We are committed to being a responsible and purposeful business and recognise that we must incorporate our business values to include and meet the expectations of our stakeholders, and to encourage others to adopt responsible attitudes and encourage sustainable supply chains. Our stakeholders include customers, employees, suppliers, the community, and the environment.

• We recognise that our social, economic and environmental responsibilities to our stakeholders are integral to our business, and we aim to demonstrate these responsibilities through our actions and within our policies.

• We shall be open and honest in our strategies, targets, performance, and in our continual commitment to sustainable development. We will also take seriously all feedback that we receive from our stakeholders and, where possible, make changes to ensure we achieve and maintain our responsibilities.

• The Managing Director is responsible for the implementation of this policy and will make the necessary resources available to realise our corporate responsibilities.

• The responsibility for our performance for this policy rests with all employees throughout the company.

Our commitments:

• We strive to maintain good business practices, to ensure a high level of business performance and to uphold the values of honesty, partnership and fairness in our relationships with all our stakeholders

• Our supplier terms are clearly set out to show the any agreed terms, conditions and the basis of our relationship, and will operate in a way that safeguards against unfair business practices.

• We will register and resolve customer complaints in accordance with our high standards of service.

• We shall promote and encourage suppliers to adopt responsible business policies and practices.

• The Company is committed to its on-going programme of equal opportunity and non-discrimination for all. These policies also relate to how we offer and provide services to our customers and the community.

• We provide clear and fair terms of employment and strive to maintain a clean, healthy and safe working environment in line with our Health and Safety policy.

• We believe our core values and integrity means it is our social responsibility to do business in a way that brings benefits to our stakeholders.

• We support a range of charities and shall continue to do so. We shall also support our employees to help local community organisations and activities in our region.

Modern slavery is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights. It takes many forms, including slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour, and human trafficking, all of which involve the deprivation of a person’s liberty by another in order to exploit them for personal or commercial gain.

Prices Patent Candles Ltd takes a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery, and we are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all of our business dealings and relationships, as well as implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery does not exist anywhere in our own business or in any of our supply chains. We are also committed to ensuring transparency in our own operations and in our approach to combating modern slavery throughout our supply chains, in accordance with our disclosure obligations under the Modern Slavery Act.

We expect the same high standards from all of our contractors, suppliers, and other business partners, we will continue to include specific prohibitions against the use of forced, compulsory, or trafficked labour, as well as anyone held in slavery or servitude, whether adults or children, in our contracting processes, and we expect our suppliers to hold their own suppliers to the same high standards.

This policy applies to all individuals who work for us or on our behalf in any capacity, including employees at all levels, directors, officers, agency workers, seconded workers, volunteers, interns, agents, contractors, external consultants, third-party representatives, and business partners.

This policy is not part of any employee’s employment contract, and we reserve the right to change it at any time.

Policy Responsibilities
Prices Patent Candles Ltd is ultimately responsible for ensuring that this policy conforms with our legal and ethical commitments, as well as that all people under our control abide by it.

Prices Patent Candles Ltd is in charge of implementing this policy on a daily basis, monitoring its usage and effectiveness, dealing with any questions about it, and reviewing internal control systems and processes to ensure they are successful in combating modern slavery. Management at all levels is responsible for ensuring that people reporting to them understand and comply with this policy, as well as that they get proper and ongoing training on it and the subject of modern slavery in supply chains. Dismissal, disciplinary action, threats, or other unfavorable treatment as a result of voicing a concern is considered detrimental treatment. If you suspect you have been subjected to such treatment, you should immediately notify your line manager. If the problem is not resolved, and you are an employee, you should file a formal complaint.

Communication & Awareness
Training on this policy, as well as the threat our company faces from modern slavery in its supply chains, is part of the induction process for all new employees, and updates will be offered through established channels of communication between the company and you. Our zero-tolerance stance to modern slavery must be conveyed to all suppliers, contractors, and business partners from the beginning of our commercial engagement with them and reinforced as needed subsequently.

Policy Breaches
Any employee who violates this policy may face disciplinary action, which might result in dismissal for misconduct. If other persons or organisations working on our behalf violate this policy, we reserve the right to terminate our relationship with them with immediate effect. Feedback and suggestions for the improvement of this policy are welcomed.
Any comments, suggestions or queries are encouraged and should be addressed to Paula Pettit.

Policy Compliance
You must read, understand, and enforce this policy. The prevention, identification, and reporting of modern slavery in any element of our company or supply chains is the duty of everyone who works for us or is under our authority. Refrain from engaging in any action that might lead to or imply a violation of this policy.

If you have reason to believe that a conflict with this policy has occurred, is happening, or may occur in the future, please contact your line manager or a business director as soon as possible. You are urged to express concerns about any issue or suspicion of modern slavery in any aspect of our business or any supplier tier’s supply chain as soon as possible.

Note that where appropriate, and with the welfare and safety of local workers as a priority, we will give support and guidance to our suppliers to help them address coercive, abusive, and exploitative work practices in their own business and supply chains. If you have any doubts about whether a specific act, the treatment of employees in general, or their working circumstances inside any tier of our supply chains represents any of the numerous types of modern slavery, please contact your line manager or a company director.

We want to promote transparency and will assist anybody who expresses serious concerns in good faith under this policy, even if those worries turn out to be incorrect. We are dedicated to ensuring that no one experiences any adverse treatment as a result of reporting in good faith their concern that modern slavery in any form is or may be occurring in any section of our own business or in any of our supplier networks.

Price’s Patent Candles Ltd. has a proud heritage in producing candles with Royal connections since 1840 and was granted its first Royal Warrant in 1850.

We recognise that matters of environmental protection are an integral part of its management function and key to good business practice and sustainability.

The Company views this as an important responsibility and is committed to complying with legislation and continues to reduce or minimise its environmental impact and will look for continuous improvements concerning its activities, products and services.

The key points of its strategy are:

• Follow its commitment of continual improvement, making best use of its resources in all matters of environmental protection.

• Take due care to prevent and/reduce pollution where possible. Minimise and reduce waste by evaluating operations and ensuring they are as efficient as possible.

• Promote recycling, educate, train and motivate employees to raise awareness of environmental issues and enlist their support in improving the Company’s performance.

• Encourage environmental protection among suppliers and customers.

• Comply with all relevant environmental legislation that applies to the Company.

The Company is committed to continual improvement of environmental performance. This Policy will be communicated to all staff, contractors and suppliers, and be available for the public.