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The Ethical Trade Forum website is getting a makeover.

Oct 14, 2021

Over the last few weeks we have made some changes and improvements in the operation of the website that will help us to speed up some of the processes and provide a faster response to new users who want to join the forums. We are also working on improving the...

Ethical Trade Forums webinar “Team management skills for supervisors and conflict resolution. Work teams motivation” Wednesday, 27 October at 16:00 h (CET)

Oct 8, 2021

Team management skills, conflict resolution and motivation will be the three key elements around which this webinar will be developed. This session will have a dynamic format and will be given by two expert speakers: Rosa Torres, Professor in the Department of...

Ethical Trade Forums Online Seminar “Responsible Use of Water”

Oct 1, 2021

With an attendance of 113 online connections, the Ethical Trade Forums Online Seminar was held on Thursday 30 September on the theme of "Responsible Use of Water". At the initiative of the Sustainability ETF Working Group, this session was organised in response to a...

Members

The Forums and its surroundings

“To highlight the attitude and mentality that the attendees of the Forums have nowadays. In the first editions, I think that most of us went to these Forums thinking that the organizers wanted to audit us. Fortunately, these Forums have become quite the opposite, a tool for our companies to help us achieve goals and objectives that we previously did not consider "

Salva Mocholi | Quality Department – Frutas Beltrán

"The personal relation, the idea of the Working Groups that have come out of the forums and being able to share the Best Practices. We have applied the information learned in the forums to social audits and especially to training and information for workers"

Belén Fernández de Peñaranda | Social and Environmental Impact Iberia Coordinator – DRISCOLL´S

"There is a lot to gain from participating in the Ethical Trade Forums. We all managed to go in the same direction. I think it is important that this is maintained and that it lasts over time"

Jesús Pablo Cañizares | Internal auditor – COPROHNIJAR

"For me it was an imperative need to participate in this group because our point of view, our contribution and our knowledge have to be a basis to counteract the sensationalist press and the information it transmits to our clients. I think it's a good opportunity for both the participant and the company to make themselves known and for clients to see our active participation. I encourage you to join us and let your knowledge be part of our knowledge too"

Miguel Ángel Moya | Technical Director – QPI (Spain)

"The benefits of participating in the FCE and its working groups, apart from knowing many colleagues and establishing a relationship with them within the sector, are that we work and know new situations, challenges and news that arise throughout the campaign that help us to know how we should and can face them, apart from sharing new concerns and ways of working from which we are learning"

Isabel Martínez | Technical Department – ANGUS SOFT FRUITS

"After the last forum (2018) we surveyed the staff on some points to find out how the workers saw the issues we had addressed"

Rosa Mª Sánchez | Quality Manager – ECOINVER EXPORT S.L.

"We learn a lot and try to make the worker's life better"

Ana Chaffey | Quality Manager – ROYALVEG FRESH PRODUCE,S.L.

"One of the benefits of the Forums is to have contacts with companies in the sector, with colleagues with the same initiatives and concerns and to meet people from the suppliers', exporters' and retailers' side"

Juan Carballar | Technical Department – ANGUS SOFT FRUITS

"Anticipating issues, also being generous and transparent while collaborating, are the keys for success at an initiative like the Forums"

Sergio Barberá | Founder and Managing Director – Conexión Social

"The Ethical Trade Forums have become a must for the companies committed with good practices in managing people"

Damiano Farrugio | Sustainable Sourcing Technologist – AMC

"Within the Ethical Trade Forums, the Working Groups are being very important to develop a work with great professionals and colleagues. We all have the same problems at ethics and labour issues and here we can develop certain solutions that are valuable for everyone. I encourage you to participate and collaborate with us"

Yolanda Serrano | Technical Manager – BAKKAVOR

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