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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSafeway Executive Calls for Industry Effort to Combat Human Trafficking
PLEASANTON, Calif. Carl Graziani, senior vice president, supply chain for Safeway here, is encouraging retailers and CPG manufacturers to begin mapping their [global] supply chains in an effort to identify suppliers with suspect labor practices that could include human trafficking and slavery.
As an industry, we need to think about how we can do this collectively, he said earlier this month at the Supply Chain Conference, held in Orlando, Fla., by the Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers Association.Individually, its a monumental task. He suggested an industry initiative to share information, as well as establish a database and standards.
Safeway and other large food retailers based in California have been required over the past year to disclose to consumers on their websites what actions, if any, they are taking to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their global supply chain, per Californias Supply Chain Transparency Act (SB 657).
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Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)They are one of the worst offenders.
tclambert
(11,085 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Then they can move on to their suppliers overseas. So much for "Made in America"