Marks and Spencer - Flowers

The project is:

• Developing a silver and bronze standard/ code for the Ethiopian Horticulture sector;
• Developing the standards to include a collective bargaining agreement to improve labour standards for workers on the farms;
• Putting together a multi-stakeholder working group to approve the standards;
• Benchmarking  the EHPEA Code of Practice at silver level with Global GAP;
• Benchmarking the EHPEA Code of Practice at silver level with ETI / SMETA and GSCP; matching compliance criteria  and development and benchmarking of the Code Rules and regulations;
• Providing training in ETI standards;
• Preparation of training materials relevant to ethical training initiative standards and
• Supporting a pilot group of 4 farms working to achieve the silver standard;
• Promoting the EPHEA standards at international conferences and with international working groups e.g. GSCP so that standards gain publicity;
• Sharing experience with the sector and to discuss market opportunities for Silver labelled produce in the UK
• Purchasing a minimum 500,000 roses from farms that meet the silver standards.
• Highlighting Ethiopia as a sourcing country to customers through M&S website

The key aims of the project are to:

• Raise labour standards in Ethiopian Flower Farms
• Raise Technical standards in Ethiopian Flower Farms
• Develop local training capacity
• Increase sourcing of Ethiopian Roses to the UK
• Promote Ethiopia as a reliable and robust sourcing county
• Raise awareness of International Standards in the Ethiopian Horticulture Industry

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