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25 Oct 2017

Author:
Matt Mace, edie.net

Aldi joins World Banana Forum to strengthen working conditions & environmental standards in supply chain

The World Banana Forum (WBF) encourages retailers, importers, trade unions and producers to collaborate to promote best practice for working conditions and sustainability standards across the industry’s supply chain.

By joining the forum, Aldi will work with Fairtrade and the Rainforest Alliance amongst others to strengthen the supply chain for its purchased bananas...

The WBF is affiliated to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and also covers areas such as gender equality. The forum notes that agrochemical-intensive production along with declining producer prices have created problems in the supply chain of bananas, which are the world’s most exported fresh fruit, generating $10bn annually...

Aldi is just one of the retailers that has pledged to source 100% sustainable bananas, as have rival retailers Lidl and Asda.