Boncafe Thailand

Code of Conduct

Serving with pride and working with Passion to deliver the Boncafé Promise.

Guidelines and principles on social responsibility

Boncafe (Thailand) takes its duties and standards in promoting social responsibility seriously.

Environment

· Boncafe (Thailand) is determined to care for the environment and preserve nature. The company’s goal is to reduce activities that can negatively affect the environment. Having staff and everyone involved to promote support, and conduct strategies on how to practically care for the environment and sustainably develop this matter in the future is BonCafe (Thailand)’s mission.

· Boncafe (Thailand) understands conservation involves biodiversity and pollution prevention and they are keys to a sustainable environment. The company takes such factors into consideration when making future decisions.

· Boncafe (Thailand) encourages the idea of preservation through its working environment within the office by; for instance, using recycled papers, recycled packages, reusable straws, and energy-efficient lighting. The company also promotes car-pooling among colleagues and the use of public transport to reduce carbon footprint.

Health and safety issues

· Boncafe (Thailand) aims to focus on the health and well-being of its customers and the general public. It aims to create a good environment at its workplace. It also wants to become a leader in promoting safety in food and beverage by regularly keeping itself up to date about situations in the country concerning health and safety issues. Employees are trained to understand the responsibility that they have as individuals, to their colleagues, and to their workplace.

Staff and community

· Boncafe (Thailand) promises that its staff is treated fairly with honor and respect.

· Boncafe (Thailand) strives to make the environment at its workplace encouraging and endearing to its employees so that they can efficiently improve their work product and effectively reach their potential.

· Boncafe (Thailand) treats all employees fairly both domestically and internationally, wherever its company branches are operated, and according to local laws.

· Boncafe (Thailand) neither has involved nor gains benefits in any activity that supports human rights violations.

· Boncafe (Thailand) is determined to create jobs in different dynamics and equally provide job opportunities for everyone. The company neither allows illegal working at its workplace nor practices discrimination, threats of all kinds of violations.

· Boncafe (Thailand) aims to create jobs and endow economic opportunities in all areas where the company is operated in order to promote a better quality of life among locals.

· Boncafe (Thailand) is strict in not hiring any person less than 18 years of age, counting from his/her date of birth.

Work ethics, corruption, and illegal practice

· Boncafe (Thailand) has guidelines and measures to indicate and control conflicts of interests in the workplace. The company does not accept any kind of corruption and illegal practices. It ensures ethical behavior at all levels of staff both personally and while at work.

· Boncafe (Thailand) does not accept rules that could facilitate any corrupt and/or illegal practices while denying all types of bribes that could lead to advantages to its business operations or questionable profits that come from questionable sources. All those involved in the company must take this guideline seriously.

· Boncafe (Thailand) is a member of the UTZ Certification Program, which is a label and program for sustainable farming of coffee, cocoa, tea, and hazelnuts. The program focuses on the agricultural sector by creating career opportunities for farmers, supporting education programs, and developing sustainable farming practices. The UTZ program is an effective program to increase the income levels of those involved, while simultaneously ensuring a sustainable environmental impact.

Boncafe (Thailand) realizes the current global environmental issues and has launched the “CHOOSE TO CHANGE THE WORLD” project with 3 main activities that will be held continuously.

“CHOOSE TO REDUCE” by reducing the use of plastic bags and receiving 1 THB donation for each plastic bag usage. The scheme aims to promote the conscious usage of plastic bags while also granting all donations to support the Green World Foundation’s work on global issues.

“CHOOSE TO REUSE” by reusing cloth bags; beginning within the organization itself by handing out Boncafe cloth bags to all employees and supporting all 500 staffs’ environmental awareness by refraining from the usage of single-use plastic bags that pollutes our environment.

Lastly, “CHOOSE TO RECYCLE” by using product waste from some branch’s cafes or after demonstrating to clients in all Boncafe showrooms across the country to recycle and process into soaps while handing out to our clients as souvenirs and expressing our gratitude for their support of being a part that helps reduce environmental issues and also stressing out that Boncafe and all of our customers are ready to make changes in this world.