In our latest Poverty Footprint report, released today, we've teamed up with IPL (owned by ASDA and the biggest importer of fresh produce into the UK). Our report aims to help IPL and their peers to understand more about how different sourcing strategies impact on the lives of small-scale producers and workers in Kenya.
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The tragic collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh has put a spotlight on the poor pay and working conditions endured by millions of people who make our clothes or grow our food.
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Labour rights issues revealed in our recent report on Unilever in Viet Nam can be found much closer to home, say guest bloggers Catherine Howarth and Ania Klis of FairPensions.
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Applause today must go to Unilever's courageous decision to allow Oxfam unfettered access to its operations and supply chain in Vietnam. This has resulted in a new report that reveals both high ideals and implementation hiccups when it comes to the quality of jobs Unilever directly provides or supports through its supply chain in Vietnam.
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Oxfam GB has today published a groundbreaking report on labour rights in Unilever's supply chain. It is groundbreaking not so much because of its content (although as the project's technical advisor and co-author of the report, I do think we have some fascinating findings to present). No, it's the fact that a company as large as Unilever is voluntarily opening up its operations, procedures and supply chain to an NGO known for
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What happens when climate change impacts on source products that are part of a global supply chain? Oxfam posed this question to three multinational corporations to find out what companies can do to support the farmers in their value chains to adapt.
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Some companies go to crazy lengths to cheat auditors. But Rachel Wilshaw, shows that there may be room for optimism.
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