All Ethical trade articles – Page 53
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Boston business losses GLA licence
The Gangmasters’ Licensing Authority (GLA) has revoked the licence of a Boston gangmaster after finding an “astonishing lack of paperwork and a lack of basic knowledge of how to run the business”.
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Shoppers punish with their purchases
A Fairtrade survey for World Fair Trade Day on May 8 has found that UK consumers punish socially irresponsible companies through their shopping habits.
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Gangmaster fined but businesses unscathed
A Cambridgeshire-based gangmaster who supplied labour in Lincolnshire has been sentenced and fined for operating as a gangmaster without a licence, but his customers escaped without punishment.
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ArticleRewe launches eco-friendly label
'Pro Planet' badge placed on own-brand products as part of in-store sustainability programme
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ArticleChiquita highlights sustainability moves
Multinational outlines past strategies and reveals plans for comprehensive carbon footprint assessment on bananas
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ArticleAcademic urges investment in ethics
Delegates attending Fruitimprese's annual assembly in Rome hear how cost of ethical trading can pay off "long-term"
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ArticleGreenery launches sustainability initiative
New scheme allows growers achieving sustainable performances to apply Nature Counts endorsement to fresh produce packaging
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ArticleFairtrade Foundation scoops award
In the Sustainable Development category, the Queen's Award for Enterprise has gone to the Fairtrade Foundation
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ArticleNatures Way leads UK employers
Prepared produce group certified by CRF Institute as one of the UK's leading employer organisations for 2010
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ArticleAsoex reveals school rebuilding project
Chilean export association sets up programme to help rebuild two schools damaged in February's devastating earthquake
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ArticleNew lawsuit taken against Chiquita
Multinational facing new claims by Colombians over involvement in payments to right-wing paramilitaries
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ArticleWhole Foods expands ethical sourcing
Natural and organic retail group extends Costa Rican pineapple sourcing programme
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Gangmaster given hefty fine
A Southampton-based gangmaster has been sentenced for intentionally obstructing an officer of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA), after he was found to be housing Polish workers in unsafe conditions.
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ArticleDole lowers water use in banana packing
Group introduces energy-efficient New Millennium Packing System to its Standard Fruit de Costa Rica banana operation
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ArticleSouthern Chile receives fruit donations
Chilean growers are working with the global produce community to bring much needed supplies to earthquake-stricken areas
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ArticleChile fruit sector launches relief effort
Asoex to support earthquake victims and help repair infrastructure in rural areas through reconstruction of a major agricultural school
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ArticleUniveg introduces Chilean Fairtrade grapes
Univeg Katopé UK has just launched the first Chilean Fairtrade grapes on the UK market
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ArticleChiquita and Rewe expand Panama project
Corbana and GTZ have joined Chiquita and Rewe in backing a biodiversity project on the Costa Rica-Panama border
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Wal-Mart reveals greenhouse gas plans
World's largest retail group announces plans to eliminate 20m metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain
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GLA revokes Lincolnshire licence
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has tightened its grip on gangmasters supplying this year’s flower-picking season, by revoking a licence before the season began.