Back

Ethics

Ensuring transparency and creating trust through corporate governance and our company policies is important to us.

Corporate governance

We are committed to fulfilling our responsibilities as an AIM listed company. The Group’s Corporate Governance Statement can be found here.

Nichols plc follows the Quoted Companies Alliance Corporate Governance Code. As an AIM listed company the Board considers that this is the most appropriate code for the Company.

The terms of reference of our three Board committees can be found here.

The Company has a share dealing code in relation to its shares. The code was adopted by the Board in July 2016. The code applies to the Directors, other employees discharging managerial responsibilities within the Group, other employees who are privy to inside information and advisors.

Company policies

The Company has a zero-tolerance approach to:

  • bribery and corruption
  • facilitation of tax evasion
  • money laundering
  • breaches of sanctions and human rights

The Company’s compliance policies on these subjects are intended to provide assurance to all of our stakeholders that we are doing the right things by our employees and throughout our supply chain in each of our routes to market and in the right way.

The FY2019 Modern Slavery Act Statement can be found here.
The FY2020 Modern Slavery Act Statement can be found here.