Tag: stop and shop

Coalition of Immokalee Workers > stop and shop

Myth #3: Corporations can be trusted to investigate, and to determine any appropriate corrective action, when their suppliers violate their workers’ human rights.

Posted on by CIW
Myth #3: Corporations can be trusted to unilaterally investigate, and to determine any appropriate corrective action, when their suppliers violate their workers' human rights. In the third and final installment of our series, "The Three Founding Myths of Corporate-Led Social Responsibility," we turn to the fundamental question: Who can be trusted to protect workers' rights in corporate supply chains? Can the corporations themselves >> Read More
Myth #2: The market price, by definition, is a “fair price”

Myth #2: The market price, by definition, is a “fair price”

Posted on by CIW
Myth #2: The market price, by definition, is a "fair price" It is time, again, to return to our our continuing series, "The Three Founding Myths of Corporate-Led Social Responsibility," the series we began in response to Ahold's statement on the Campaign for Fair Food, issued in the run up to its recent shareholders' meeting in Amsterdam. When we launched the series, we wrote: >> Read More

CIW Response to Ahold

Posted on by CIW
Over the past year, the $40 billion supermarket conglomerate Ahold (Dutch parent company of US-based chains Stop & Shop, Giant, Martin's, and Peapod), has issued a steady stream ofcorporate responsibility reports, open letters, and public statements in an attempt to justify its decision to forgo participation in the CIW's Fair Food Program. The program would require that Ahold agree to pay an extra >> Read More