Jacksons is a bread manufacturer based in Hull that specialises in baking sliced bread along with many other sandwich carriers, to supply most of the major sandwich makers and food service companies in the UK and Europe.
Jacksons is part of William Jackson Food Group, a sixth-generation family business. The group owns five subsidiary food companies; Abel & Cole, Aunt Bessie’s, Jacksons, MyFresh Prepared Produce and The Food Doctor. These subsidiaries supply consumers, leading supermarkets, food service businesses and food manufacturers nationwide and abroad with a range of organic and non-organic food products.
WJFG are headquartered in Kingston Upon Hull, East Yorkshire and all WJFG manufacturing sites are based in England.
Our values; fearless, humble, winners, respectful, energised and fun-loving, underpin every aspect of our business.
In line with our values, we are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking taking place in any part of our business, or the suppliers we deal with. This policy reflects our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships, and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure no slavery or human trafficking exists anywhere in our supply chains.
As part of WJFG, we will work with the Stronger2gether programme, the Gangmasters Licensing Authority and Association of Labour Providers to ensure all colleagues receive the appropriate level of training to raise awareness of modern slavery and human trafficking, and the knowledge to address any related issues which may arise.
We will support anyone who raises genuine concerns in good faith under this policy, even if they turn out to be mistaken. We are committed to ensuring no one suffers any detrimental treatment as a result of reporting in good faith their suspicion that modern slavery of whatever form is or may be taking place in any part of our own business or in any of our supply chains.
Detrimental treatment includes dismissal, disciplinary action, threats or other unfavorable treatment connected with raising a concern.
Colleagues will be reminded of the Group Whistleblowing Policy as the primary method of reporting any suspicions or evidence of slavery or human trafficking.
We will accept and take seriously concerns communicated anonymously
We encourage members of the public or people not employed by us to write, in confidence, to the Company Secretary or WJFG HR Director to raise any concern, issue or suspicion of modern slavery in any part of our business or related supply chain.
We will take action to address any evidence of slavery or human trafficking in any of our supply chains. In order to effect this we will:
WJFG are active members of the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (Sedex) and encourage all of our suppliers to engage with organisations such as Sedex or the Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI) that promote the core conventions of the UN’s International Labour Organisation.
Ultimate responsibility for the prevention of modern slavery rests with the Company’s leadership. The Group Management Board has overall responsibility for ensuring this policy and its implementation comply with our legal, moral and ethical obligations.
Leaders at all levels are responsible for ensuring those reporting to them understand and comply with this policy and are given adequate and regular training on it and the issue of modern slavery.
This policy has had compliance input from the following departments and external sources; Legal, Sustainability, Communications, Human Resources, Procurement.
Following its initial adoption this policy will be kept under regular review by WJFG Management Board and may be amended from time to time. This policy will be used to inform our Statement on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking which will be published no later than the publication of our 2016 financial results.