GOVERNANCE

Our focus on finding every opportunity which reduces cost while improving operations based on ethical conduct remains crucial to our continued success. Company’s code of conduct set out the minimum standards expected from the entire team. By this we are able to maintain excellent eminence amongst all of business partners in a professional manner. We have a firm conviction that employees have an obligation to themselves and to the company to raise any matter of business conduct or ethics which cause concern. No one is allowed to commit an illegal or unethical act. In general we treat our personnel as company’s ambassadors to all our stakeholders therefore expected to promote the company’s best interest maintaining integrity and confidentiality in all dealings. Business ethics help protect both the employees and the company from unfounded indictment of pretext or deception and fraud. Further ensures, any fraud that has or might have taken place, must be properly investigated and dealt within a timely manner.

The company activities & operations are carried out in strict compliance of all applicable laws & highest ethical standards. While dealing with stakeholders, the company is strictly prohibited to be engaged, directly or indirectly, in anyn malpractices. Corporate funds and assets will be utilized solely for the company’s objectives in a lawful manner. We will support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges and within the company’s sphere of influence, undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental safety and encourage the development and diffusion of environmental friendly technology. Employees are expected to safeguard confidential information and must not without authority; disclose such information about company activities to any outside source that are not entitled to such information. Any dealings between staff and outside organization in which they have a direct, indirect or family connection must be fully disclosed to the management. We will not discriminate against any employee for any reason such as race, religion, political conviction or gender, and will treat everyone with full dignity and with respect for their private lives. Any violation of this conduct shall be promptly reported to the management by any employee having knowledge thereof.

“The benefits of a corporate social responsibility program are clear: higher productivity among employees,enhanced reputation in the marketplace, more robust communities and successful businesses contributing to the strength of the economy”.

At Faran Sugar, we have always been supportive in efforts to improve the literacy rate in the vicinity of our mills. We are successfully running a secondary school in Sheikh Bhirkio, where approximately 900 plus students are being prepared to be good citizens by gaining high standard of education.

To achieve one of the company’s health and wellbeing objectives, we regularly organize medical camps at our mills in which highly experienced team of Doctors, Child specialist & physicians examine the poor patients and provide free of cost medicines to everyone. FSML has been arranging eye camp for the last 13 years and adequate arrangements are made at premises and the camps are being attended by prominent Eye Surgeons equipped with Pheco Mulcifcation technology and all other relevant equipment and surgical instruments, Lenses, Spectacles, Medicines are also provided, in collaboration with Blind Association of Pakistan, which provide technical assistance. 11,162 Patients attended the camps and 1,374 Operations were conducted successfully. Follow up examinations are also conducted with provision of medicines to all and sundry.

FSML is known in the vicinity, in providing free of charge medical care. Regular free medial camps are arranged with the specialist Doctors availability. Every year four medical camps are arranged in different area ranging from 2 kilometers to 25 kilometers, four to five thousand patients are being provided specialist services,provision of standardized medicines. Mills Dispensary is open for general public on every Friday for medical consultation, with provision of free medicines.

During the year FSML also arrange a Tree Plantation Campaign, where various type of trees were planted by employees on MILL Site and surrounding areas, which create clean and healthy environment.

Medical care of FSM employees is a prominent feature amongst the facilities being provided to FSML employee’s, salient features of the program envisages:

1. Regular Medicine Medical Check-up.
2. Provision of Medicines, hospitalization and Ambulance Facilities.
3. Full-fudged Dispensary Equipped with qualified Doctor and Dispensers, with all type of
standardized Medicines available in addition to social security department coverage.
4. Hepatitis B, screening of all employees including their families and contractor labor, with 3 monthly vaccinations doze to non-defected persons.

5. Hepatitis C, screening +ve cases treated with 6 months course.
6. Blood grouping and HIV / AIDs (secret screening) and treatment thereof.
7. Employee’s children studying at FSM School are also provided all type of vaccination and medical examination.