What standards must farmers meet to comply with the 4C Code of Conduct?
Firstly, the farmers must exclude the ten Unacceptable Practices: • The worst forms of child labour; • Bonded and forced labour; • Trafficking of people; • Prohibiting membership of, or representation by, trade unions; • Forced eviction without adequate compensation; • Failure to provide adequate housing for workers, where required; • Failure to provide potable water to all workers; • Cutting of primary forest or destruction of other forms of natural resources that are designated as protected areas by national and/or international legislation; • The use of pesticides banned under the Stockholm convention and listed in the Rotterdam Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) • Immoral transactions in business relations according to international covenants, national law and practices. Then, farmers measure their performance and progress against 28 principles. The Association’s criteria are set out in an easy to understand traffic light system of red, yellow and green. Red means “
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