Fiona Gooch
Traidcraft Exchange
Senior Private Sector Policy Advisor
UK
Fiona works to improve the impact UK-linked businesses have on vulnerable farmers, workers and communities in developing countries. This includes work on supply chains, company law, competition policy, legal remedies, social reporting, business and human rights and investment. She is a director of the UK CORE coalition for Corporate Accountability, represents the European Fair Trade Advocacy Office at the High Level Forum for a Better Functioning Food Supply Chain, previously Director of Responsible Purchasing Initiative, was a member of the Stakeholder Oversight Group for London Olympics Sustainable Sourcing Code’s Grievance mechanism, and acted as an elected NGO board member for the Ethical Trading Initiative. She regularly works with Traidcraft’s partners in developing countries to improve the impact of international supply chains. Previously she project managed Just Pensions Initiative.
Outside of the UK she has worked in Bangladesh, Belgium, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Vietnam.
She has been a spokesperson on fairness in supply chains for BBC, Dispatches, and Sky.
Fiona has undertaken work prior to Traidcraft for Casella Stanger, Thames Water, Anita Pollack MEP, Jupiter Asset Management and BBC Radio 4.
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