Company
Alko Inc
Date of signature
10 January 2020
Signatories
Alko President and CEO and Executive Vice President, Communication, International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) General Secretary and President of the Finnish Service Union United PAM
Key objectives
“This MoU has been agreed between Alko and the IUF in response to shared concerns about working conditions in the global alcohol beverages industry and its supply chain for agricultural raw materials."
Duration
“Either party has the right to terminate this Memorandum of Understanding at any time and without any notice period. Such termination will be in written form.”
Implementation and dissemination
Not mentioned
Review and monitoring
“ The parties therefore agree:
- to have regular meetings between the senior management of Alko and representatives from IUF including Service Union United PAM. To exchange information on working conditions in production of raw materials for alcoholic beverages, specifically potential and actual breaches of national law and international standards. Reported incidents will be investigated by Alko and the actions taken by Alko will be reported back to the working group.
- to meet four times a year (usually two physical meetings in an agreed venue and two virtual meetings) and an agenda will be agreed 2 weeks before the meeting. The meetings shall take place together with Systembolaget. Topics in relation to Nordic Alcohol Monopolies co-operation in social issues shall be shared openly with all participants. Confidential topics shall be discussed separately without Systembolaget.
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- between these meetings, ongoing communications will be maintained through identified contact persons.”
Dispute settlement and sanctions
Appendix 1 details the process for incident reporting under this MoU
Main topics
Respect of the fundamental labour rights by suppliers