Forced Labour in Canadian Supply Chains Report
May 31, 2024
Entity Reporting: Allmar Inc.
About Allmar Inc.
Allmar is a Canadian company headquartered in Winnipeg Manitoba for over 65 years. We conduct business operations throughout Canada with 14 selling locations. We have approximately 400 full time employees in Canada. We sell under three brands: “Allmar”, “Reliable Overhead Door Systems, A Division of Allmar”, and “Pinder’s Security Products, A Division of Allmar.”
Allmar distributes to, and in some cases installs construction materials for general contractors, developers, business owners and other distributors to the construction industry.
Supply Chain
Allmar procures most of the material it distributes though approximately 300 companies that either have Canadian operations or are Canadian companies. We have approximately 10 suppliers based in the United States of America that we occasionally import from. We may on occasion purchase outside Canada or the USA, but this is rare. Our main suppliers can be found on our Partner Links web page.
At Allmar Inc, labour and human rights are a top priority, and we are committed to treating everyone who works at or with Allmar with dignity and respect. We explicitly prohibit human trafficking, child labor, and the use of involuntary labour within our supply base, and this extends to forced, bonded, or indentured labour, and any other forms of modern slavery.
Allmar Inc. complies with all laws and standards that we are expected to follow within Canada and expects that all of our suppliers will comply with Canadian laws and standards as well.
This statement is designed to meet Allmar’s reporting obligations under the Canadian Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act. In the reporting year ending December31, 2023, Allmar had not yet begun work on examining prevention of forced and child labour in our supply chain. The below statement covers what Allmar has done in early 2024.
This statement communicates Allmar’s policies and practices to respect human rights, how we are attempting to identify and address potential impacts, and how we mitigate risks. Allmar upholds and respects human rights and includes ongoing engagement of potentially impacted stakeholders in establishing any actions required to prevent forced and child labour in our supply chain.
Steps Taken so far in 2024 to reduce risks of forced labour and child labour
- Started working with our major suppliers to map their supply chains and find out which ones have policies regarding forced labour and child labour [i]
- Identified parts of our business that have a risk of forced labour and child labour through our supply chain
- Updated our Corporate Social Responsibility Program to include a section for forced labour and child labour [ii]
Moving Forward
Allmar has begun the work to support the prevention of child and forced labour. We are committed to completing our examination of our supply chain, including any risks to child or forced labour that we may discover, as well as applying and enforcing appropriate policies and practices internally, along with corresponding training and education. Further, we commit ourselves to applying and adhering to a Code of Conduct with our vendor network to ensure that these vendors are also supporting efforts across society to uphold the human right to safe work and to prevent forced and child labour.
Currently, Allmar is in the process of determining what training would be suitable to educate our staff on child and forced labour prevention, as well as which employees should be required to take the training. We have met with our largest suppliers and many of these have statements and programs in place regarding prevention of child and forced labour. We have continued work to do with our suppliers to understand what risks we may uncover. We are also in the early stages of exploring supply chain mapping solutions. Allmar is committed to doing our part to prevent child and forced labour within our supply chain.
Attestation:
“In accordance with the requirements of the Act, and in particular section 11 thereof, I attest that I have reviewed the information contained in the report for the entity or entities listed above. Based on my knowledge, and having exercised reasonable diligence, I attest that the information in the report is true, accurate and complete in all material respects for the purposes of the Act, for the reporting year listed above.”
Ron Jonkman,
Chair of the Board of Directors
[i] https://www.assaabloydss.ca/content/dam/assa-abloy/americas/dss/assa-abloy-dss/en_ca/documents/terms-and-conditions/6.%20Canada%20Modern%20Slavery%20Statement%202023%20-%20For%20DSS%20Canada%20website.pdf
https://www.allegion.com/corp/en/about/ESG/governance/anti-human-trafficking-statement.html
[ii] Allmar’s Corporate Social Responsibility Profile
Allmar’s corporate social responsibility program supports environmental, social, philanthropic, and economic strength in our organization and community, ensuring the company’s operations are ethical and beneficial for society.
Social
- Providing a positive working environment including a respectful, healthy workplace that supports diversity and inclusion and offers growth and development opportunities
- Strongly committed to health and safety, including COR standards
- Recruiting equitably and for skill, with non-discriminatory hiring and respectful workplace policies
- Involved in the 13 cities that we operate in, including sponsorships and volunteering support
- Ensuring our supply chain is free from child and forced labour
Philanthropic
- Participating in annual corporate charitable giving, including charities for cancer research, children’s hospice, homeless shelter, emergency relief, hospital research, and more
Environmental and Economic
- Supporting distribution of products that support sustainable manufacturing processes wherever possible
- Participating in LEED project opportunities where possible
- Sustainability in our operations including use of LED lighting, providing recycling, reducing waste in our fabrication processes
Forced Labour in Canadian Supply Chains Report
May 31, 2024
Entity Reporting: Allmar Inc.
