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Article

1 Mar 2007

Author:
Ergon,

[PDF] Addressing labour standards in agricultural commodities [scroll down to page 2]

...‘sustainable commodity’ initiatives inaugurated by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) – on sugar, cotton, palm and soy – have grown to encompass a series of principles and criteria to ensure both the social and environmental sustainability of crop production. It is increasingly understood that any definition of the ‘sustainability’ of these commodities must include the livelihoods and the living and working conditions of those who produce them...Summary of main labour-related initiatives in agricultural commodities [include] Round Table On Responsible Soy (RTRS)...Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)...Better Sugar Initiative...Better Cotton Initiative...Fair Trade Labelling Organisations International (FLO)...Social Accountability International (SAI)...[and others].