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Article

24 Mar 2010

Author:
Consumers Intl.

Checked out: Are European supermarkets living up to their responsibilities for labour conditions in the developing world?

This report investigates the policies on labour conditions in developing countries and trading relationships in supply chains of leading supermarkets in the eight countries involved. The research found that there was evidence of good practice: Coop Italy and Coop Denmark, were found to have the most consistently good policies overall...The supermarket chains Auchan and Carrefour also had a number of good policies particularly in their Spanish chains and Mercadona and Colyrut had some policies in most areas.