Seafood consortium release report into responsible recruitment in the global tuna processing sector
In May 2025, a consortium* of seafood groups across the tuna processing supply chain funded a study that seeks to provide insights on how to enhance responsible recruitment practices, and operationalise the Employer Pays Principle, by using examples from the global tuna processing sector. FNET’s comment on the report “The Food Network for Ethical Trade […]
Happy retirement Linda & reflections on a career in the food industry
Today marks a special day for FNET team and for Linda especially, as we say goodbye to our colleague and wish her a long and healthy retirement. Linda has been in the food industry for over 40 years across several sectors, different roles and operating in global geographies including Europe, Thailand, Vietnam and India. Linda’s […]
Welcome to Surmaya – FNET’s new Project & Membership Manager
Surmaya brings experience in cocoa, banana, sugar and other supply chains, from fifteen years working at the Fairtrade Foundation. Key achievements at Fairtrade include working on a £2m Climate Change and Organisational Strengthening (CCOSP) programme in Ghana with Cocoa Life and evaluation of the Comic Relief-funded Technical Assistance Fund, as well as managing relationships with […]
New resource: FNET Country Risk Rating
Food Network for Ethical Trade publicly share their country risk assessment rating to accelerate aligned approaches to supply chain due diligence One of the challenges for suppliers in global supply chains is the lack of alignment between their customers. This creates additional costs, admin burden, complexity, and confusion. At the Food Network for Ethical trade […]
FNET tools to support a common approach to due diligence
UK Food Supply Chain Serious Incident Escalation and Management Protocol Where a serious incident occurs within the supply chain of multiple retailers, brands, and/or suppliers, organisations are encouraged to collaborate to reduce duplication of activity and unnecessary burden for all parties; promote good practice and efficiency in the resolution of issues; provide confidence and assurance […]
FNET announces Pins Brown as new Chair
The Food Network for Ethical Trade (FNET) is delighted to announce the appointment of Pins Brown as our new chair effective from October 2023. She will succeed Dr Steve New who has successfully chaired FNET for two years through a period of tremendous change in the organisation. Pins brings a wealth of human right experience […]
Engaging companies across the supply chain on human rights
Food supply chains can be very complex, and sometimes involve several tiers of production before the final product arrives on the shelf. It is essential that when companies are delivering their human rights due diligence, to understand the businesses in their specific supply chains, their actual risks, roadblocks and opportunities in order to improve working […]
Engaging the board – making each meeting more impactful
At FNET’s recent All members meeting Danny Miles from Morrisons and Natalie McWilliam from DPS ran an engaging workshop for members to reinforce how engaging the board is crucial to embedding human rights into the business strategy and day to day activities. Here is a flavour of some of the key points which are available […]
Our biggest FNET all members day yet
Yesterday Tesco’s hosted our largest FNET All members day. It was a fun mixture of presentations, interactive workshops and networking with attendees from a range of job roles including procurement, HR, ethical trade, sustainability and technical functions. Our opening panel focussed on how to pivot from risk to action on human rights due diligence. Rainforest […]
Gender inequalities: Exploring action in international supply chains
Grievance mechanisms enable people encountering work-based problems to communicate issues and complaints with managers in order for them to be addressed, considered and resolved. In a recent FNET webinar on gender in international supply chains, FNET members heard about the need to ensure that these channels for communication between workers and management are specifically tailored […]