SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Darton supports the communities around its facilities & operations through charitable donations for schools, libraries, a park and corporate volunteering. In addition, the company offers financial assistance to various religious agencies working in the fields of education, healthcare, medical research, social welfare and environmental consciousness.
Built and financed the "Shalom and Lidicia Chouraqui Academy in Nepal", an orphanage with a school with over 100 children (for more information, please click: slcacademynepal-childrenhome.org).
Finances the Oum Kaltoum complex in Casablanca (school for underprivileged children).
Offers 24 annual scholarships in Hong Kong, China, Israel, Bangladesh and Morocco.
Human Right Compliance at China Factories
Darton Group of companies has adopted the Fair Labor Association (FLA) Process. FLA is a system that enables companies to effectively implement the following procedures:
Adopting and communicating the Workplace Code to workers and management at applicable facilities
Training internal compliance staff to monitor and remediate non-compliance issues
Conducting internal monitoring of applicable facilities
Performing unannounced, independent external monitoring visits to factories throughout its supply chain
Remediating noncompliance issues in a timely manner
Taking steps to prevent persistent patterns of noncompliance, or instances of serious noncompliance
Collecting and managing compliance information effectively
Providing workers with confidential reporting channels to report non-compliance issues to the company
Consulting with non-governmental organizations, unions, and other local experts in its work
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