Our Blue Mission

Clean Atmosphere. Ambience. Accountability.

Atmosphere 

A good atmosphere for life on Earth is important to Duni. We depend on clean water, air and soil. As humans and as a company. Caring about our climate and environment is fundamental to our future business.

"Duni is actively working to reduce the company's CO₂ footprint. Duni recognizes the need for the industry to take a lead in finding new ways of working, new materials and the technology to minimize impact on the climate from products and operations."

Ambience

People are what make things happen. When they feel engaged, safe and healthy. Creating a fair and open ambience for customers, employees and suppliers is deeply rooted within Duni's business.

"The work climate at Duni is characterized by respect for the equal value of each individual, irrespective of gender, ethnic background, nationality, religion, disability or other differences which are unrelated to good work performance."

Accountability

The reliability of Duni's products – our core business – makes the company accountable. We believe that what is good for people and the environment is good for Duni's profitability.

"As a market-leading brand, Duni recognizes the trust that customers put in the company to follow high ethical and environmental standards. Duni's guidelines for social responsibility apply to employees and in all business areas, without exception and they comply with national laws and legislation."

From Duni's "Our Blue Mission"

Our products – The core of our value chain

Duni offers a competitive product range from a sustainability perspective. Focusing on responsibly sourced raw materials and efficient production, we are seeking innovative solutions in order to constantly improve our environmental profile. Most of Duni's products are made from the renewable raw material, paper, which is sourced from responsibly managed forests certified in accordance with FSC^®.

Manufacturing is certified in accordance with ISO 14001 and Duni demands that the Group’s subcontractors engage in systematic environmental work. Development work within the area is focused on using resource-efficient materials which are renewable (plant-based), compostable, or from a certified raw material.

"It is Duni's ambition that information about the environmental and safety profile of the products shall be based on facts and be easy for the consumer to understand," says Duni's Corporate CSR & Quality Director Elisabeth Gierow. As part of the work, Duni has commissioned life-cycle studies in respect of napkins and tablecoverings (To read the reports, visit www.duni.com).

"Duni's products are primarily intended for contact with food. This carries with it a responsibility to guarantee safety for defined use. Duni's products are tested to ensure the Duni does not exceed the stringent limits that are in place, for example to prevent chemicals from plastics or dyes passing into food. In addition, Duni's candles comply with the RAL standard (quality marking for candles) in respect of quality and Duni also offers candles with Svanen environmental marking.

Duni's own production plants are certified in accordance with ISO 14001, environmental management system, and ISO 9001, quality management system.

Duni's conversion plants are certified for BRC-CP (British Retail Consumer-products) within the area of product safety and quality.

Code of conduct for Duni and its suppliers

As a market-leading brand focused on growth within new sectors and geographic areas, Duni recognizes the trust that customers place in the Company complying with the highest ethical standards. Duni’s corporate social responsibility guidelines include a code of conduct (both for Duni and suppliers) focused on human and worker rights and occupational health and safety, as well as procedures for business ethics, crisis management and support for charitable purposes.

The guidelines apply to all employees and within all business areas, without exception, in addition to compliance with national laws and regulations.

The supply chain

Duni carries out annual audits of, and follow-up visits to, the production plants of its suppliers in order to ensure compliance with Duni's requirements. One principle guiding Duni's work concerning codes of conduct is to achieve a neutral competition situation by applying uniform requirements to all subcontractors, irrespective of where in the world they operate.

Only suppliers with a positive and responsible attitude towards social issues and work conditions are used. The work of evaluating suppliers is based on agreements with Duni's labor unions. Duni also complies with requirements set forth in a number of ILO (International Labor Organization) conventions in the area. In conjunction with the audits, evaluations are made regarding, among other things, working conditions, safety at the plant, ensuring that child labor does not occur, compliance with minimum wages, and that the number of work hours is in accordance with the legislation of the country where the production takes place. An evaluation is also made of hygiene issues to ensure that rigorous hygiene standards are observed when producing the products.

In addition, an evaluation is made as to whether the subcontractor actively works with the ISO 9000 quality system and the ISO 14001 environmental management system or equivalent.

Duni issues a separate CSR report entitled Our Blue Mission.

For more information about ”Our Blue Mission”:
Duni.com/Corporate-Responsibility

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