Coop also supports the Food Journalism Festival. Moreover, it will be called upon to talk about how illegal workers and illegal workers nest in the food supply chain.
Coop thus participates in a panel that starts from a theme that has returned to bullying at the end of 2018 in the media debate with the publication of the Oxfam Italia report on the exploitation of workers in agri-food chains. First in Europe and eighth in the world, Coop had already adopted the SA1998 standard in the 8000.
In the 2016 the launch of the 'Buoni e Giusti' campaign to promote ethics in the fruit and vegetable supply chains that involved 832 suppliers of fruit and vegetables (national and local) of Coop that operate with over 70 thousand farms. Under the control lens, the most risky sectors: tomatoes, grapes, oranges, various types of vegetables. A campaign that reinforces Coop's more than ten-year commitment to the subject, ensuring that suppliers sign a Code of Ethics and undergo verifications and on-site inspections entrusted to Bureau Veritas (an external body, a world leader in inspection services) , verification of conformity and certification).
Since 2016 over 500 have been audited farms and in recent 7 years have been expelled from the Coop 11 farms circuits. The concept of the right price is also fundamental. A price that balances work remuneration with consumer expectations. In the background the data and analyzes always updated ofwww.italiani.coop, the research portal maintained by the Coop study office. Born with the aim of "telling" the numbers, the portal provides infographics, interactive, articles and videos on the trends of changing Italy.
Nova Coop, the Piedmontese Coop, will collaborate with the Festival of Food Journalism by making available the new Coop Botticelli Superstore in Turin, for an off event dedicated to combating waste and destined for journalists who follow the Festival. Journalists will be able to do a "behind the scenes without secrets" of the gastronomy department, fish market, bakery.
