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Use of plastic in sustainable agriculture
On 21 March from 16:00 to 17:30 h. (CET) we will be presenting the Ethical Trade Forums online Seminar "USE OF PLASTIC IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE". We´ll have the opportunity to welcome two experts in the field who will bring us closer to the management and use of plastic in the fruit and vegetable sector, from the perspective of sustainability. Gregorio Velasco, CEO of the company Gplant Agronomist, an entity with extensive experience in plasticulture worldwide and specifically in the region of Murcia, an area in which they have collaborated with leading companies, and Jose Maria Bermejo, general director of MAPLA Asociación Medioambiente Plásticos y Agricultura (Environment Plastics and Agriculture Association) who will bring us a model of management of agricultural plastics, to organize a system of plastic waste based on objectives. Registration: Register here (The seminary will be delivered in Spanish).
Constitution of the Ethical Trade Forums Association (ETFA)
The Ethical Trade Forums (ETF) announces a change to their identity and legal form that has been created through the drive of organisations in the sector that have been working together on the initiative since 2012. Through this press release, we are therefore pleased to announce the constitution of the Ethical Trade Forums Association (ETFA). The Association...
Accountancy Firms and Labour Consultancies: New Working Group in the Ethical Trade Forums Association (ETFA).
The international forum from Granada this summer brought many wonderful things, amongst them, the proposal to create a new working group to cover a very relevant topic within the participants of the frum, and that’s the role of accountancy firms and labour consultancies in the management of ethical trade. Labour consultancies and accountancy firms play an essential...
Open the registration period for the online seminar on September 15: “How to create an appropriate training plan for workers”
Open the registration period for the online seminar on September 15: "How to create an appropriate training plan for workers" Speakers: Manuel González - Experienced HR professional Mario Díaz - INNOCENT DRINKS Thursday 15 September 2022, from 16:00 to 17:30 h. (CEST) Online session: Details of access to the Seminar will be sent individually after...
Do you wish to participate creating the sectorial survey of the Forums?
The Ethical Trade Forums are preparing to launch in September our annual Sectoral Survey, which is used to collect, from the companies and cooperatives in the sector, their impressions and opinions regarding the evolution, content and, in general, the work that is developed by and around the Forums. It also serves to identify the challenges that the sector faces and...
Next September 15 we resume online seminars
“Building a suitable workers training plan” will be the title of the next online seminar organized by the Ethical Trade Forums. Manuel González, HR professional with extensive experience, will be in charge of developing the main presentation of the afternoon, which will be complemented with Best Practices developed by the companies Innocent and Frutas Esther. After...
The Labor Standards Task Force updates its Guiding Principles checklist
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 evaluate their status in terms of compliance with ethical-social obligations. Each section of this...
The Ethical Trade Forums organized an online seminar on Conflict Resolution
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 EUROSOL. The conference, which took place online, aimed to guide professionals from production companies in...
Our July Newsletter is now available
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 which the events Face-to-face and international travel were not possible. The meeting “Working towards...
Conflict Resolution II, our next webinar
On Tuesday, July 19, starting at 4:00 p.m. (CEST), the next online seminar organized by the Ethical Trade Forums will take place, included in its Training Plan program for professionals from production companies. "Conflict Resolution II, from theory to practice", developed in Spanish, will feature the participation of Rosa Torres Valdés, professor of Communication...
We prepare the launch of a new working group
At the International Meeting held in Granada, the Ethical Trade Forums took the first steps to create a new Working Group, aimed at addressing the issue of ethical trade management and the involvement of labor agencies and consultants in these processes. We intend to work on training strategies so that agencies understand and assimilate customer requirements, in...
Fantastic balance of the International Event of Ethical Trade Forums
We are proud of what we achieved on June 8, 2002, when we held the annual International Event of Ethical Trade Forums, dedicated to responsible and balanced supply chains. More than 150 professionals from the agri-food sector, coming from different parts of Spain and abroad, met in Granada with the common objective of exchanging points of view and working together...
Take advantage of this opportunity
We offer you the opportunity to attend the International Event of Ethical Trade Forums, a unique opportunity that brings together professionals from all levels of the agri-food sector. Debates, presentations and workshops forms a complete agenda to return to meet us in Granada, on June 8, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Abades Nevada Palace hotel. An event in...