppliers comply with our Ethical Trading Policy, which is based on the Fundamental Conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and national and international laws.

We expect all our suppliers to have ethical processes and policies in place throughout their supply chain. We will monitor supplier compliance with this policy through regular reviews and/or through a range of other tools to support the risk management, continuous improvement and capacity mangement of our suppliers, including the requirement for suppliers to provide reasonable information as evidence of compliance with our Ethical Trading Policy.

Coverage

Applies to suppliers up our supply chain

Responsibility

The Management at Cliveden Foods Ltd have the overall responsibility to ensure  the ethical trading at work is adhered to for the business areas under their control.

The Managing Director leads the organisation to plan, define, communicate and continually review the ethical trading policy to ensure they are adhered to and updated when and where needed.

Supplier Requirements

Direct suppliers are required to comply with or have time defined plans to adopt ethical trading standards based on the ETI base code at their own manufacturing and supply sites, and to drive Ethical Trading requirements along their own supply chain.

Policy Commitments

Suppliers to Cliveden Foods Ltd shall commit to ensure that:

1. Employment is freely chosen

1.1 There is no forced, bonded or involuntary prison labour

1.2 Workers are not required to lodge “deposits” or their identity papers with their employer and are free to leave their employer after reasonable notice

2. Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining are respected

2.1 Workers , without distinction, have the right to join or form trade unions of their own choosing and to bargain collectively

2.2 The employer adopts an open attitude towards the activities of the trade unions and their organisational activities

2.3 Workers representatives are not discriminated against and have access to carry out their representative functions in the workplace

2.4  Where the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining is restricted under law, the employer facilitates, and does not hinder, the development of parallel means for independent and free association and bargaining