Sustainability
From food security, health and diversity to decarbonisation, plastics and waste, Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do, guiding our purpose, strategy, and daily operations. As the Bangladesh’s leading Dates importer & wholesaler, we’re committed to building a resilient, sustainable food system that nourishes people, supports customers, and protects the planet for future generations. We focus on four pillars: people, products, places and the planet.
PEOPLE
We want everyone of our employees and colleagues to feel that Salman International is a great place to work, where everyone is welcome. We recognise the essential role that our colleagues play in supporting our customers and communities, and helping the business succeed. Our values and our human rights policies extend even further to the people working in our supply chains. Everyone is entitled to have heir human rights and freedoms respected, whoever they are and wherever they live and work. We believe that our trade with the countries we sources from should have a positive impact, creating jobs and opportunities for people in the local communities where our business run.
COMMUNITY
Communities are at the core of our purpose. We are committed to serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day. We are focused on making a big difference where it matters most- in the hearts of communities we serve. Through our dates fruits/food redistributions programmes we try to lend a helping hand to those in need, and our stronger starts programme focuses on giving young people in the community the right start in life with access to healthy and nutritious dates fruits/food and engaging activities.
PLANET
We are committed to reducing out impact on climate and nature. Our efforts are guided by our Planet Plan- a framework built around six pillars addressing how we source and supply our products, how we run our business and transports, through to helping our customers eat more healthy, sustainable dates fruits/food and tackling waste across our entire value chain, cut down on packaging and food waste, and support the protection of nature through our sustainable farming initiatives.
HEALTH
At Salman International, we recognise the critical role we have to paly in helping customers access affordable, healthy and sustainable dates fruits. Our ambition is to become the place to buy for affordable, easy to access, great quality healthy dates fruits/food and increasingly personalised solutions for customers and colleagues. We want to help customers lead healthier lives through inspiring products propositions and provide families with the east way to navigate healthy dates fruits/food choices, however they buy.