About Allmar Inc.
Allmar is a Canadian company headquartered in Winnipeg Manitoba for over 65 years. We conduct business operations throughout Canada with 14 selling locations. We have approximately 400 full time employees in Canada. We sell under three brands: “Allmar”, “Reliable Overhead Door Systems, A Division of Allmar”, and “Pinder’s Security Products, A Division of Allmar.”
Allmar distributes to, and in some cases installs construction materials for general contractors, developers, business owners and other distributors to the construction industry.
Supply Chain
Allmar procures most of the material it distributes though approximately 300 companies that either have Canadian operations or are Canadian companies. We have approximately 10 suppliers based in the United States of America that we occasionally import from. We may on occasion purchase outside Canada or the USA, but this is rare. Our main suppliers can be found on our Partner Links web page.
At Allmar Inc, labour and human rights are a top priority, and we are committed to treating everyone who works at or with Allmar with dignity and respect. We explicitly prohibit human trafficking, child labor, and the use of involuntary labour within our supply base, and this extends to forced, bonded, or indentured labour, and any other forms of modern slavery.
Allmar Inc. complies with all laws and standards that we are expected to follow within Canada and expects that all of our suppliers will comply with Canadian laws and standards as well.
This statement is designed to meet Allmar’s reporting obligations under the Canadian Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act. In the reporting year ending December31, 2023, Allmar had not yet begun work on examining prevention of forced and child labour in our supply chain. The below statement covers what Allmar has done in early 2024.
This statement communicates Allmar’s policies and practices to respect human rights, how we are attempting to identify and address potential impacts, and how we mitigate risks. Allmar upholds and respects human rights and includes ongoing engagement of potentially impacted stakeholders in establishing any actions required to prevent forced and child labour in our supply chain.
Steps Taken so far in 2024 to reduce risks of forced labour and child labour
- Started working with our major suppliers to map their supply chains and find out which ones have policies regarding forced labour and child labour [i]
- Identified parts of our business that have a risk of forced labour and child labour through our supply chain
- Updated our Corporate Social Responsibility Program to include a section for forced labour and child labour [ii]
Moving Forward
Allmar has begun the work to support the prevention of child and forced labour. We are committed to completing our examination of our supply chain, including any risks to child or forced labour that we may discover, as well as applying and enforcing appropriate policies and practices internally, along with corresponding training and education. Further, we commit ourselves to applying and adhering to a Code of Conduct with our vendor network to ensure that these vendors are also supporting efforts across society to uphold the human right to safe work and to prevent forced and child labour.
Currently, Allmar is in the process of determining what training would be suitable to educate our staff on child and forced labour prevention, as well as which employees should be required to take the training. We have met with our largest suppliers and many of these have statements and programs in place regarding prevention of child and forced labour. We have continued work to do with our suppliers to understand what risks we may uncover. We are also in the early stages of exploring supply chain mapping solutions. Allmar is committed to doing our part to prevent child and forced labour within our supply chain.
Attestation:
“In accordance with the requirements of the Act, and in particular section 11 thereof, I attest that I have reviewed the information contained in the report for the entity or entities listed above. Based on my knowledge, and having exercised reasonable diligence, I attest that the information in the report is true, accurate and complete in all material respects for the purposes of the Act, for the reporting year listed above.”
Ron Jonkman,
Chair of the Board of Directors
[i] https://www.assaabloydss.ca/content/dam/assa-abloy/americas/dss/assa-abloy-dss/en_ca/documents/terms-and-conditions/6.%20Canada%20Modern%20Slavery%20Statement%202023%20-%20For%20DSS%20Canada%20website.pdf
https://www.allegion.com/corp/en/about/ESG/governance/anti-human-trafficking-statement.html
[ii] Allmar’s Corporate Social Responsibility Profile
Allmar’s corporate social responsibility program supports environmental, social, philanthropic, and economic strength in our organization and community, ensuring the company’s operations are ethical and beneficial for society.
Social
- Providing a positive working environment including a respectful, healthy workplace that supports diversity and inclusion and offers growth and development opportunities
- Strongly committed to health and safety, including COR standards
- Recruiting equitably and for skill, with non-discriminatory hiring and respectful workplace policies
- Involved in the 13 cities that we operate in, including sponsorships and volunteering support
- Ensuring our supply chain is free from child and forced labour
Philanthropic
- Participating in annual corporate charitable giving, including charities for cancer research, children’s hospice, homeless shelter, emergency relief, hospital research, and more
Environmental and Economic
- Supporting distribution of products that support sustainable manufacturing processes wherever possible
- Participating in LEED project opportunities where possible
- Sustainability in our operations including use of LED lighting, providing recycling, reducing waste in our fabrication processes