Deborah Martens

Fruits & veggies | Vlaamse Overheid | Sustainable (EU) trade enthusiast | Doctor in Political Sciences & Rural Development

[Deborah Martens @DeboMartens]

"Enkel e eerlijke consumentenprijs voor e kwalitatief hoogstaand product uit eigen land kan er voor zorgen dat onze bedrijven gezond worden, dat we e eerlijke vergoeding voor onze producten ontvangen, dat wij onze medewerkers fatsoenlijk kunnen betalen..." #northnorth #fairtrade

[VILT vzw @vilt_nieuws]

Fairebel waagt zich aan eerlijke appelen en peren #eerlijkeprijzen @FAIREBEL https://t.co/PiLf4oNvdS

[ECDPM 🔎 🌍 @ECDPM]

Civil society can promote sustainability in Free Trade Agreements between 🇪🇺 & other countries.

@JeskeVanSeters & Nadia Ashraf provide 📑 recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of civil society contributions in their latest paper

Read it today👉 https://t.co/5f27kttFrb

[Deborah Martens @DeboMartens]

@JDessein @ElineHaene @AgEconUGent @FbwUGent Zalig! Proficiat @ElineHaene!

[Deborah Martens @DeboMartens]

@NGheyle @ISPOLE_UCL @NCP_frsFNRS Zalig! Congrats!

[Daniele Basso @bassodanie]

🆕Join .@etuc_ces, .@ituc, RBC Working Group and .@DeSchutterO on “Regulating responsible business conduct: a coherent approach for Europe and the World”, on Monday 22th June 2020 at 10:30.
Feel free to share this invite.

⬇️Register here ⬇️ https://t.co/GLg6aKII9z

[Ghent Institute for International&European Studies @GIESGhent]

📢 @TNovitz writes on "The normative promise of sustainability for labour standards – and the limitations of the SDGs" for our #DebatingSDGs blog 📖 https://t.co/yam8FEkeeJ #SDGs

[Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO) @FairTradeFTAO]

We need mandatory human rights due diligence that works for farmers and workers 🌎👩‍🌾
New FTAO and @BROT_furdiewelt-commissioned report by @UniofGreenwich lays out how 👉https://t.co/CXRlUQJlS0
#BizHumanRights #HRDD #TradeFairLiveFair #JustTransition

[Deborah Martens @DeboMartens]

And if you want to know more about labour governance initiatives in the Costa Rica-EU trade:
We analysed #TradeUnion participation to multistakeholder initiatives (incl in #EUTradeAgreements) in this supply chain: https://t.co/2BF09wJEYs
@janorbie @FbwUGent

[Deborah Martens @DeboMartens]

Findings in @guardian on #labour rights violations in Costa Rican #pineapple plantations confirm our research.

To know more about the link between these workers' job insecurity & labour agency and how they stay under the radar, read this article: https://t.co/gRvzXI6X7C

[Deborah Martens @DeboMartens]

Findings in @guardian on #labour rights violations in Costa Rican #pineapple plantations confirm our research.

To know more about the link between these workers' job insecurity & labour agency and how they stay under the radar, read this article: https://t.co/gRvzXI6X7C

[Reena Shah @reenashah]

My report about ethical certification organizations like Rainforest Alliance and labor exploitation on certified pineapple farms in Costa Rica in @guardian

https://t.co/AdNlJ6QvKW

[Euractiv Global EU @eaGlobalEU]

The European Commission will propose new rules on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence in EU companies’ global supply chain, justice commissioner Didier Reynders has confirmed.
https://t.co/YLNBYke9Ts

[Ghent Institute for International&European Studies @GIESGhent]

📢Join @ugent Oxford style debates on #sustainability w/ our students tomorrow!
18:00 Intro
18:15-21:00 Three debates on:
Environment: https://t.co/nu3JdSqSUt
Politics (w/ @SarahDelputte): https://t.co/edY7oVC91u
Health: https://t.co/26HvyZVgCq
Food: https://t.co/y0iF3LusiH

[Green European Journal @GreenEUJournal]

The #Covid_19 pandemic has fundamentally questioned how society should be organised to ensure health & wellbeing for all

Going forward, the guiding principle for recovery should be resilience

@ecodenker explains what this means in practice

📝Full Text➡️ https://t.co/SSGmHRcPo8

[Vredeshuis Gent @vredeshuis]

Deze avond wordt op de gemeenteraadscommissie de beleidsnota internationale solidariteit voor de komende legislatuur gepresenteerd. Digitaal uiteraard 😉
Jullie kunnen de krachtlijnen en de volledige beleidsnota terugvinden in dit persbericht.
https://t.co/t0f4Uwohhh

[Deborah Martens @DeboMartens]

Interesting read to understand how #EUtrade policy can be impacted by #CoronaCrisis

@janorbie & @FerdiDeVille's 5 cents:
1: We don’t know
2: Paradigm change: a basic framework
3: Neoliberalism is resilient & re-inventive
4: The alternative may not be romantic
5: Agency matters

[Samenleving & Politiek @Sampol_magazine]

Volg #BeterNaCorona, draag bij vanuit je beweging of engagement, publiceer op één van onze platformen.
Met: Aktief, @Apache_be, @dewereldmorgen, De Gids, Furia, @KifKifbe, @LavaMediaBe, @DenktankMinerva, @mondiaalnieuws, @OikosDenktank, @Sampol_magazine https://t.co/eMUlpKKo4D

[Deborah Martens @DeboMartens]

@ElineHaene @jan2m Whoopwhoop!

[Deborah Martens @DeboMartens]

"We reject that large #banana producers, traders & exporters, in order to maximize profits, want to maintain production patterns that threaten the health of rural populations living in banana plantations' areas of influence, of agricultural workers, of consumers and of nature"

[EU - LAT Network @eulatnetwork]

Letter of CSOs on the use of agro-toxins in the industrial cultivation of bananas for European export.We recall that the promotion and prevention of human and environmental #rights and trade union freedom in the partner countries is a commitment of the #EU https://t.co/y3fjob1YGy