- Italy is currently the third largest producer of processed tomato products, and accounts for 50% of the European Union’s overall production.
Approximately 350 000 migrants travel to Italy every year. In some cases, the poor living and working conditions of rural jobs are an extension of the ordeal migrants endure in leaving their home countries.
Norwegian food retailers have initiated a project (2014) under the umbrella of the Ethical Trading Initiative Norway (IEH). This became a multi-stakeholder project, with participation from diverse range of IEH members including Norwegian trade unions and employer organisations. The project attempts to tackle the issues of labour exploitation in the supply chain of processed tomato products sourced from Italy. The project is carried out in collaboration with IEH’s sister organisations in the UK (ETI) and in Denmark (DIEH). It is funded by IEH, Norwegian and UK retailers, and the Norwegian Labour Organisation (LO). To achieve its objectives, the project team is working with a range of stakeholders, including Italian trade unions, producers associations, NGOs, OECD contact point, and research institutions.
Here is the report from the project.
Ethical Trade Norway is engaged in a due diligence project in the wool and mohair industries in South Africa. The project is initiated by textile members sourcing from South Africa, and is funded by NORAD.
Project goals. The project aim is to identify the risk of labour, environmental and animal welfare issues in the supply chains of member companies sourcing from South Africa.
The project also aims to catalyse and effect improvements in the South African wool and mohair industry that benefits both workers and farmers, adding to the work on sustainability that is already being done in and by the sector.
Last ned rapporten ↓
Dagligvarebransjen importerer cashewnøtter for 120 millioner NOK i året og ca. 60 % av alle cashewnøtter kommer fra Vietnam. Halvparten av nøttene som kommer fra Vietnam høstes i Vietnam og Kambodsja, mens resten kommer fra det afrikanske kontinentet.
Prosjektet skal først og fremst forbedre forholdene for arbeidere i Vietnam. Men prosjektet fokuserer også på sentrale afrikanske land (Ghana og Tanzania) som leverer cashewnøtter til Vietnam. Prosjektet dekker dermed en stor andel av leverandørkjeden til cashewnøtter som konsumeres av nordmenn.
Les mer her
Last ned rapporten ↓
