Sustainability at Shaman: Empowering Farmers, Caring for the Environment, and Ensuring Traceability of Origin
Shaman is trying to adapt to the National Sustainable Spice Programme standards to address social, economic, and environmental issues, commit to sourcing products sustainably, and positively impact our value chains. This is how we ensure sustainability amongst the three crucial verticals:
Social Responsibility
Be the change you want to see in this world. - Mahatma Gandhi Following this, we at Shaman aim for a better life for people in the Shaman family. We ensure every employee's mental, emotional, and physical well-being and their rights are our priority.
We provide our workers with hygienic and highly nutritious meals in our canteen set up in our factory for our employees' daily nutrition.
We have strict protocols and policies that favor worker's safety.
We ensure fair wages, a healthy work-life balance, and growth opportunities beyond their designated roles.
Happier the people, heartier the spices - that's why we ensure every employee walks in and walks out carrying a smile of satisfaction and a happy work environment.
Economic Responsibility
As we prosper within society, it becomes our responsibility to ensure the prosperity of every stakeholder in our spice business. Our company is based on agro-economics, so farmers should receive the most economic benefits. We are trying to ensure fair trade - which is the bare minimum, but we also go beyond:
We assign agriculture experts to each of our farmers who train them in the best farming practices that are both better for the environment and crucial for highly nutritional produce.
We help them to produce high-quality crops to eliminate market rejections due to non-compliance regarding quality.
Our entire supply chain eliminates intermediaries, ensuring there's maximum profit for the farmers.
Our entire process, from sourcing to logistics to manufacturing and supplying, is done ethically, without any involvement of child labor or other inhumane practices.
Environmental Responsibility
As Indians, we consider our planet to be our mother. We use Mother Earth's resources to produce spices. Thus, it is our duty to care for her and nurture her back.
We are in the process of adopting renewable energy sources, not just in our company but also in all the associated partners in our supply chain.
We empower our farmers to get quality yields with minimal use of pesticides.
We are trying to maintain the quality of soil, which ensures farm health for extended periods, keeping the land away from pollutants.
We ensure minimal waste of water, food, and other resources across our manufacturing unit.
Organic Farming
As our spices have Shaman's healing properties, we are trying to adopt farming practices that heal our soil. Thus, we are transitioning to organic farming using natural resources to get a nutritional yield free from harmful substances. We care what you eat and want you to have the purest, most nutritious spices, which are impossible to gain without sustainable practices.
INDIA ORGANIC CERTIFICATE
Traceability of Origin Shaman's most crucial sustainable spice initiative
Right from the farm to the packet picked from the store, our products are entirely traceable. Starting from the farmer's information from whom we source our spices, we keep a digital record of the quality of crops, farming techniques, and the resources used.
We record batch-wise details of crops, eliminating the lack of coordination amongst various players in the supply chain.
Further, we track our logistics from the farm to our raw material store, then record which crops are used to create a particular batch of the final product.
Thus, when our products reach the retailers, they are fully traceable right from farm to factory to store aisles. This ensures numerous advantages: Consumers can know the farmer and the area the spice comes from.
They can trace whether the product has any contaminants or pesticides.
In case of any non-conformity, it makes it easier to retract and further improve quality in future batches.
We prioritize authenticity in our product range by collaborating with government organizations and implementing stricter legislation on labeling, quality control, and traceability requirements.
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