Our Organisation, Structure and Supply Chain
About Us
We are a fast-growing start-up, established by two founders who are passionate about fruit and doing business the right way. Our business sources and packs the finest seasonal fruit baskets, local milk and groceries and offers a nationwide office fruit, milk, and grocery delivery service using carbon-neutral logistics to most of England, Scotland, and Wales.
Legal and Ethical Commitments
Eatfruit Ltd t t/a Office Catering is a private limited company and as a family business, we take our legal, moral, and ethical obligations to our farmers, customers, and the world seriously. We understand that Modern Slavery is a global issue impacting millions of people and we are committed to playing our part in ensuring our business operations and businesses that supply us are run in an ethical and sustainable manner with the aim of leaving the world in a better place than how we found it.
Equal Opportunity Employment
Our business operations are based in the United Kingdom. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters and employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
Supply Chain Accountability
Accountability for addressing any modern slavery and human trafficking risks within our company and supply chain lies with the Board of Directors.
Policies
- Whistleblowing policy
- Grievance policy
- Equality and Diversity policy
We have no tolerance for abuse of human rights within our business or supply chain and will take any allegations regarding violations of human rights very seriously. With these policies, we hope to build awareness and encourage employees to raise any concerns in good faith in a safe environment.
Due Diligence & Risk Assessment
We are a National Living wage employer and to mitigate the risk of labour exploitation, we have obtained the services of a labour provider who is licensed by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) licensing scheme.
Training
The Senior Management endeavors to keep abreast of industry best practices and draw on credible resources such as UK Home Office Training resources, Stronger Together, GLAA materials for awareness training.
Looking Forward
- Continuous improvement of policies to ensure modern slavery risks are mitigated.
- Conducting risk assessments to understand the areas in our business and suppliers that are prone to high risk.
- Implementing due diligence practices with our suppliers.
- Creating a Supplier Code of Conduct.
- Incorporating relevant modern slavery awareness training in our company.
The following statement has been approved by the Board of Directors of Eatfruit Ltd.
