Stronger Together, the Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trade Association (WIETA) and the Sustainability Initiative of South Africa (SIZA) have partnered to support South African fruit and wine producers to address the risk of modern slavery within their businesses and supply chains. The programme has been funded by the UK Home Office Modern Slavery Innovation Fund.
An estimated 24.9 million people are in situations of forced labour globally today. Due to a number of contributing factors, agriculture is a sector with a high risk of labour exploitation. However, many businesses within this sector are not aware of, or able to address this exploitation that may be taking place within their businesses and supply chains today.
This initiative is designed to equip these businesses:
The initiative will also facilitate dialogue between the different supply chain partners and producers. Organisations and businesses involved in the supply chain of wine and fruit from South Africa to national or international markets can get involved by:
Contact us to find out more.
Opportunity to host a workshop
Engage, inform and equip your suppliers and employees – if you provide a venue Stronger Together can deliver a free Tackling Forced Labour Workshop at your site to between 20-30 attendees from your region. Contact us with your name, organisation and location: [email protected] | +27 (0) 21 880 0580.
Report exploitation
Contact details of organisations to report suspicions of/or modern slavery exploitation to:
Always call the police in an emergency.
Register on our website now to download our free resources, book onto an interactive training workshop and to stay in touch with us via our email newsletters and training updates.
Eyes Wide Open: an awareness raising short film to find out more about exploitation in the wine and fruit growing industries in South Africa.
Register your interest for becoming a partner organisation for Stronger Together South Africa programme.
Stronger Together offers in-house training and consultancy services to meet your organisation’s specific needs, and support you to tackle modern day slavery within your business and supply chains. Our training and support are delivered in any business, in any sector, in any country, by our network of expert trainers, consultants and lawyers. Find out more.
The Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trade Association (WIETA) represents the wine industry in actively promoting ethical trade in their value chain. They are a multi-stakeholder, non-profit, membership organisation that supports producers through capacity building and audits to assess compliance with the WIETA code of good practice.
The Sustainability Initiative of South Africa (SIZA) is a non-profit membership organisation, aimed at enabling South African Agriculture to be a global leader in sustainable, ethical trade and environmental stewardship. It is a holistic programme that identifies problems that may exist and responds with appropriate support and interventions.
