Better Business in a Better World

Oxfam has years of experience of working with small producers and workers in supply chains and shares this know-how with business to help them operate sustainably in developing countries.

Case Studies

Oxfam works in long-term partnership with a small number of companies.

How to address labour issues in your supply chain - tips and examples (PDF 439KB)

Oxfam and Marks and Spencer: Finding common ground (PDF 607KB)

Securing a Sustainable Supply Base: How Plenty Foods grew by 30% year on year and improved the earnings and livelihoods of the rural poor in Sri Lanka (PDF 368KB)

Win-win: Improving the livelihoods of smallholders and waged agricultural workers in sustainable rural livelihoods programmes (PDF 360KB)

Advice on ethical trade

Oxfam now runs an ethical trade advice service. For more information read our Ethical Trade Leaflet (PDF 445KB). For advice on how ethical trade can help your company email Rachael Wilshaw, Ethical Trade Manager at Oxfam GB rwilshaw@oxfam.org.uk.

To sign up to receive regular email updates on the latest learning and insights to enable better business in a better world email business@oxfam.org.uk.

From 17-19 November 2009, Oxfam had an exhibition stand and ran seminars at Food Ingredients Europe 2009, in Messe Frankfurt, Germany.

Oxfam ran two seminars at the event:

How to address labour issues in your supply chain (PPT 1MB)

How to source from small-scale agricultural producers (PPT 7MB)

Read the FOOD navigator.com's article on Oxfam's work on sustainable livelihoods and the food sector.

Earlier this year, Business Solutions for Creating Ethical and Sustainable Supply Chains brought together over 50 people from more than 20 organisations, including retailers, processors, buyers and traders of agricultural products to share experiences of incorporating smallholder farmers into global supply chains.

To be updated on the next seminar send an email to business@oxfam.org.uk to sign up for the email update.