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D-social-compliance Dictionary

Social Compliance

Meeting buyers' standards on wages, working conditions and worker rights

All termsIntroduced in Module 10Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
Meeting buyers' standards on wages, working conditions and worker rights
How to use it
If the venture will sell into export or major retail, budget for the audits and records social compliance requires.
South African benchmark
Article 110 shows Cape wine audited on labour practices.
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
C10 Lesson 10.1
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A035
See also
GlobalG.A.P.
Eight small farms pooling produce through a co-operative to reach a buyer or lenderMany small farms, one strong sellerCO-OPERATIVEBuyer or lenderPooling volume gives small farms grading, transport and bargaining power.
From Module 10, People and Industry Structure, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in C10 People and Industry Structure.