Publications Food & Agriculture
Spilling the Beans
Leading Dutch supermarkets follow speciļ¬c approaches for ensuring decent working conditions and business-to-business fair commercial practices in their fresh fruit and vegetables supply chain. The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) conducted research to compare these approaches with the actual conditions for workers and producers in Morocco that supply several of these supermarkets with green beans.
Challenges for Regulators
Financial players on the commodity derivatives markets, such as hedge funds from commodity traders, are not transparent. The (food) commodity markets that speculate on prices are highly linked with the rest of the financial industry. The resulting risks constitute a challenge for regulators in maintaining the integrity and stability of the financial markets.
Ahold - 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.
Quick Scan Hazelnootsector (only available in Dutch)
Onderzoek naar de hazelnootsector met focus op de Nederlandse verwerkers
Calling for Corporate Accountability
