Piloting our 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard: how our assess-and-address approach is tackling human rights issues
Our 2020 Certification Program promotes an assess-and-address approach and grievance mechanism for tackling human rights issues. This new, risk-based system focuses on prevention, engagement, and improvement and incentivizes farmers and companies to tackle human rights issues rather than hide them. It also requires farms and farmer groups to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.[Read more...]
Project Profile: Supporting Women to Thrive Economically in Mesoamerica
All over the world, women are the backbone of local economies and agricultural work. In fact, nearly half of all agricultural workers globally are women. [Read more...]
Topics: In the Field
Project Profile: Tackling Forced Labor and Child Labor in the Ghanaian Cocoa and Gold Mining Sectors
Amid Ghana’s tropical forests and lush hills, the cocoa and gold industries are booming. Ghana is the largest gold producer in Africa, and Ghana and Côte D'Ivoire account for over 60% of global cocoa production. [Read more...]
Topics: CocoaGhanaIn the Field
Open Letter: How Can COP26 Address Climate Change and Modern Slavery?
COP26 must deliver on the vision of a global, just and transformational recovery that integrates, defends and expands human rights; and reduces inequality by prioritizing the needs of the most affected, marginalised and discriminated people.[Read more...]
Topics: Insights
Annual Report
2020 Annual Report: We Thrive Together
Explore our achievements and discover what gave us energy and hope in 2020—a year unlike any other.[Read more...]
Topics: ImpactsIn the Field
Guidance
Assess and Address Pledge
The assess-and-address pledge can be used by the Certificate Holder to publicly inform workers/ group members of its commitment to prevent and remediate human rights violations. This is an editable
View: Assess and Address Pledge
