Euro Packaging UK Ltd

MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT 2023
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This statement has been published in accordance with Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 
2015. It sets out the steps taken by Euro Packaging UK Ltd during year ending 31st of 
December 2023 to prevent modern slavery in its business & supply chain.
STRUCTURE, BUSINESS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
Euro Packaging UK Limited (parent company Euro Packaging Jersey Ltd), is a privately owned 
UK based manufacturer and consolidator to Retail, Food Service & Hospitality market sectors, 
and supplies into to a range of major UK and European retailers.
We manufacture paper based packaging at our own premises by employing a permanent 
multilingual workforce. We sometimes use agency workers on an ad-hoc basis, some of which 
can be migrant workers, as well as recruitment agencies for staff to be employed directly by 
us. We do not employ seasonal workers or home workers. Although we do not have a trade 
union on site, we are supportive of staff joining trade unions if they so wish. We also have an 
appointed Modern Slavery Champion at director level, supported by a HR/Ethical trade team. 
In addition, we purchase product categories such as Cleaning & Janitorial, PPE & Workwear, 
Stationery, Catering Disposables, Wrapping & Packaging Materials and General 
Consumables from a global supply base including the Far East, Turkey and mainland Europe, 
in addition to UK suppliers. Finally, to support our daily activity, we have entered relationships 
with contractors and service & consumables suppliers. We aim at having long-term all year 
round relationships with all our suppliers, where possible, all of whom have been risk 
assessed. It is our stakeholders’ expectation that we have an in-depth knowledge of our first 
tier suppliers; hence our efforts are mainly focused on them. However, we will also try to 
engage with lower tier suppliers, where possible.
POLICIES IN RELATION TO SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Euro Packaging is committed to identifying and working with suppliers whose personal and 
business ethical standards are compatible with our own and who are committed to continuous 
improvement. We expect our business partners to comply with national and local legal 
requirements in the conduct of all their business activities, as well as strive for compliance with 
international standards to promote increased employee protection. 
As we continue to broaden our product range along with suppliers, we are increasingly aware 
of the responsibilities of trading in the developing areas of the world. We believe that ethical 
sourcing plays an active role in both minimising risks of social exploitation within the supply 
chain, as well as driving improvement of the living and working standards of people around 
the world. Accordingly, we take social factors into consideration, such as living cost and the 
associated risks and implications for society, alongside financial factors in making decisions 
on the purchase of goods and the commissioning of services, where practicable. We will never 
make a purchasing decision based solely on cost.
Moreover, due to its vast potential as a source of human rights violations, modern slavery 
continues to be at the heart of our business human rights due diligence programme, 
documented in our Human Rights policy, Employee handbook, Recruitment procedure, Code 
of practice (based on the ETI Base Code, the ILO Declaration and the UK Modern Slavery 
Act) - a set of policies covering ethical trade, forced labour, anti-bribery and timber sourcing, 
and Supplier Zero Tolerance Criteria, the latter available in both English and Chinese.