MayHawk operates with integrity and a strong commitment to ethical practices. We believe that the way we conduct ourselves is just as important to our success as the chocolate we create. The policies outlined below guide every decision we make, shaping the way we do business. Making chocolate matters — but how we make it matters even more.
Our values
We lead with our values, keeping people’s welfare at the centre of our decisions and respecting the human rights of every person our manufacturing and supply chain touches — from the people who make our chocolate to the communities where our suppliers operate.
We review supplier records as an essential part of our assessment and audit process. But we are a very small company in a vast industry, and our influence and voice can only reach so far in a space dominated by multinational corporations.
Apple’s Framework on Ethics and Compliance is a guide we use: Business Conduct Policy.
The supply chain
We make our chocolate in the UK, working with a trusted global network of suppliers to bring each of our products to life. Our supply chain covers more than 20 countries, including regions that are particularly vulnerable to economic and environmental challenges.
Within this supply chain we partner closely with companies that provide our cacao, sugar, and other key ingredients, as well as those who support the logistics, packaging and retail operations that help deliver MayHawk chocolate to customers worldwide.
MayHawk does not tolerate underage, forced or debt-bonded labour within its supply chain.
Supplier Responsibility and Standards (SRS)
We believe that all people, wherever they are in the world, deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. Upholding their human rights is central to our Supplier Responsibility and Standards policy (SRS).
Our SRS policy aligns with the United Nations ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy‘ framework and works alongside MayHawk’s Anti-Modern Slavery Policy, which enforces our strict prohibition of all forms of modern slavery, including forced labour and human trafficking, across our supply chain.
We use the SRS policy to guide our business decisions, including which suppliers to work with and which materials to use in our products.
Supplier Code of Conduct (SCC)
Our Supplier Code of Conduct (SCC) sets out our strict requirements in labour and human rights, health and safety, environmental responsibility, and ethical conduct. These standards are mandatory for all suppliers wishing to do business with MayHawk.
The SCC addresses key human rights issues — preventing discrimination, abuse, the charging of recruitment fees, and forced or underage labour — and establishes clear expectations for fair working hours, wages, benefits, and lawful contracts.
It also requires suppliers to take meaningful steps to minimise their environmental impact, including the responsible sourcing of materials.
Where our values lead
The principles behind our chocolate don’t stop at our products. They run through where the cacao comes from, how we make it, and what we leave behind.