Overview of what is meant by ‘responsible purchasing practices’ for the food industry.
The framework is a reference point to support companies to engage with stakeholders and take practical action to improve their purchasing practices, creating an enabling environment for better labour standards in their supply chains.
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"A fearsomely complex task fraught with conflicting vested interests." Nick Kightley, ETI's Strategic Lead on Food, Farming and Fisheries asks how food retailers can begin making procurement decisions which focused on sustainability rather than lowest possible cost
Guest blog: Pascale Schuit, of Union Hand Roasted, responds to a report by Verité into the challenges for workers and farmers in the coffee industry due to Covid-19
Agriculture is particularly at risk from unfair trading practices, or UTPs, which are defined as business-to-business practices that deviate from good commercial contact and are contrary to good faith.
THIS BLOG WAS UPDATED ON 20 DECEMBER.
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