Corporate and Social Responsibility Policy


Premier Housewares LTD has been supplying homewares to multiple retailers, wholesalers, interior designers, independent retailers and online retailers since 1988. We are part of a large family owned group of import and wholesale business involved in the supply of consumer products which was founded in 1950 by the great grandfather of current Premier directors. The family business has now been trading for over 74 years, and within that time Premier Housewares has grown to become one of the UK's leading Wholesale Distributors of a wide range of home products. Under the leadership of our Managing Directors, our mission is to source and supply products within our chosen fields at the price and quality the market demands, and to deliver them to customers with speed, efficiency and accuracy.

Our inventory includes over 15,000 products suitable for a wide variety of customers, from National Accounts, Buying Groups and homeware stores through to Wholesalers, Department stores, multiple retailers, interior designers and furniture stores.


Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)


Premier Housewares LTD CSR values are at the very core in the way we run our business, guiding and influencing our decisions ensuring we engage in activities that are both moral and ethical to our local communities and businesses.


CSR Organization and Governance


Our team will ensure standards are maintained, help to sustain any initiatives, supporting and guiding legislative and moral decisions whilst ensuring that targets are achieved.


We are committed to


1. Continuous improvement in Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR)
2. Acting in a socially responsible way
3. Continually improving our performance and meeting all relevant legislation
4. Encouraging our staff to be mindful of the effect of their actions on any natural resources.


Purpose and Aims


The CSR policy applies throughout all of Premier Housewares LTD and governs; our approach to all our activities. In implementing this policy, we aim to:

1. Be responsible
2. Improve and sustain employee wellbeing
3. Reduce our carbon footprint
4. Support our local communities


Standards of business conduct


1. We recognise that good CSR embraces all aspects of sustainable development and the way we affect people through our business operations
2. We will assess which social issues are of most relevance to the work we undertake and decide at what stage in the lifecycle this socialpolicy could be most effective.
3. We shall operate in a way that will safeguard against unfair business practices
4. We believe that a responsible approach to developing relationships between companies and the communities they serve, globally or locally, is a vital part of delivering business success.
5. When carrying out our business we will determine the environmental, social and economic issues
6. Our contracts will clearly set out the agreed terms, conditions and the basis for our relationships


Corporate Governance


1. We will share and declare information on personal and corporate conflicts of interest and seek guidance from higher authority before acting.
2. We are committed to ensuring that our business is conducted in all respects according to rigorous ethical, professional and legal standards
3. All the laws that regulate and apply will be complied with
4. We endeavour to ensure that stakeholders have confidence in the decision-making and management processes of the services we provide and by the conduct and professionalism of all our staff. We do this by continually developing our staff.
5. All groups and individuals with whom we have a business relationship will betreated in a fair, open and respectful manner
6. Competition will be reasonable and based upon the quality, value and integrity of the products and services being supplied
7. Feedback on performance will be actively sought, and we will continually review all activities to ensure best practice is observed at all times;


Environment


Our objective is to reduce our impact on the environment through a commitment to continuous improvement.

1. We will continue to work with our suppliers to reduce their impact on the environment


Equality and Diversity


1. We aim to eliminate discrimination on any grounds and promote equality of opportunity in our business
2. We will ensure that our customers and vendors are able to work together in confidence and be treated with respect by each party
3. Recruitment and promotion are based upon fit for role, not ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability or race


Impact on Society


We will take steps to understand how we can most effectively support the needs of the local community and implement initiatives accordingly.


Suppliers


1. We shall encourage our Suppliers to adopt responsible business policies and practices for mutual benefit
2. Suppliers are regarded as partners and we will work with them to help us achieve our policy aspirations in the delivery of our products and services
3. We are committed to ensuring that the welfare of workers and labour conditions within our businesses meet or exceed recognised standards
4. Where necessary, we will exert pressure to ensure that all of our Suppliers behave in a socially responsible way. This includes producing environmentally friendly products and making sure that workers are treated properly