Social Responsibility

• Employment opportunities

  We create employment in the society by hiring individuals when needed in different departments.

• Equal Employment opportunity

  We strongly discourage discrimination against employee and we hire employees only on the basis of the merit and potential that they carry regardless of race, religion, community, culture, class, gender, color and national origin they belong.

• Internship & Seminar Programs

  Our Internship Programs help students to learn and experience the professional world.
  We conduct various Seminars for the students to choose the career path and groom themselves for the expertise.

Employee Health, Safety & Education

• We take important measures regarding our employees` health, Safety and Education like
• Employee Life insurance Plan
• Employee Medical Facility
• Employee Entertainment & Travel allowance
• Safe and Healthy Working Environment
• Employee Education Plan World Wide
• All Employees are provided Rashan in the month of Ramadan
• Personality Grooming Allowance
• Employee Personal Development/Training Programs
• Shareholding right to its employees after completing certain period of employment tenure.

Social Welfare Activities

• We are successfully performing our responsibility of uplifting several Nations like Thailand, China, Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh, Burma, Libya, Sudan, Malawi, Kenya, Mozambique, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iran & African countries by becoming a part of Solutions to several of their problems.
• We help and improve these nations` Poor and needy people`s life through making contributions in term of Donations, Charities, Education and Career building initiatives by inducing several Counseling and professional programs.
• Support widows by providing them Stitching machines and other things through which they can earn some money to meet household expenses.
• Our Team members are bound to voluntarily make contributions and effort for social wellbeing.

Supporting Countries Affected by Natural Calamity

• GFM Group spends its 30% of Monthly Profit for Donations and Charity purposes after paying Govt Tax.
• Relief Funds are also provided to the countries suffering from natural disaster & Calamity.
• Provide Medicines and other lifesaving drugs to people in such countries as well as other countries round the globe.
• Food items in proper packing are also distributed in such countries in bulk quantities.

Christians & GFM

• We organize Christmas Celebration Event every year at different old age homes & orphan houses where we distribute gifts and food items.
• Contributions are also made for the Health and Educational well-being of our Poor Christian brethren.
• Arrange food in Poor Christians` girls’ weddings.

Monks

• We make special contributions which are specifically utilized for the well-being of Monks.
• We provide and arrange medicines and food items to Monks in different countries around the world in order to support Buddhist Community.
• Our team members voluntarily spend few hours with Monks in order to understand their way of living.
• Our team makes special food arrangements in different countries for Monks` students.

Children

• We Provide food and Clothes to poor Children in different countries.
• We adopt Children and give them a better and bright life.
• Provide food to feeding mothers and milk to infants on daily basis.
• Special Fund is maintained which is utilized for the education of poor children in different countries and villages.
• We make contributions for Vocational & Theological Programs of poor children.

Social Welfare Activities

• Provide milk to infants in Cambodia, Laos, China and Thailand.
• Special fund is also maintained for the Support and well-being of widows and poor girls

Serving Humanity is our Responsibility

• Provide Food to Christians, Hindus, Thai, Muslim and Buddhists at several Churches, Mandirs, Temples and Madarsas around the world.
• Send poor Muslim people for Hajj who cannot afford to bear the Hajj`s expense.
• Poor Children are provided food, clothing and financial assistance for education.
• Organize Children Education Programs for free in small villages.

Charity Hours spent at Dar-Ul -Sakoon

• Our Group MD along with his employees spend one day in a month at Dar ul Sakoon where we distribute toys, food and clothes.

Charity Hours spent at Madrasas in different countries

• Global Food Marketing Group of Companies is actively supporting madrasas` kids by making contributions to these madrasas and it also support such orphan children in getting primary education.
• Recently GFM Group has adopted 50 children from Pakistan`s Madrasas in order to provide them a better future.
• We visit Madrasas in many countries like Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailand & Pakistan for making such contributions.
• This activity to visit and support Madrasas` kids is a regular routine which takes place once in a month in which all employees make contributions as they like.

Several marriages of poor girls organized by GFM

A special fund is maintained at GFM which is being utilized for arranging dowry, food, decoration and clothes in poor girls’ marriages in different countries

Environmental Sustainability

• Dolphin Safe Environment

  We work in accordance with the Earth Island Institute`s guidelines and ensures that our business practices do not harm any of the Sea mammals and marine life.

• No Trade from Prohibited Areas (NWP)

  We do not Sell or buy any of the Sea Animals that has been caught within nationally or internationally designated marine protected areas where fishing is prohibited, including the 40 nautical mile area of the Galapagos Marine Reserve commercial fishing prohibition zone (Ecuador), Isla del Coco National Park (Costa Rica), and any other similar protected areas.

• Turtle Safe Shrimp Harvesting

  We ensure that the shrimps are harvested in a manner

  • That does not adversely impact sea turtles
  • Harvested in the water of a nation that is certified pursuant to section 609 of P.L 101-162 as of the date of export from the harvesting nation.
  • Harvested in an aquaculture facility in which the shrimps spend at least 30 days in ponds prior to being harvested.
  • Harvested by Trawl Vessel using TEDs (Turtle Excluder Devices) comparable in effectiveness to those required in U.S.

Business Code of Conduct

• Business Focus

  To promote Food & Seafood industry to the highest level in compliance with the International Standards on the platform of merchant trading where trust & integrity are the paramount to ensure very smooth, transparent and long term merchant relations. And we strive to deliver the best quality Services and Products to our Stakeholders

• Ethical Behavior

  We operate in a system that supports ethical behavior and help us in complying all the laws and regulations.

• Compliance

  We strictly adhere to the policies and guidelines of International bodies in order to ensure that any of our operations does not harm the World`s ecology.
  We harvest Shrimps in a complete Turtles Safe Manner & slaughter animals under Halal Standards & also process food as per FSSC Standards.
  We strictly follow the guidelines of ISO 9000 and ISO 14001 in order to ensure safety of environment and our products` quality.

• Sales & Marketing

  We sell and market our products and services in a legal, ethical and appropriate manner that ensures countries` various law and regulation authorities that our products are safe. We promote our products and services only for the uses as approved by the FDA. We provide our Sales and Marketing Representatives appropriate trainings for conducting the promotional activities.

Codes & Principles

Following are the major factors included in our Codes & Principles

• Diversity Policy

  We at GFM encourage diversified cultures and tend to hire people from different religion, background, race and origin and strongly discourage discrimination or biasness on such basis.

• Harassment Policy

  We provide our employees a working environment which is completely free from harassment’s demoralizing effect or any of the improper conduct. Sexual harassment or any other harassment based on gender, religion, color, cast, disability, age, nation or origin is strongly discouraged and is not tolerated at GFM Group of Companies.

• Employee Equality

  Our all employees are treated on equality & ideology basis and their ideas & work are appreciated, acknowledged and rewarded.

• Globalization

  We operate in such a manner that encourages development of various culture, communities, societies and customs of different countries where we operate worldwide.