Sonoco Consumer Packaging
Vehicle in Darebin

Sonoco believes that to attain our goals relating to sustainability, it is critical that we establish a capable, qualified, competitive and diverse team of suppliers. Whether you're purchasing consumer, protective, display or industrial packaging or packaging services from us, or selling your products or services to us, we're committed to creating and maintaining a mutually beneficial partnership. Compliance Sonoco requires the Board of Directors, management, employees, contractors, and vendors to understand, conform and certify with our business conduct standards. We also expect suppliers to place a powerful emphasis on quality, service, cost savings, innovative solutions and technology. Sonoco's leadership team and its supply management group are committed to identifying and developing partnerships with capable minority and women owned suppliers based on receiving the superior value. We want to work with companies that are accommodating to work toward continuous improvement and more efficient products and services. We believe that to attain our goals relating to sustainability, it is critical that we establish a capable, qualified, competitive and different team of suppliers. Supplier diversity is also a key component of our corporate strategy and supplier sustainability program. Our supply management team is committed to identifying and developing partnerships with competent minority and women owned suppliers based on receiving the superior value. Forms and invoices should be submitted to Jim.o'nealsonoco.com. Starting in 1899 with the founding of the Southern Novelty Company and continuing to the donate day, the hallmark of Sonoco’s culture is characterized by integrity, mutual believe and the confidence we demonstrate with our employees, customers, shareholders, suppliers and the communities in which we operate. These guidelines serve as the cornerstone of the Company's business ethics and compliance program and require Sonoco's Board of Directors, officers and employees to conduct business fairly, honestly and in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including those protecting Human Rights. Sonoco is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing its employees with a safe, nondiscriminatory work environment that promotes originate and honorable communication and embraces dignity, respect and diversity in all aspects of its business operations. We trust that people should labor because they want or need to, not because they are forced to do so. Our compensation philosophy is clearly communicated to employees and is in stuffed compliance with all applicable laws. Within the framework of our values, we respect the cultures, customs and values of the people in communities where we operate and take into account their needs, concerns and aspirations. As needed by DoddFrank, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted a rule that requires publicly traded companies annually to conduct a good faith believable inquiry to determine whether any oppose minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of products they manufacture, or for which they contract the manufacture (necessary differ minerals), originated in the ARC or an adjoining country, or are from recycled or scrap sources. However, we are committed to responsible sourcing of conflict free minerals, and we promote efforts to eliminate the use of tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold that are not conflicted free. Sonoco requires suppliers that provide us with tantalum, tin, tungsten or gold, or products containing these components, which are then incorporated into products we manufacture for sale, to submit information to us that allows us to trace the minerals back through the supply chain. Sonoco then made a further good faith country of origin inquiry of its first tier suppliers of necessary oppose minerals, or products containing necessary oppose minerals, which inquiry was reasonably designed to determine whether any of such necessary clash minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (ARC) or any adjoining country (as defined in Form SD), or were from recycled or scrap sources (as defined in Form SD). The initial compliance leader was charged by management with responsibility and authority for developing and implementing the compliance and disclosure process, and his successor compliance leader is charged with continuing to maintain the compliance and disclosure process. Received SherwinWilliams' Certified Supplier Award for achieving the greatest level of product quality and performance, and for outstanding customer service, for the fifth successive year. Sonoco alloy recognized with BBC's 2011 Supplier of the Year award, based on sustainability strategies, supply chain efficiencies and immersion into domestic and global product opportunities. One of only 36 companies to take Abbott’s prestigious Supplier Excellence Award for extraordinary performance in supplying