Fairtrade has published a new position paper on mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD) calling on policymakers to ensure that emerging regulations deliver meaningful benefits for farmers, workers, and the environment across global supply chains. As more governments around the world introduce due diligence legislation, Fairtrade welcomes efforts to hold businesses accountable for human rights and environmental impacts. However, poorly designed rules could unintentionally increase pressure on the very people they aim to protect. “If laws impose demands on smallholder farmers without providing the financial and technical means…
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