REGIONAL REPORT | AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND
“We’re very big on giving back to the community,” says Andy Campbell, technical services and support manager at Bunzl, which supplies safety equipment. One way in which the company engages with those communities is through partnering with an indigenous workwear and safety equipment supply firm called Cole Supplies. It’s an arrangement that involves Bunzl distributing Cole Supplies’ Boomerang brand. But Bunzl also has an association with an organisation called the Clontarf Foundation. The foundation says its goal is to improve the education, discipline, life skills, self-esteem and employment prospects of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men “and equip them to participate more meaningfully in society”. “They take indigenous kids in their
last three years of high school and they bring them out into the workplace with companies such as ourselves, and we provide practical training for them – it may be in warehousing, it may be in production,” Campbell explains. He continues: “As a training host, some
of our team… actually assist at the [Aussie Rules] football on a Saturday morning and cook [at] the ‘sausage sizzle’ [a community event with grilled or barbecued food] for the boys. “It is really pleasing to go to some of
the events and hear the success stories. The Clontarf Foundation turn these young indigenous kids into really good, strong, respectful, young indigenous men. “We’re really pleased to be part of that success story with them.” Return to that ‘Services’ section of
Bunzl’s website and you will also see ‘Ethical sourcing’ in the drop-down menu. Here, the company says it is “committed to working with all of our product suppliers to ensure that adequate standards and transparency are maintained in all areas of corporate responsibility. All suppliers to Bunzl are expected to meet the same internationally recognised human rights, environmental and quality standards that we expect of our businesses.” It continues: “Our supply chain management processes ensure… [that] products are manufactured and sourced responsibly.” Also available to read on the website
is a four-page Ethical Sourcing Policy, a Supplier Code of Conduct, and a Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement. “At Bunzl, we have our own our own supply chain, and we’ve got a sourcing
PICKING UP PRIZES
The Regional Council of Australia and New Zealand picked up the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association’s (Leea) Member of the Year prize at the latter’s awards event, which was held during the autumn in Aberdeen (see ‘Leea reveals 2022 awards winners’ in the news section). The award is bestowed to the member that in the opinion of the Leea Senior Management Team has demonstrated outstanding commitment to lifting standards in the lifting equipment industry. Justin Boehm, Leea regional manager – Australia and New Zealand, says the award
include Ashley Thacker at Ranger, Steven Flint of Certex Lifting, Bunzl’s Andy Campbell, Adam Thompson at Stenhouse Lifting and Safety Solutions, Navin Kumar from Lifting Victoria, Mark Eberhard of LiftQuip, Rob Smit of Cookes, and Rhys Goldsworthy from Nobles. “They were sort of patting me on the back saying, ‘you do all the work’, but I mean, none
of it would’ve happened if they didn’t put their hand up to set up this council,” says Boehm. “[The award is] a good recognition of the work that they’ve done in supporting what we
are doing in Australia. Because it has been a long time coming for those members that have been with us for a long period. “Things are falling into place.”
R Justin Boehm with the award
facility in Shanghai with over 20 staff working – and part of their brief is to ensure that they’re… auditing against anti- slavery,” says Campbell, who adds that “more and more customers now like to see our portfolio on ethical sourcing”. He is adamant that the way in which the company engages in corporate social responsibility, in the ways outlined above, helps to positively differentiate Bunzl from its competitors.
“Yes. Yes, it does,” he insists. “We’re very proud of that. Very proud.”
MORE TO OFFER Last year, Axel Johnson International, a privately owned industrial group that acquires and develops companies in strategically selected niche markets, moved into the Australian lifting arena with the acquisition of five firms, which, under the collective name of Certex
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