At PARDES QUICK FOODS & DEHYDRATION PVT. LTD., we believe strongly in ethical trading and strong stewardship. As a company, we recognize that our commercial activities have a potential to impact on our vendors and members of the local community.

We are committed to ensuring that all of our dealings with vendors, from the point of search and selection, through to supply and payment, are conducted in accordance with the guiding principles of responsible and ethical trading. We will act broadly in line with, but no less then, the Base Code of the Ethical Trading Initiative.

The key elements of the Base Code are:

• Free choice of employment
• Respect freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining
• Safe & hygienic working conditions
• No child labour
• Pay living wages
• Reasonable working hours
• No discrimination
• Provision of regular employment
• No harsh or inhumane treatment

Our ethical good practice is promoted by positive selection of vendors demonstrating the good practice noted above, and by the encouragement of best practice amongst all vendors. We will expect our vendors to adopt a similar position with their supply base and to implement similar internal policies to those of the company.

• Employees

The company is committed to ensuring the protection of the rights of all those who work for the Company, through well established and widely available personnel policies. In many areas the company aims to operate above the minimum standards required by law to ensure that Employees are safe, rewarded and valued.

• Consumers

The company is committed to demonstrating its ethical and social responsibility credentials to enable Clients to make informed choices about products they purchase.

• Vendors

The company is committed to monitoring social standards in the supply chain, and the company encourages vendors to operate to the same ethical standards employed by itself. The ethical trading practices of direct vendors are initially monitored by self-assessment questionnaires, followed by Ethical Trading assessments of key vendors as part of the Supplier Assurance Procedure.