Do you agree with this change? Strongly agree Partially agree Disagree Not relevant to me / I don’t know Please explain your rationale in case you partially agree or don’t agree Click here to enter text Trading with integrity Unfair trading practices mostly occur in cases of imbalance between trading partners, which can happen anywhere in the chain but most frequently at the expense of producers. In the last revision of the Trader Standard a new requirement on trading with integrity was added to tackle unfair trading practices (TS requirement 4.1.8). The question is now if and how unfair trading practices should be captured in the SPO standard. The proposal aims at: Preventing unfair trading practices at producer level and aligning the standard with the compliance criteria. The proposed changes are: New requirement to prevent bad faith practices Rationale: Sanctioning unfair trading practices is very challenging since by nature they are difficult to identify and verify. The current proposal is drafted at a high level to be able to have the possibility to act in case bath faith practices are found without having to define precisely which requirements they violate. Implications: Actions to circumvent the standard may lead to conformities and/or suspension of organizations.
Do you agree with this change? Strongly agree Partially agree Disagree Not relevant to me / I don’t know Please explain your rationale in case you partially agree or don’t agree Click here to enter text Trading with integrity Unfair trading practices mostly occur in cases of imbalance between trading partners, which can happen anywhere in the chain but most frequently at the expense of producers. In the last revision of the Trader Standard a new requirement on trading with integrity was added to tackle unfair trading practices (TS requirement 4.1.8). The question is now if and how unfair trading practices should be captured in the SPO standard. The proposal aims at: Preventing unfair trading practices at producer level and aligning the standard with the compliance criteria. The proposed changes are: New requirement to prevent bad faith practices Rationale: Sanctioning unfair trading practices is very challenging since by nature they are difficult to identify and verify. The current proposal is drafted at a high level to be able to have the possibility to act in case bath faith practices are found without having to define precisely which requirements they violate. Implications: Actions to circumvent the standard may lead to conformities and/or suspension of organizations.
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