Ethical sourcing and modern slavery
Where we stand
Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires a statement from businesses with a turnover of £36m or more. We are well below that, so this is voluntary. We publish it because our customers ask, and because the supply chains behind disposable catering goods are exactly the sort where forced labour hides.
Our supply chain
We buy from UK and EU distributors and, for some lines, direct from manufacturers in Europe and Asia. The risk concentrates in raw material extraction and in factory labour a long way upstream of our purchase orders.
What we actually do
- Every supplier confirms in writing that they comply with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and that they have asked the same of their own suppliers.
- We do not use labour providers or agency staff in our own operation.
- We pay our own people at or above the Real Living Wage, which for us is a Bristol recruitment necessity as much as a principle.
- We do not buy from a supplier who will not tell us where a product is made.
- Anyone can raise a concern to compliance@misesupply.co.uk without going through their manager and without consequence.
Being honest about limits
We are a small distributor. We do not audit factories, and claiming otherwise would be marketing rather than diligence. What we can do is buy from fewer suppliers, know their names, ask direct questions and stop buying when the answers are evasive. That is what we do.
Environment
We stock compostable and recyclable lines where they genuinely perform, and we say so plainly when they do not. We would rather sell you a product that works than one that reads well on a menu. See our packaging and recycling page for the detail.