Policies

Member Prohibitions

The Sun Exchange requires members to confirm that they do not make money from any of the following:

  1. Production or activities involving forced labour or child labour.
  2. Production or trade in any product or activity deemed illegal under host country laws or regulations or international conventions and agreements.
  3. Production or trade in weapons and munitions.
  4. Gambling, casinos and equivalent enterprises.
  5. Any business relating to pornography or prostitution.
  6. Production or trade in any product or activity deemed illegal under host country laws/regulations or international conventions and agreements, or subject to international phase-outs or bans, such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides/herbicides, ozone depleting substances, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), wildlife or wildlife products regulated under the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES).
  7. Production or use of or trade in hazardous materials such as radioactive materials [1], nuclear reactors and components thereof, unbounded asbestos fibres.
  8. Cross-border trade in waste and waste products unless compliant to the Basel Convention and the underlying regulations.
  9. Drift net fishing in the marine environment using nets in excess of 2.5 km in length.
[1] Exception: Medical equipment, quality control (measurement) equipment and any other equipment where the radioactive source is considered to be trivial and/or adequately shielded.