Publications Food & Agriculture
Up one levelAhold - An unresolved CSR issue in 2011
This company profile of Ahold provides an analysis of one particular unresolved corporate social responsibility issue that occurred in and was addressed in 2011.
Case study on the Peruvian mango supply chain
This briefing, highlighting labour rights violations at mango plantations in Peru, illustrates that companies do not automatically behave responsibly throughout its supply chain, nor impose upon themselves a duty of care. The case study among others identifies that workers at the beginning of the Peruvian mango supply chain work long days for poverty wages and under substandard circumstances. In effect the case study shows that Europe is currently failing to ensure that responsible standards are being met by its multinationals.
Certified Unilever Tea
In response to growing concerns voiced by civil society organisations regarding the precarious working conditions of the millions of tea workers worldwide, multinational tea packers, such as Unilever, who dominates this sector, are increasingly relying on sustainability standard systems, such as Rainforest Alliance, Utz Certified and Fairtrade, which are generally seen as best industry practice. This study wanted to find out whether working conditions on large tea estates that have achieved RA certification and supply Unilever are truly decent. To this end one hundred tea workers were interviewed on a total of eight tea plantation companies, all supplying tea to Unilever. Seven of these plantations are located in India and the remaining plantation concerns Unilevers own tea plantation in Kenya.
Unilever - Overview of controversial business practices in 2010
This Unilever profile has been drafted by SOMO (Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations) and provides an overview of controversial business practices that occurred in 2010. In the context of the upcoming annual general meetings (AGMs) of shareholders of Unilever, this overview aims to provide additional information to shareholders and other stakeholders of Unilever regarding outstanding CSR issues.
Socio-economic Issues in the Peruvian Mango Supply Chain of EU Supermarkets
This study assesses the working conditions of the workers in the Peruvian mango supply chain of EU supermarkets and identifies and analyses factors such as procurement policies of EU retailers that might influence these conditions. Three leading Peruvian agro-exporting companies were sampled that operate in Piura, Peru’s most important mango producing region: the companies Camposol AS, Sunshine Export SAC and Sociedad Agricola Saturno. With the exception of Saturno, the companies were identified as supplying various European supermarkets, including Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Albert Heijn.
