Boxon has been the first company within the FIBC segment that based their core values on ethic. We started in 1996 to describe our ethic values and to follow these up internally but also with all suppliers and partners. Especially in Asia we started with unexpected internal audits to secure this standard. Since 2009 this standard SA8000(1) covered these aspects in an international norm.

SA8000 covers the following areas of accountability:

• Child labor: No workers under the age of 18 (Boxon standard)
• Forced labor: No forced labor, including prison or debt bondage labor; no lodging of deposits or identity papers by employers or outside recruiters.
• Health and Safety: Provide a safe and healthy work environment; take steps to prevent injuries; regular health and safety worker training; system to detect threats to health and safety; access to bathrooms and potable water.
• Freedom of Association and Right to Collective Bargaining: Respect the right to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively; where law prohibits these freedoms, facilitate parallel means of association and bargaining.
• Discrimination: No discrimination based on race, caste, origin, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, union or political affiliation.
• Discipline: No corporal punishment, mental or physical coercion or verbal abuse
• Working hours: Comply with the applicable law but, in any event, no more than 48 hours per week with at least one day off for every seven day period; voluntary overtime paid at a premium rate and not to exceed 12 hours per week on a regular basis; overtime may be mandatory if part of a collective bargaining agreement.
• Compensation: Wages paid for a standard work week must meet the legal and industry standards and be sufficient to meet the basic need of workers and their families; no disciplinary deductions.

Additionally Boxon guarantees all workers regular working breaks, minimum 1 sufficient meal a day free of charge, local transport if needed.

(1) SAI established one of the world’s preeminent social standards— SA8000— a recognized benchmark among the voluntary codes and standards initiatives that companies and factories measure their performance. SA8000 is grounded on the principles of core ILO conventions, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.