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Sustainability report
Quality & Standards
To maintain safety and quality, the Group stays current with
new regulations, industry best practices and marketplace
conditions and the Group’s businesses consistently strive
to improve and refine their requirements and standards
throughout the entire supply chain.
Each business has also developed and documented policies
and procedures that the business should exercise over
specified processes.
The
Food Division
’s production facilities, suppliers of
ingredients and packaging materials are required to comply with
stringent international standards and regulations, government
regulations and company policies, procedures, controls, and
good manufacturing practices applicable to their operations.
To ensure compliance with these requirements, we are subject
to a number of audits and inspections. This includes (but not
limited to) audits conducted by government and regulatory
authorities such the National Fisheries Authority of Papua New
Guinea and annual audits performed by independent third-
party organizations for the British Retail Consortium (for which
IFC achieved Grade A), International Food Standard, Dolphin
Safe, GMP, Marine Stewardship Council and Halal (JAKIM)
accreditations.
IFC is also subjected to the Business Social Compliance
Initiative (BSCI) Code of Conduct, which is based mainly on
the conventions of the International Labour Organization. We
are proud to report that IFC had retained BSCI rating of Grade
A (Excellent).
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2018
Product Information & Product Labeling
Product information and labelling requirements are stringent in
the jurisdictions where we operate and include disclosures on
date of manufacture and expiry, ingredients, components of
food additives (if any), nutritional information and instructions
for storage. Relaying product information to our customers
makes it easier for them to make more informed decisions and
product comparisons. During the year under review, there were
no incidents of fines/penalties imposed on the Group due to the
non-compliance of any product labelling regulation.
Purchasing Policy
–
IFC is committed to
buying tuna caught
by purse seine and
FAD-free only.
Traceability
-
Collaborating
with suppliers, IFC ensures
that tuna procured and
processed do not contain
those which are Illegal,
Unreported or Unregulated
(“IUU”).
Certified
–
All required
certifications and
accreditations are aligned
with regulations, industry
best practices and
marketplace conditions
in which we operate.
Accountability
–
IFC’s operations are
subjected to regular audits conducted
by government and regulatory
authorities such as National Fisheries
Authority of PNG, British Retail
Consortium, International Food
Standard, Dolphin Safe, HACCP,
GMP, MSC and Jakim (Halal).
IFC & FISB certifications
Cybersecurity
Continuously maintaining our cybersecurity is critical to data
integrity and sustaining trust amongst our stakeholders. The
Group maintains a comprehensive information security program
to protect our networks, information and communications
assets, notably and in particular, threats of malicious software
and phishing to email security. We review our IT policies and
processes from time to time to ensure adequate safeguards
are in place to prevent misuse and unauthorised access to
our systems and data. Further, we endeavour to strengthen
the security of our systems through the implementation of
management controls at all our offices.