Respect for suppliers and customers
Our responsibility is to carry out our business ethically and
with respect for the rights and interests of our suppliers and
customers.
As well as a set of environmental standards, Allied Bakeries
Ethical Trading Code incorporates the requirements of the Ethical
Trading Initiative Base Code. All our 3,500 suppliers have signed
up to our Ethical Trading
Code, which is an integral part of our supplier approval
process.
We take fair trade and fair competition very seriously - all our
sales team, along with anyone else who comes into contact with
either customers or competitors, are fully briefed in competition
law and the Groceries Supply Code
of Practice, and undergo regular refresher training.
Allied Bakeries along with our parent company Associated
British Foods (ABF), is committed to responsibly sourcing the palm
oil that we use. ABF has been a member of the Roundtable on
Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) since 2006
All of the palm oil and derivatives we use are
sustainably sourced from accredited RSPO suppliers. Our total palm
usage is around 1,500 tonnes a year and as of December 2014, all of
our palm oil and derivatives have been sourced only from physical
sustainable supply chains (i.e. segregated and mass
balanced).
All of the soya flour we use is sourced from Europe and Canada.
We track the supply chain all the way back to the farm so we can be
sure that we know what we are buying. We never buy from growers who
use deforested land and none of our soya flour is genetically
modified.
We are proud to have signed up to The Prompt Payment
Code as it recognises the importance of Allied Bakeries
behaving in an ethical manner towards its suppliers.
We believe in open and honest dealing inside and outside our
business and provide a whistleblowing mechanism for any interested
party to flag concerns or issues to an independent third party.