Primary Health Care
Launched in 1989, the first programme of its kind in the private sector, now covering all 16 tea estates.
Sustainability
People and the environment play a significant role in our corporate policy.
Our approach
Duncan Brothers is a commercial organisation, however people and the environment play a significant role in its corporate policy. We work to improve the quality of our products and our productivity and to be cost efficient, with a focus on our employees and their welfare. The welfare of society in general, of the local communities where we do business and of the environment in which we operate also forms an integral part of corporate policy.
The Group has established the Camellia Duncan Foundation, setting aside funds from its operational income, to manage its welfare initiatives.
17,500workers covered by Primary Health Care (with 65,000 dependents)
50beds at the Camellia Duncan Foundation Hospital
3,250students in garden-run and aided primary schools
742lives saved by Yasser Life Guard at Cox's Bazar
People and communities
Camellia Duncan Foundation Hospital
A 50-bed referral hospital inaugurated in 1994, with specialist cancer treatment.
Camellia Duncan Foundation School
A residential secondary school for workers' children, inaugurated in 2004.
Orchid Project
Orchids grown at Shahbazpur to help finance the Foundation's charitable work.
Yasser Life Guard
A life-saving service on the Cox's Bazar beach, the first of its kind in the country.
Other social commitments
Support for art and for sport, including chess and the Paralympics.
Environment
Water
Drinking water is supplied through piped water, hand tube wells and wells. Where needed, water is purified or disinfected before use, and rain water and groundwater are primarily used for cultivation.
Conservation
Afforestation, rain-water storage in lakes and ponds, and awareness programmes among garden residents about avoiding waste.
Energy
Energy-efficient technology in tea production, energy-saving bulbs in all factories and accommodation, and efficient cooking stoves that cut firewood use.
Geo-diversity
Care for the soil so that fertiliser and pesticide use does not upset the natural ecology; certain lands are used for rubber, afforestation and soil-enrichment programmes.
Certifications, standards and awards
As stated on our existing website. Certificate details are kept up to date by the Company Secretary.
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ISO 22000:2005
All the Group's gardens and factories are certified for plantation and cultivation, processing and manufacturing, blending and packing, office management, quality assurance, and the sale and marketing of tea.
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ISO 22000
Natural mineral water produced and bottled at the Dhaka and Chittagong plants.
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IBWA membership
Duncan Products is the only company in Bangladesh that is a member of the IBWA.
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Water quality standards
Bottled water meets the requirements of the World Health Organisation, the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution and the IBWA, and is tested regularly in the company's own laboratory and every week at ICDDR,B, with further tests in London.
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RTZ World Development Award 1991
Awarded to Duncan Brothers for its long-term commitment to the Primary Health Care programme.
Certificates and awards
Read more about our responsibilities
Health care, education, the environment and our other social commitments.
Corporate responsibility