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“The highest risks in our key and strategic raw materials we have assessed to be Tea, Coffee and Cocoa. These materials are all covered by Fairtrade certification and the main suppliers of these raw materials will be visited by Ecotone’s Agri Chain team in 2023 with one area of focus being modern slavery and human rights.”
“In 2021-22, we completed 10 key and strategic raw material evaluations:
• 8 cocoa cooperatives • 2 coffee cooperatives
All cooperatives visited were Fairtrade certified and Organic. The Latin-America cooperatives were considered as lower risk in terms of forced / child labour and they all use part of their Fairtrade premium to promote children education (scholarship fees, school construction / renovation, etc.). The African cooperatives were considered to be higher risk of forced and child labour and therefore will be our main focus in terms of modern slavery checks in 2023, via interviews and physical visits.”
“46% of our finished goods and raw material suppliers on SEDEX have had a third-party social audit.”