The Fair Labor Association (FLA) Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing for the agriculture sector require that the supply chains of affiliated companies are subject to the FLA’s annual due diligence process.
Olam International affiliated with the FLA in 2012 and committed to adopt and implement the FLA’s Work Place Code of Conduct and the FLA’s Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing to identify and remediate labor issues in its cocoa supply chain.
As part of the company’s annual due diligence cycle, the FLA undertakes field level assessments for Olam covering several farms in various countries. In 2018, the FLA’s due diligence included a baseline mapping assessment of Olam’s cocoa supply chain in Cameroon. The mapping assessment informed recommendations by FLA and resulted in an action plan developed by Olam from 2019 to 2020.
The action plan is released in conjunction with this report.