Retailers and buyers reaffirm commitment to support their South African Agricultural suppliers  

Stronger Together is delighted to announce that Alko, BerryWorld, Sainsbury’s, Systembolaget, Tesco, Vinmonopolet and Woolworths will continue as Sponsors of Stronger Together’s South Africa Programme. This commitment enables those in their South African agricultural supply chain to access free expert capacity building training and resources on mitigating and addressing labour exploitation risks and embedding responsible recruitment practices. Furthermore, the programme will continue to work with long term Strategic Collaborators the Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trade Association (WIETA) and the Sustainability Initiative of South Africa (SIZA) supporting their members to meet audit requirements.  

Designed to support responsible sourcing and human rights due diligence, this collaborative initiative is a cost-effective and impact-orientated solution for businesses who source agricultural goods from South Africa.  

If you are a supplier, labour provider or sub-contractor in the supply chain of one of the Sponsors you can access a range of benefits to support you on your ethical trade journey, including: 

• Free and discounted places on a range of expert facilitated workshops including: 
  • Detecting, Detering and Dealing with Forced Labour for Agri-businesses – Introductory workshop to mitigating forced labour and labour exploitation risks  
  • Taking Your Next Steps – Advanced workshop   
• Opportunity to host an Ethical Practices for Supervisors training or Worker Awareness session at your site to inform and build the capacity of those working in your operations 
• Access to a range of resources with practical guidance to support ongoing implementation including best practice business toolkit, worker posters and leaflets, Grievance Mechanism checklists and awareness raising videos  

Join as a Programme Sponsor:

If you are looking to ensure responsible sourcing and labour practices in your supply chain, benefit from our expert human rights guidance and access help to meet ever growing market and legislative requirements then this programme can:  

• Demonstrate sector leadership and a firm commitment to ethical sourcing.  
• Capacitate in-country suppliers to meet the latest market and legislative requirements on responsible sourcing and human rights practices.   
• Receive progress reports on supply chain engagement and continuous improvement. 
• Be part of a proven, value for money, human rights due diligence solution which drives change in your supply chain. 

Interested in our South Africa programme or becoming a Sponsor? Get in touch to find out more contact infoza@stronger2gether.org  

Tags: South Africa, agriculture

Categorised in: Human Trafficking, Forced Labour, South Africa