25/8/2015

To our stakeholders,

I am pleased to confirm that Pulse Printing Products Ltd continues to support the ten principles of the Global Compact in respect to human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.

In this annual Communication on Progress we describe our actions to continually improve the integration of the Global Compact principles into our business strategy, culture and daily operations.

We also commit to share this information with our stakeholders using our primary channels of communication.

Yours sincerely,

Gary Sheppard
Managing Director

Pulse Printing Products Ltd (Pulse PPL) is committed to support and protect the internationally proclaimed human rights legislation (e.g. UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights) as well as all UK relevant legislation (e.g. Human Rights Act 1998). Pulse PPL strives to ensure that procurement functions (dealing with third party contracts and suppliers) endeavour to seek partners upholding the same principles through their operations and supply chains where practical. We are committed that we are not complicit in any form of human rights abuses through neither direct, nor beneficial nor silent complicity.
Our corporate and social responsibility policy is integrated into our daily business activities. Consideration to human rights and discrimination is also given in our Equality policy which is fully implemented throughout the business. We are working on improvements to our health and safety management system.
All of these systems are fully monitored and audited on scheduled bases and reviewed by senior management at least yearly.

In the last year Pulse has been working on accreditation for OHSAS 18001 as an improvement to our already existing Health and Safety system. We are confident that we will certify by the end of the year 2015.We also monitor health and safety throughout our supply chain through self assessment questionnaires.

All of our employees are encouraged to report suspected misconduct and unethical behaviour directly to their supervisors.

There have been no reported breeches of our human right policies. We are members of SEDEX which we use in control of our supply chain management and we use third party assurance to assess our suppliers.
All policies and procedures are reviewed on yearly bases by senior management team to ensure relevance and suitability to the business and ultimately signed off by the general manager of Pulse PPL.

Pulse PPL undertakes to comply with national legislation and regulations relating to the application of the relevant international charters and declarations wherever it operates and/or undertakes its business activities; mainly relating to discrimination (in any form), employment, working condition, freedom of expression and association and reporting of human rights and other violations. Compliance with UK legislation on labour is strictly followed as the foundation on Pulse’s procedures on labour principles. Pulse PPL has no objections for employees to join trade unions and follows the procedures on freedom of association and collective bargaining as set by English law (Under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992).
Our recruitment process complies with the law on minimum age however our own policy states that no person under the age of 18 is allowed to work in the manufacture.
All Pulse employees are issued with a Contract of Employment clearly stating their terms and conditions of employment with clearly stated pay rates, sick leave, maternity and paternity leave, etc. This we consider as fair, just and fully in compliant with English Rules, Laws and Regulations. Employees are in addition provided with Manuals explaining the Company’s Culture, Commitment and Procedures.

Health and Safety Laws are clearly communicated to staff as well as staff notice boards also displaying notices at key visible points within our place of work thereby ensuring compliance with these regulations on a constant basis.
Bimonthly health and safety meetings take place in presence of the managing director and the employee’s representatives where issues and concerns on working conditions are talked about. Minutes from these meetings are freely available to all staff.
We actively encourage our employees to express their concerns through See it- sort it- report it system which is evaluated on regular bases.
Training Courses are regularly attended by employees to ensure their personal growth and development.

Pulse PPL has not been involved with any investigation or legal cases relating to the contravention of UNGC Labour Rights principles or UK legislation.

Pulse PPL has not been subject to any health and safety statutory notices or prosecutions.

Pulse PPL is committed to continuously improve our environmental performance. We will achieve this through the efficient use of the resources, preventing pollution, minimising waste and the promotion of recycling. Pulse PPL has and will continue to support and work closely with suppliers and customers to help each other in achieving mutual targets on sustainability. Pulse PPL has implemented an Environmental policy and complies with all relevant UK environmental legislation and regulations. The environmental policy is understood by all key personnel. All employees are made aware of the risk to the environment by accidental release of the chemicals. This is included in the induction of every new employee and reinforced during everyday activities of the factory. There are procedures in place to minimise the environmental impacts to achievable minimum.

Pulse PPL is collecting data to prepare the company for implementation and accreditation of ISO 14001 which is planned for next year. Pulse PPL has also set goals to reduce energy and water consumption by the end of the year by 3% and 2% respectively.
There is a program in place to reduce waste by reducing the need for cleaning mixing vessels and therefore reducing waste water by recycling the vessels for the same product. We are also reducing the wastage of raw materials by getting almost 100% of the product from its original containers and therefore reducing the residual waste to a bare minimum. The most of the non conforming products are being reworked and recycled.
Pulse PPL does not use brand new IBCs; we use either laundered (97.5%) or reconditioned (2.5%) IBCs.
We are constantly on a lookout for new ways to reduce our environmental impact.

Pulse PPL has never had a reportable environmental incident. We have never been subject to any statutory notices or prosecutions.

Pulse PPL is committed to conducting all of our business in an honest and ethical manner and has adopted the anti-bribery policy to promote honest and ethical conduct and ensure compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations as set by UN Convention against corruption.
Pulse PPL gives the utmost importance to the anti-bribery policy and applies a zero tolerance approach to acts of bribery and corruption by any of our employees and other stake holders.

Employees are encouraged to raise concerns about any issue or suspicion of malpractice at the earliest possible stage. If they are unsure whether a particular act constitutes bribery or corruption, or if they have any other queries or concerns, these should be raised with their line manager.

There have been no reports of misconduct to a present date.