Supplier Guiding Principles

One critical strategy to ensure the safety of our products is Heinz’s expectation that our domestic and international suppliers, co-packers and joint venture partners agree to comply with our Supplier Guiding Principles. These principles include complying with local labor and environmental laws to protect the health and safety of workers, as well as the earth. We seek suppliers’ compliance with these principles through contractual provisions and track their acceptance in proprietary software.

When suppliers are not in compliance, we take appropriate action on a case-by-case basis and work with them to correct deficiencies, and if appropriate, terminate the relationship.