"Banana prices are plummeting and farmers are suffering. That's a problem"
"Banana prices are plummeting and farmers are suffering. That's a problem"
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"Banana prices are plummeting and farmers are suffering. That's a problem"
Unilever has promised that every worker who provides it with goods and services will earn a living wage by 2030 even if it costs the company more. The living wage initiative will extend to 65,000 direct suppliers and several thousand agricultural businesses, chief procurement officer David Ingram told CNN Business. Unilever is one of the world’s biggest consumer goods companies and its supply chain includes more than 1.5 million farmers, according to its website. also pledged to spend €2 billion ($2.4 billion) annually by 2025 with suppliers owned and managed by people from under-represen...