Built into the transaction, not added at the end.
A trading company's footprint is mostly other people's cargo, other people's plants and other people's borders. Our leverage is in what we choose to trade, who we source it from, and how carefully it moves. This page describes the standards we hold ourselves to.
Four pillars.
These are working commitments, not certificates on a wall. Each one changes how a specific step of a transaction is done.
Safety & product stewardship
Every hazardous product ships with correct IMDG classification, UN-approved packaging and an SDS in the destination format. We decline transactions where the buyer cannot demonstrate the ability to handle the product safely — including dilution, storage and disposal at end use.
Environment
We favour ocean freight over air where the lead time allows, consolidate part-loads to cut empty container movement, and support buyers switching to lower-impact grades — water-based systems, bio-based feedstocks and recycled polymer content — when the application permits.
Responsible sourcing & human rights
Producers we contract with are assessed on workplace safety and labour practice, not price alone. For food-chain and agricultural cargo, we work with origin partners who can evidence traceability back to region of production, and we support certification schemes — sustainability, non-GMO, Halal, Kosher — where the buyer's market requires them.
Governance & compliance
Sanctions and export-control screening before contracting; no facilitation payments and no undisclosed commissions; contracts that state specification, inspection basis and claim procedure in writing. Our full compliance framework is described on the company page.
What this looks like inside a shipment.
Policy is cheap. Here is where these commitments actually intersect a live transaction.
At enquiry
Restricted-substance and dual-use screening on the product; sanctions screening on the counterparty and destination. If it fails, we say no before quoting.
At sourcing
Producer assessed for specification consistency and workplace practice. Origin, plant and crop year (for agri) recorded against the lot.
At booking
Mode and routing chosen with lead time and emissions in view; DG declarations and packaging certifications checked before the cargo gates in.
At delivery
Documentation lands complete the first time — because a cargo re-inspected, re-routed or destroyed at the border is the least sustainable outcome there is.
What we don't claim.
We are a trading house, not a certification body. We do not claim carbon neutrality we have not measured, and we do not attach sustainability labels a cargo has not earned.
What we will always do is state the origin, grade and certification status of a cargo accurately — so that your own sustainability reporting stands on real data. If a certification matters to your market, tell us at the enquiry stage and we will source against it or tell you plainly that we cannot.
Hold us to it.
If any shipment from us falls short of what is written on this page, we want to hear about it directly.