Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trade Association
WIETA was formally established in November 2002. The association
arose out of an Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) pilot project in
the wine industry. The pilot not only assisted the ETI and South
African partners in learning about, developing and refining
inspection methodologies in monitoring their base code, but was
instrumental in bringing together stakeholders in the wine industry
of the Western Cape to discuss and debate issues around ethical
trade.
WIETA is a not for profit, voluntary association of many different
stakeholders, who are committed to the promotion of ethical trade,
at first in the wine sector, and now in agriculture as a whole.
Stakeholders include producers, retailers, trade unions,
non-governmental organisations and government.
WIETA’s mission is to improve the working conditions of employees in
agriculture by:
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Formulating and adopting a code of good practice
governing employment standards for those involved in primary
growing and secondary production operations; |
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Promoting the adoption of and adherence to the
code of good practice amongst all producers and growers; |
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Educating producers and workers on the
provisions of the code; |
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Appointing independent social auditors to ensure
that members of the association observe and implement the code
of good practice; |
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Determining ways of encouraging implementation
of and compliance with the code and determining measures to be
taken in the case of non-compliance with the code. |
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WIETA
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