Critical issues workshop

South Africa’s Wine Industry Ethical Trade Association (WIETA) – a locally owned, tripartite labour code initiative in a key sourcing country, might be an ethical trade practitioner’s idea of Utopia. But many recognise that, while establishment of such organisations in key supplier countries might be a long-term goal, individual companies can take smaller steps towards collaboration with trade unions and NGOs in the short to medium term. This session provided participants with an understanding of:

• How different partners – be they companies, NGOs or trade unions – can benefit from collaboration
• The challenges to effective collaboration, and how they might be overcome
• The specific activities, successes and challenges of a range of collaborative initiatives.