Fyffes has published its third annual Human Rights Report, highlighting the company’s continued leadership in human rights and environmental due diligence.
This year’s report ensures that Fyffes is ‘future ready’ to comply with the German Supply Chain Act, the forthcoming European Union Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), and all other global due-diligence legislation.
Fyffes has achieved significant progress since it began its Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) in 2019, which it conducted in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
This helped the fruit company establish a solid foundation for its ongoing efforts.
Fyffes has carried out subsequent HRIAs at its farms and with suppliers, complemented by extensive community needs assessments in Latin America, involving 2,000 people across 50 communities.
In response to the new German Supply Chain Act – effective since 1 January 2023 – and the upcoming CSDDD, Fyffes has intensified its efforts to ensure compliance with these regulations.
‘Future Ready’
Speaking about the launch of Fyffes’ third report, chief corporate affairs officer Caoimhe Buckley said, “Our aim with human rights and environmental due diligence is to be ‘future ready’.
“We continually improve our approach, and last year we learned a few key lessons.
“Stakeholder centricity: Gathering insights from workers, community members, and rightsholders through independent surveys and off-site interviews.
“Supporting suppliers: Maintaining commercial relationships with suppliers in difficulty, except in the most extreme cases, to safeguard workers’ rights.
“Rising costs: Shared responsibility across the value chain, as outlined in [the] CSDDD, to support suppliers as they face increasing costs associated with human rights and environmental mitigation.”
Fyffes’ commitment to meeting these legislative requirements is central to its vision of Shaping Wellbeing for the World.
The company invites readers to explore the full report for detailed insights into its compliance efforts and the progress made via Fyffes’ Human Rights Report.
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