Social Procurement

Tyrecycle’s Modern Slavery Policy 2020: Upholding Ethical Standards

The Modern Slavery Policy 2020 outlines the company’s commitment to ethical, transparent, and socially responsible supply-chain practices.

The policy includes commitments to:

• Protect all workers, including employees, contractors, and labour-hire personnel. This involves ensuring that everyone in the workforce is treated with fairness and respect. Tyrecycle actively works to maintain safe and ethical working conditions across all operations.
• Assess, identify, and address the risk of modern slavery across all supply chains. The company conducts rigorous assessments to understand potential vulnerabilities. It then implements targeted actions to mitigate risks and strengthen supply-chain integrity.
• Require all suppliers and contractors to comply with modern slavery legislation and uphold high human-rights standards. Tyrecycle sets clear expectations and requirements for all partners. Regular reviews and audits ensure that ethical standards are consistently met and maintained.

By implementing this policy, Tyrecycle reinforces its dedication to ensuring that every aspect of its operations — from procurement to partnerships — reflects fairness, dignity, and respect for human rights.

How Tyrecycle Embeds Social Procurement in Its Operations

Tyrecycle places social procurement at the centre of its sustainability approach, ensuring that its purchasing activities contribute meaningfully to both people and the planet.

• Tyrecycle uses best-practice procurement processes to create positive outcomes in the communities where it operates. These processes ensure that every purchasing decision considers social, environmental, and economic impacts. By doing so, Tyrecycle helps build stronger and more resilient local communities.
• The company focuses on creating job opportunities and providing skills-based training, particularly in areas facing disadvantage. This approach supports individuals who may otherwise face barriers to employment. Over time, it strengthens local capacity and contributes to long-term economic stability.
• Its procurement strategy also aims to deliver environmental benefits, ensuring that business activities support long-term ecological wellbeing. This includes prioritising suppliers and practices that minimise waste and support circular-economy outcomes. By aligning procurement with environmental goals, Tyrecycle helps safeguard natural resources for future generations.

In every aspect of procurement, Tyrecycle’s goal is to leave a positive legacy, demonstrating that commercial operations and community benefit can go hand in hand.

Why Social Procurement Matters

Social procurement is essential for modern organisations striving to meet ESG goals and create meaningful, lasting impact.

Key benefits include:

• Social inclusion: Employment pathways for disadvantaged groups. These pathways empower individuals to build skills and secure stable income. They also help reduce social and economic inequality across communities.
• Community strengthening: Support for local economic development. By procuring goods and services from local suppliers, organisations can boost regional economies. This creates a ripple effect that benefits families, businesses, and community services.
• Ethical supply chains: Greater transparency, accountability, and resilience. Clear ethical standards promote responsible business practices across all industry sectors. This, in turn, reduces risk and builds stronger supply networks.
• Reputation and trust: Demonstrated commitment to ethical and sustainable business practices. Businesses that prioritise social procurement show stakeholders that they take their responsibilities seriously. This strengthens brand loyalty and enhances long-term organisational credibility.
• Environmental sustainability: Better resource recovery and circular economy outcomes. Social procurement supports suppliers who prioritise recycling, reuse, and low-impact practices. This contributes to a healthier environment and reduces the burden on landfill.

Tyrecycle’s leadership shows how social procurement can serve as a powerful tool for building a more sustainable and equitable future.

Health & Safety

At Tyrecycle, we understand that a robust health and safety management system is essential for fostering a safe and healthy work environment. Our organisation is unwaveringly dedicated to maintaining and continually improving a comprehensive safety management system aimed at preventing workplace injuries and illnesses while promoting occupational health and wellbeing. This commitment extends beyond our employees to include contractors, visitors, the local community, and the public, ensuring that everyone involved in our business activities is protected from safety risks.

Environment & Quality Assurance

Tyrecycle continues to lead Australia’s tyre recycling industry through its strong commitment to environmental responsibility, workplace safety, and rigorous quality management. By upholding best-practice governance and maintaining internationally recognised certifications, Tyrecycle ensures its operations remain safe, sustainable, and aligned with the highest industry standards.

Community

TyreCycle exemplifies this through strong partnerships with local governments, community groups, and organisations, focusing on initiatives that enhance sustainability, education, health, inclusion, and disaster resilience. Our commitment goes beyond environmental goals, fostering social and economic benefits that uplift residents and strengthen communities.

Chain of Custody

At Tyrecycle, sustainability is built on accountability. Our Chain of Custody system provides full transparency over how tyres and tyre‑derived products are managed — from the moment they are collected through to their final end use.We are proud to be the only waste rubber recycler in Australia that offers a complete, documented chain of custody. This system allows us to track materials at every stage of the recycling process, ensuring tyres are handled responsibly, ethically and in line with best‑practice environmental standards.