CRITERIA

Employment is Freely Chosen

Freedom of Association & Collective Bargaining

Safe & Hygienic Working Environment

Child Labour

Living Wages To Be Paid

Working Hours Are Not Excessive

No Discrimination

Regular Employment

No Harsh Or Inhumane Treatment

Use of Agency Labour

Continual Improvement

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Law

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Co-op Group

The Co-operative Group: our values

The Co-operative Group is a unique consumer-owned business and the largest of its kind in the world. The Group is active in a variety of sectors, including food and non-food, farming and even funerals, and employs over 60,000 people in the UK.

All the businesses in the group are guided by the traditional ethical values of the co-operative movement: self-help; self-responsibility; democracy; equality; equity and solidarity. These values determine the way we do business, behaving with honesty, openness, social responsibility and care for others. (more)

The Co-operative Group: the difference

The Co-operative Group is the world's largest consumer co-operative with more than 3 million members. We are owned and democratically controlled by consumers, who become members of their local Co-op and take part in a wide range of educational, social and cultural activities on a voluntary basis. Our Board includes consumers who are democratically elected from the UK-wide membership. This means that our business is led by the interests of consumers. Our members have demonstrated that they prioritise safe and decent working conditions for the workers who make the products we sell.