ETHICAL BUSINESS POLICY STATEMENT
The Company is committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity in its business activities in the UK and overseas. Every employee and individual acting on the Company's behalf is responsible for maintaining the Company's reputation and for conducting company business honestly and professionally.
This policy outlines the Company’s position on prohibiting and preventing bribery, fraud, dishonesty, and illegal activity. The Board of Directors and Senior Management take a zero-tolerance approach and are committed to enforcing effective systems throughout the company to prevent, monitor and eliminate any form of dishonesty and consider that such activities have a detrimental impact on business by undermining good governance and distorting free markets.
This policy applies to all employees of the Company, and to temporary workers, consultants, contractors, acting for, or on behalf of, the Company within the UK and overseas. Every employee and associated person acting for, or on behalf of, the Company is responsible for maintaining the highest standards of business conduct. Any breach of this policy will be treated as grounds for serious disciplinary action, and / or constitute a contractual and criminal matter for the individual concerned.
The Company is committed to transparency and believes that fair conduct helps to foster deep relationships of trust between the Company and our business partners and customers and as such a breach of this policy may also cause serious damage to the reputation and standing of the Company.
In compliance with statutory legislations and to embed commitment to integrity and honesty the Company will not sanction the following: –
Give or offer any payment, gift, hospitality, or other benefit in the expectation that a business advantage will be received, or to reward any business received.
Accept any offer from a third party that is known or suspected to be made with the expectation that the Company will provide a business advantage for their business or anyone else.
Give or offer any payment to a Government official in any country to facilitate or speed up a routine or necessary procedure.
Tangible assets and intangible assets such as computer systems, bespoke processes, software, intellectual property, trade secrets and confidential information shall not be used for unauthorised or unlawful purposes or for personal gain.
Engage in any business practice which is unethical or amounts to unfair competition.
Unlawfully or inadvertently acquire, use or disclose to any third party any proprietary information or intellectual property of another party.
Engage in any activity or business practice whether unilaterally or in conjunction with any other party which is in breach of any applicable competition and/or anti-trust law in the relevant jurisdiction.
Unlawfully induce any party to breach a contract with any third party.
Make false statements about a competitor’s products and/or services.
Engage in business with service providers, agents or representatives that do not support our ethical business objectives.
The success of the Company's measures depends on all employees, and those acting for the Company, playing their part in helping to detect and eradicate dishonesty. Therefore, all employees and others acting for, or on behalf of, the Company are encouraged to report any suspected dishonesty in accordance with the procedures. The Company will support any individuals who make such a report, if it is made in good faith.
Ethical Trading
We take our responsibility as a supplier seriously, especially when it comes to the health, safety and wellbeing of employees and those surrounding our business. We take great care when it comes to best-practice. We always uphold our social responsibility when trading with organisations worldwide and audit our suppliers routinely to ensure they meet recognised standards and safe working practices.
MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING STATEMENT
Introduction
This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement is a response to Section 54(1), Part 6 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and relates to actions and activities for the financial year ending 30 September 2023.
Altico Garden Products Ltd ('the Company', 'we', 'us' or 'our') is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking violations in its own operations, its supply chain, and its products. We have zero-tolerance towards slavery and require our supply chain to comply with our values.
Organisational Structure
Altico Garden Products Ltd and has business operations in the United Kingdom
We operate in the manufactured goods for retail sector. The nature of our supply chains is as follows: We work with international and UK suppliers, who provide us with raw materials and finished goods across the Landscape and Garden Products category mix.
For more information about the Company, please visit our website: www.altico.co.uk.
Policies
We operate a number of internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business in an ethical and transparent manner.
These include the following:
Altico Company Handbook. - Includes all processes, practices and behaviours that the business and it's employees must adhere to as part of our business code of conduct. Please see this document for our Equal Opportunities Policy, Anti Bribery and Corruption Policy, Quality Policy and Whistle Blowing Policy.
We make sure our suppliers are aware of our policies and adhere to the same standards.
Due Diligence
As part of our efforts to monitor and reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains, we have adopted the following due diligence procedures:
External supplier audits.
Our due diligence procedures aim to:
Identify and action potential risks in our business and supply chains.
Monitor potential risks in our business and supply chains
Reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our business and supply chains.
Risk and Compliance
The Company has evaluated the nature and extent of its exposure to the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in its UK supply chain through:
Evaluating the slavery and human trafficking risks of each new supplier.
Reviewing on a regular basis all aspects of the supply chain based on supply chain mapping.
We consider that we operate in a high-risk environment because we deem the business to operate at this risk level due to a proportion of our supply chain being based in the Far East for our Paving and Water Feature products. We always audit our suppliers in person ahead of any commitment to supply being made and continuously communicate with them to ensure that sufficient rights, working conditions and safety standards are in place.
We do not tolerate slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains. Where there is evidence of failure to comply with our policies and procedures by any of our suppliers, we will seek to terminate our relationship with that supplier immediately.
Effectiveness
The Company uses Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure its effectiveness and ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in its business and supply chains. These KPIs are as follows:
We will contact suppliers to enquire about their modern slavery practices every 12 months.
We will carry out a regular audit of suppliers - 100% of suppliers each year.