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Our May Newsletter is here
You can now consult the new Ethical Trade Forums Newsletter. In it you can find information on the International Meeting to be held in Granada on June 8, details on the specialized Seminars that have been held during the first months of 2022, updates on the projects carried out by the Work Groups and a review of the three Regional Meetings that we celebrate in Almería, Murcia and Huelva, to talk about “Labor Reform and the management of working hours”, among other novelties. The newsletter is written in Spanish and English, in the Documents section of our website, so that all of you who are part of the Ethical Trade Forums can be informed of our activity and future projects. We hope you enjoy it.
Next seminar on “Social Audit Requirements II”
On May 19, the next seminar included in the Training Plans of the Ethical Trade Forums will take place, this time to talk about Social Audits (GRASP/SMETA). The conference aims to deepen and broaden knowledge about social compliance systems and is conceived as a second part of the seminar on audits held in 2021. We will talk about what social compliance is and what...
Save this date!
We have plenty of reasons to see each other again. We already have the date and the place chosen to celebrate our next International Meeting, which on this occasion will be entitled “Working towards responsible and balanced supply chains”. The meeting will take place in Granada, Spain, at the Abades Nevada Palace hotel from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on June 8, 2022....
“Water and soil sustainable stewardship”, next seminar organized by Ethical Trade Forums
On April 21, the online seminar "Water and soil sustainable stewardship" will take place, as a free event that is part of the Capacitation Plan aimed at professionals from production companies linked to the Ethical Trade Forums. The specialist in biostimulants, microorganisms and soil health, Pedro Palazón, CEO and technical director of IDEAGRO, will speak to the...
The director of Ethical Trade Forums attends the 1st International Day of Reflection on the Agricultural Environment of Huelva
The director of Ethical Trade Forums, Sergio Barberá, attended this conference in which prominent national and international speakers gathered to reflect on the social and environmental impact of the red fruit agricultural industry in Huelva. The 1st International Day of Reflection on the Agricultural Environment of Huelva was conceived as an international meeting...
“Dynamic, complete, constructive and very interesting”, the qualities that define the 2022 Regional Meetings
With the event held in Huelva, the Regional Meetings organized by Ethical Trade Forums in 2022 come to an end, a call that has served to meet again in person and that has brought together dozens of professionals from agri-food companies around a topic hot news: the Labor Reform. In order to delve into the analysis of the new legal framework and study the impact that...
The keys to the Labor Reform, on the second day of the Regional Meetings of the Ethical Trade Forums 2022
The second day of the Regional Meetings, held in Murcia, featured a panel of first-rate experts; Francisco Javier Rojas Aragón, head of Labor Law at Garrigues Murcia, Pedro Alfonso Garre Izquierdo, chairman of the Labor Relations Committee of PROEXPORT and Ramón Inarejos Montiel, secretary of Trade Union Action and Sector Coordination of the UGT, participated in a...
The Regional Meetings of the Ethical Trade Forums 2022 start, with the one in Almería
We have returned to face-to-face and we are in luck. The first of the three days of the Regional Meetings, held in Almería, has been a complete success; We have had the participation of nearly 40 professionals from agri-food companies in the area, we have enjoyed a panel of experts who have helped us delve into the novelties arising from the Labor Reform and the...
Regional Meetings are back: Labor Reform and management of working hours
Sign up for the Regional Meetings to delve into the Labor Reform and the management of working hours. Almería, Murcia and Huelva will be the places chosen to resume activities in person. Finally, after all the time in which the Forums have had to adapt to the circumstances imposed by Covid 19, we are happy to announce the first Regional Meeting, which will be held...
The Ethical Trade Forums grow with the incorporation of AGF Fashion
We have good news to share: AGF Fashion, the group made up of 16 Spanish fruit and vegetable companies dedicated to the production and marketing of the Sandía Fashion® brand, has decided to support our work by joining our initiative as a sponsor. With the addition of AGF Fashion to the list of members who support the Ethical Trade Forums, there are now 37 sponsors...
Safety and psychosocial health, in the seminars organized by the Ethical Trade Forums
On March 17, the most recent of the seminars organized by the Ethical Trade Forums took place, within the Training Plan for professionals from companies in the agricultural sector. The seminar was attended by Alfonso Acacio Marcos, who from his role as coordinator of the Quirón Prevención technical team in Almería and his experience of more than twenty years as a...
Dialogue on irrigation in Doñana, new conference organized by Ethical Trade Forums
Ethical Trade Forums organized a conference on March 16th dedicated to the issue of water management in the Doñana area, an event in which the Huelva Provincial Council collaborated, hosting the event at the Agricultural Innovation Centre, from where it was also broadcast via streaming. Ethical Trade Forums is a collaborative initiative established in 2015 to...
Different perspectives for a global dialogue on the use of water in Doñana
Following our commitment to serve as a space of trust in which to debate the issues that most affect the sector, the Ethical Trade Forums have prepared a conference on water management and the problems derived from its use in the area surrounding the Doñana National Park. It will be a semi-face-to-face event, which will take place in Huelva on 16 March and will also...