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COVID-19: Oxfam's initial ethical trade response

  • 5 May 2020

Oxfam's Ethical Trade Manager Rachel Wilshaw gives a summary of what they are seeing in supply chains as a result of Coronavirus and how they are responding. She covers their response on water and sanitation in developing countries and shares concern for the food workers hidden behind the barcodes of the food we buy.

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