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The Labor Standards Task Force updates its Guiding Principles checklist

Aug 4, 2022

From the Ethical Trade Forums we want to encourage the use of the Guiding Principles checklist as a tool that can help companies in the sector to make tangible the implementation of the Guiding Principles of the Ethical Trade Forums in each of their organizations and...

The Ethical Trade Forums organized an online seminar on Conflict Resolution

Jul 28, 2022

On July 19, the online seminar “Conflict Resolution II. From theory to practice”, by Rosa Torres Valdés, professor of Communication at the University of Alicante and expert in mediation, who was accompanied by Mª Carmen Cano, director of Human Resources at SAT...

Our July Newsletter is now available

Jul 22, 2022

You can now consult the third Bulletin prepared by the Ethical Trade Forums during the year 2022. The July one is especially dedicated to the International Meeting that we organized in Granada and which meant a magnificent opportunity to meet again after so long in...

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 season 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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