For the past five years, the Palma Futuro project has built up robust social performance systems to improve conditions for workers at every level of the palm oil supply chain in Colombia and Ecuador through engagement inside and Continue Reading...
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SAI Launches MY Voice with funding from USDOL
In December 2021, SAI launched a new program to address forced labor and child labor in the production of garments and palm oil in Malaysia. The project—MY Voice—builds on SAI’s experience implementing social compliance systems in supply Continue Reading...
Combatting child labor in the COVID era with Palma Futuro
Palma Futuro’s Community Circles help to convene members of communities surrounded by the palm oil industry to identify and explore solutions to common challenges. Palma Futuro also provides Community Circle leaders with the space to Continue Reading...
Worker and community engagement initiatives combat forced and child labor in Latin American palm oil industry
Palma Futuro is a project funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) and implemented by Partners of the Americas (POA) and its partners, Social Accountability International (SAI) and J.E. Austin Associates (JAA). Palma Futuro aims to Continue Reading...
Palma Futuro: December 2019 Update
In January 2019, SAI kicked off our new partnership to improve conditions for workers in the Latin American palm oil supply chain: Palma Futuro. Over the next three years, we will work with companies, workers, and communities in Colombia Continue Reading...
SAI and Partners of the Americas receive $6 million to improve labor conditions in palm oil industry
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has awarded $6 million to SAI and our partner organizations, Partners of the Americas (Partners) and J.E. Austin Associates (JAA), for our project to address child labor, forced labor, and working Continue Reading...
