Our responsibility
4C has a commitment to consider and address the impact of our business on communities, society and the environment more widely.
In addition to taking a socially responsible attitude towards our direct business activities and their impact on the community, we must also consider those of our suppliers and clients – many of whom are global organisations touching the lives of several millions of people daily.
We have chosen to channel our social responsibility efforts in three ways – ways that we feel we can make a difference and which are directly related to our services.
Charitable donations – Firstly we have committed to support Phulki, a Bangladeshi not for profit organisation that works to promote the human rights for factory women and their children in Bangladesh. We have chosen to support a cause that affects us both at work and at home. In our home lives we all possess items that have been made in Bangladeshi factories, often by the women we want to help.
In our working environment as a procurement solutions company one of our focuses is the direct sourcing of marketing materials at the best possible cost for our clients. For some of our clients we look to Bangladesh to get the competitive prices our clients expect.
Through Phulki we are able to support the childcare facilities both in the factories from which we source directly, and also the community. By contributing to the childcare givers training programme we can help to ensure that Phulki's invaluable work continues. www.phulki.org
Supplier engagement – our intention is to engage with suppliers of goods and services to build an ethical basis to business practice, the protection of human rights, and the management of the environmental impact through the supply chains of which 4C are a part. We work actively with all suppliers to ensure they are fully compliant with our policies and with those of our clients. These codes are embedded within our agreements with all approved suppliers.
Support for our clients charities – we like to support the work that our clients are doing to become more socially responsible. We do this through charitable donations, gifts for fundraising and support at fundraising events.