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Estonian food retailers’ supplying practices and citizens’ purchasing decisions impact the human rights of vulnerable populations at the beginning of the supply chains, the environment and climate change. Estonian food retailers, however, largely ignore such sustainability risks, an issue reinforced by lacking societal awareness and insufficient transparency of companies’ internal operations. The project aims to promote the support of the Estonian society for human rights, equal treatment and environmental protection by enhancing the sustainability of food retailers’ supply chains. To achieve this, Estwatch will conduct two studies on the responsibility of food retailers’ supply chains and, together with NGO Mondo, raise citizens’ awareness and involvement in responsible consumption, empower civil society to protect human rights and environment more effectively, and guide companies to be more responsible via dialogue and public pressure.
Project’s expected outcomes include:
Advanced understanding and transparency on how studied companies mitigate sustainability risks in supply chains and what they should do more effectively.
Stronger public dialogue on the studied companies’ responsibility practices has led to increased awareness of human rights, equal treatment, and climate change in Estonia.
Citizens and civil society are more empowered to guide the companies to be more responsible.
The studied companies have become more responsible by more effectively managing supply chains’ sustainability risks.