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Case study

The World Fair Trade Organization: Scaling equitable business models

20/11/2020

1 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study shows how fair trade and other mission-led enterprises can be economically viable while simultaneously generating important social and environmental benefits. In contrast to conventional business models which prioritize short-term financial returns to shareholders, mission-led businesses put social and environmental goals on a par with economic ones, thereby overcoming a key structural driver […]

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Briefing paper

Sweet and Sour: An investigation of conditions on tropical fruit farms in North-East Brazil

10/10/2019

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

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A government policy of periodically raising the minimum wage, proactive enforcement of the minimum wage, and clear labour laws have raised incomes and reduced inequality between men and women workers in Brazil over the past 20 years. However, these gains are now at risk from recent labour reforms. This briefing paper, part of Oxfam’s campaign […]

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Briefing paper

Addressing the Human Cost of Assam Tea: An agenda for change to respect, protect and fulfil human rights on Assam tea plantations

10/10/2019

2 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

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Workers on tea plantations in the Assam region of India are systematically denied their rights to a living wage and decent working and living conditions. The fact that they are unable to meet their basic living costs is starkly illustrated by our finding that 50% of the households that researchers visited on behalf of Oxfam […]

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Briefing note

Workers’ Rights in Supermarket Supply Chains: New evidence on the need for action

10/10/2019

4 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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This Oxfam briefing note presents compelling new evidence that our food supply chains are rife with violations of Human, Labour and Women’s Rights. The paper summarises new research commissioned for Oxfam, which shows the depth and scale of human suffering in food production in India and Brazil linked to international supermarket supply chains. The briefing […]

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Sweet and Sour: An investigation of conditions on tropical fruit farms in North-East Brazil

Addressing the Human Cost of Assam Tea: An agenda for change to respect, protect and fulfil human rights on Assam tea plantations

Workers’ Rights in Supermarket Supply Chains: New evidence on the need for action