Co-op to stop sourcing goods from Israel, Iran and 15 other countries | Co-operative Group
The cooperative is to stop supplying goods from Israel, Iran and other 15 countries, and that there are violations of “internationally accepted” rights and violations of international law.
Mutual operating approximately 2,300 grocery stores in the UK, Mali, Israeli carrots and mangos, including the change affected by change of approximately 100 products prepared a list.
Other countries covered by the ban to be applied gradually since this month include Russia, Syria, Belarus, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Sudan.
It is unlikely to be subjected to a significant financial impact from the retailer’s decision, because most of its products are caused by Western Europe.
The cooperative, known for its efforts to sell Fairtrade products and support local social projects, stopped selling Russian products in March 2022 shortly after Vladimir Putin’s full -scale Ukrainian invasion.
Co-Op said that the new list is compiled with an independent assessment that there are consistent behaviors that will form violations of human rights or violations of international law in places where there is an agreement between respectable evaluations such as the UN and others.
At the annual meetings of the members of this movement, the retailer said that he was one of the biggest concerns of the conflict and that the cooperative came after explaining that he should do his best to defend and build peace ”.
However, the cooperative said only yapılık directly or indirectly for those affected and alleviated the pain ”and“ cooperation will not adversely affect its integrity as a commercially successful cooperative business ”.
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Debbie White, Chairman of the Cooperative Group Board, said that our cooperative values, where the voices of our members are heard and then move, said that there is a clear demonstration in the action.
“We are determined to remove the products and materials from the shelves obtained from countries that show that the unity of international consensus is not compatible with our cooperative values and principles.”
