We are excited to announce that appellando has entered into a new partnership with The Sustainability Initiative of South Africa (SIZA)” to enhance and harmonize the protection of human rights and the environment across global supply chains. This collaboration aims to align effective and transparent approaches to reporting grievances, ensuring grievances are addressed with a focus on remedy and resolution while meeting the stringent requirements of the EU Due Diligence legislation.

By combining SIZA’s Voice for All programme and expertise in South Africa with appellando’s commitment to ethical practices, this partnership offers a powerful solution for businesses throughout the value chain to improve accountability and compliance.

Kristian Moeller, Managing Director of appellando, states, “We acknowledge the work SIZA has done in establishing a sector-wide grievance mechanism. With this partnership, we extend our framework for effective grievance mechanisms beyond Spain, including fresh fruit suppliers from South Africa into the legally required supply chain due diligence reporting of our European retail partners.”