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As the globe tackles Coronavirus, this blog is highlighting the challenges of those affected and the systemic changes needed.

a food market in India

What did Oxfam learn from talking to workers in food and footwear factories supplying M&S?

Rachel Wilshaw and Beck Wallace

February 3rd, 2021 Private sector, Rights

In 2017 M&S asked Oxfam to carry out a ‘gap analysis’ study to ‘better understand the true worker experience and identify the changes we need to make in our own operations and those …

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Behind the BarcodesGender inequalityWorkers rights
Monthly chat with management sessions for workers, introduced after the first Oxfam study into working conditions in Unilever’s Vietnam operations (credit: Unilever Vietnam)

The value of partnership in boosting ambitious corporate commitments

Elen Newcombe-Ling

January 25th, 2021 Livelihoods, Private sector

The need for bold commitment and action from the private sector The private sector – whether global multinationals or local businesses – has a huge impact on livelihoods and living …

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IndonesiaMalawiSupply chainsUnileverVietnam
Women distribute hygiene kits in refugee camp, Yemen

Collaborating through crisis

Katie McLean

September 23rd, 2020 Emergency, Private sector

How are Oxfam partnering with the private sector to respond to the coronavirus pandemic? We have been getting creative and resourceful in our partnerships with Unilever, Burberry and ASOS.

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Pedro (not his real name), 29 years old, wears protective clothing and equipment used for pesticide application at the fruit exporting company where he works on the plantation. Pedro gave a anonymous Pedro gave an anonymous testimony about the working conditions in the company. Credit: Tatiana Cardeal / Oxfam

Which supermarkets are doing the most to protect the rights of food workers?

Rosa Polaschek

June 30th, 2020 Private sector

As the Coronavirus pandemic drives home the importance of the frontline workers producing and supplying our food, Oxfam’s Behind the Barcodes campaign to improve the conditions of people in supermarket …

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Behind the Barcodes
Pineapples are hollowed out for drying at the Tuzamurane pineapple cooperative processing plant in Eastern Rwanda.

The economic impact of coronavirus in Rwanda

Oxfam in Rwanda

May 14th, 2020 Private sector

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Annan has a small piece of land in Wadi Fukin, an area surrounded by Israeli settlements and behind the barrier nearby Bethlehem. Photo: Oxfam

Coronavirus is jeopardizing the incomes of small-scale farmers

Uwe Gneiting

April 30th, 2020 Agriculture, Private sector

Why now is the time for companies to step up to their commitment to higher farmer incomes. In this unprecedented time full of uncertainty, two things are clear. First, the …

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Line-workers make trousers and jackets for international brands at a garment factory in Dong Nai province, Vietnam, November, 2017. Credit: Sam Tarling/Oxfam

Businesses Want Governments on Stand-by for Coronavirus Relief

Oxfam International

April 24th, 2020 Private sector

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Oxfam campaigners and supporters in the UK prepare to deliver to Lidl GB a petition signed by 20,000 people asking the company to protect the people who produce our food. Photo: Rebecca Lonsdale/Oxfam

Three promises Lidl has made to protect its food workers

Rachel Wilshaw

April 23rd, 2020 Food & livelihoods, Private sector

Supermarkets have become one of the few vital services still functioning during the global Coronavirus pandemic. Supermarket staff deserve great respect for keeping customers safe and supplied with food to …

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LidlPrivate sectorWorkers rights
"Glass Negative - Lecture Theatre, by A.J. Campbell, Parkville, Victoria, circa 1900" by A.J. Campbell is licensed under CC PDM 1.0

Assessing the positive impact of business schools

Ruth Mhlanga

February 18th, 2020 Economics, Private sector

Creating a positive impact for society has not been considered core to business schools, but demand has steadily increased in the past decade. The Positive Impact Rating responds to these demands. Whilst business schools …

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BusinessBusiness SchoolsPositive Impact RatingSustainability

German supermarkets commit to tackle low wages

Rachel Wilshaw and Barbara Sennholz-Weinhardt

January 31st, 2020 Inequality, Private sector

Oxfam welcomes the commitment by almost all big German supermarkets to work towards living wages and living incomes for the people who produce the food the retailers sell. Several German …

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