Social
Committed consumers become increasingly aware of the impact of their purchasing decisions. Ecological and organic agriculture can, unfortunately, include exploitation and work in degrading circumstances. We are sorry to say that this is not theory, but the bitter reality and is caused by price wars which are fought in many industrialised countries. This price war has, in the meantime, also reached the sector of organically grown food.
It is the view of Nature & More that sustainability in terms of a constant high-quality product and ecological development is only possible when the people involved in the production of food are able to enjoy real and secure prospects. This begins with a decent income and goes on to social projects, by means of organizational structures and educational offers for employees and their children. Such projects may not offer immediate business advantages to participting companes, but they do strengthen the social cohesian among employees of a company and frequently has a benefit for the communities of a particular region.
Nature & More makes a thorough check of all these aspects in the case of each producer. When purchasing a product evaluated by Nature & More, you strengthen the social future of the people working in our world.
Social Justice at Eosta
Introduction
Social justice is embedded in Eosta’s overall Cooperate Social Responsibility Policy.
Eosta’s mission is to support and stimulate:
- Healthy food
- A healthy planet and
- Healthy people.
Thus, social justice is a subpart of what Eosta understands by “healthy people”.
At Eosta social justice is incorporated:
- throughout the whole value chain Eosta is operating in;
- as well as at Eosta itself.
Due to the development of the Eosta’s trace and tell system Nature & More it is guaranteed that all the products that Eosta trade‘s - independent of their country of origin – fulfil the same high criteria for social justice. Eosta itself is an Investors in People (IiP) certified company.
Social justice minimum standards
Eosta supports and follows the ILO Conventions. Criteria’s which have been set up by Eosta on social justice include - but are not limited to:
- Prohibition of forced or non-voluntary labour
- Exclusion of discrimination and unequal opportunities to employees
- Basic education opportunities in case of underaged employees
- Freedom of employees to associate themselves in organizations
- No contravention in human rights or social injustice.
Where production is based on violations of basic human rights and clear cases of social injustice in relation with the production Eosta refuses to enter into trade relation.
Eosta’s ambition is to continuously improve the social performance of all value chain partners’ including Eosta’s own performance.
Monitoring
The fulfilment of the above set rules is guarantied by audits done by the independent foundation Nature & More and regular supplier visits.
The official, signed document
