Agreement for the Food Products Sector

Sector and civil society organisations, trade unions and the Dutch national government have signed the IRBC Agreement for the Food Products Sector. Together, they will minimise the risks of negative impacts, including human rights violations and environmental damage, and work towards a more sustainable production chain in the food products sector.

About this Agreement

Organisations that have signed the Agreement undertake to identify such problems as low wages and child labour and help combat them.A broad coalition of parties has signed the IRBC Agreement for the Food Products Sector.

Parties

A broad coalition of parties has signed the IRBC Agreement for the Food Products Sector.

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International RBC Agreement for the Foods Sector (PDF, 10.376 kB)

Heineken takes access to remedy seriously

The international RBC Agreement for the Food Products Sector had an interview with Heineken’s Benjamin Gatland, Director Social Sustainability and Diane Zivkovic, Director Global Business Conduct, to discuss their approach to access to remedy and their grievance mechanism. This mechanism is critical to enforce Heineken’s Code of Business Conduct.

Supermarkets provide insight into living wage gap in banana sector

Over the last year, Dutch supermarkets that are part of CBL worked on their commitment to close the living wage gap in the banana sector. The commitment is part of the IRBC Agreement for the Food Products Sector. They worked on this together with IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative.