SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
LABOUR POLICY
We believe all employees are important stakeholders in the business, and it is important to build a culture of mutual trust and respect. This process will result in a strong and harmonious relationship with our employees across the organisation.
Being in an industry that is highly labour intensive, we believe our people are our most precious and important resource. As a result, investing in and ensuring their safety and well being has always been a top priority for us, and the Industrial Safety and Health Awards won by us over the years truly reflects our commitment. Besides adhering to all current labour regulations, we go well beyond these to ensure our people enjoy a safe and healthy work environment. We are committed to be being an Equal Opportunity Employer where all our employees can thrive are treated with fairness, equality and respect irrespective of their gender, religion and ethnic background. All of our processing facilities are located in rural communities and provide direct employees to thousands of women empowering them to uplift themselves and their families.
Our Policy
Ensure that no person below the age of 18 years is employed in all our workplaces.
Prohibit the use of forced or compulsory labour in the workplace in all our workplaces.
Ensure that no employee is made to work against his/her will or to work as bonded/ forced labour.
Ensure employees are not subjected to corporal punishment or coercion of any kind.
Promote diversity and offer equal opportunity to all employees based on merit and ability.
Provide a safe work environment that is free from any form of discrimination including but not to limited sexual harassment.
Ensure that there is no discrimination amongst employees in compensation, employee benefits based on caste, creed, religion, gender, race, color or affiliation with a political, religious or organisation.
Respect the dignity of the individual and freedom of employees to lawfully organise themselves into interest groups, independent of supervision or control by the management.
To ensure that employees are not discriminated against for exercising freedom of association in a lawful manner
Certification
Sedex SMETA 4 Pillar (Certification in Progress)
Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit (SMETA) is one of the most widely used ethical audit formats in the world. The certification encompass all aspects of responsible business practice and provides a globally-recognised to assess Sedex’s four pillars of Labour, Health and Safety, Environment and Business Ethics. The measurement criteria are based on the Ethical Trading Initiative ETI Base Code and is based on both international standards and International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions.
Initiative
Signatory to United Nations Global Compact
Alphonsa Cashew Industries formally joined the United Nations Global Compact in the Food Producers category on 1st October 2018. UN Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, with thousands of business participants and other stakeholders from civil society, labour and government based in over 160 countries. UN Global Compact requires participants to internalise the Ten Principles within the company’s strategies, policies and operations, and to advance broader development goals of the United Nations, particularly the Sustainable Development Goals. The Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact are derived from: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Labour Organisation’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.
Framework
International Labour Organisation’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
Guiding Principles
UNGC Principle 3
Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining.
UNGC Principle 4
The elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour.
UNGC Principle 5
The effective abolition of child labour.
UNGC Principle 6
The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.
Guide
Alphonsa Cashew Industries Code of Conduct
Alphonsa Cashew Industries Sexual Harassment Policy
Handbook
Download our Labour Policy Handbook
Perfecting the art of cashew processing.
Our processing methods involve proprietary practices and systems that have been carefully fine-tuned over generations to manufacture the finest quality cashew kernels with superior sensory properties.
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