 | Certified Operator (Certification Applicant) | | | African Straw Entreprise_FFL | |  |
| Place, Country | | | PO. BOX 46, Ghana | |
| Contact | | | atokwamenamethod@gmail.com | |
| Certified Products | | | straw baskets | |  |
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| Certification Programme | | | Fair for Life - Social & Fair Trade Certification | |
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| Chapter | | | Content of the Fair For Life - Social & Fair Trade Programme | | Maximum | | Rating |
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| 1 | Core Principles and Values | 12 | 12 | ||||
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| 2 | Commitment to and Management of Fair Trade Policy | 27 | 0 | ||||
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| 3 | Respect of Human Rights and Decent Working Conditions | 201 | 122 | ||||
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| 4 | Respect of the Environment | 73 | 35 | ||||
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| 5 | Local Development and Community Relations | 13 | 8 | ||||
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| 6 | Trading and Supply chain relations | 76 | 34 | ||||
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| 7 | Empowerment | 34 | 14 | ||||
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| 8 | Traceability, Transparency and Respect of the Consumer | 20 | 8 | ||||
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| 9 | Managing Certification and Performance | 44 | 24 | ||||
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| Total Score Performance Rating | 257 | ||||||
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| Impact, special achievements & commitments | | | EN/FR African Straw Enterprise Limited (ASEL) operates as a handicraft business producing and exporting straw baskets. ASEL empowers women who are systematically excluded from the formal employment sector with indigenous baskets weaving skills using local resources with the main aim of alleviating poverty in rural communities in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The company has successfully through its operations improved the livelihood of over 5000 baskets weavers in many communities within the Upper East Region. ASEL has a staff strength of thirty-three (33) consisting of 14 (fourteen) permanent and 19 (nineteen) temporal workers. ASEL signs a purchase contract with our basket weavers who are predominantly women. African Straw Enterprise Limited (ASEL) est une entreprise artisanale qui produit et exporte des paniers en paille. ASEL permet aux femmes qui sont systématiquement exclues du secteur de l'emploi formel d'acquérir des compétences en matière de tressage de paniers en utilisant les ressources locales. L'objectif principal est de réduire la pauvreté dans les communautés rurales de la région de l'Upper East au Ghana. Grâce à ses activités, l'entreprise a réussi à améliorer les moyens de subsistance de plus de 5 000 tisseurs de paniers dans de nombreuses communautés de la région de l'Upper East. ASEL dispose d'un effectif de trente-trois (33) personnes, dont 14 (quatorze) employés permanents et 19 (dix-neuf) employés temporaires. ASEL signe un contrat d'achat avec nos vanniers qui sont majoritairement des femmes. | ||||
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| Reached percentage of the applicable Total Norm Points for the overall performance |
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| Percentage | | | 56 % | ||||
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| Date of Certification |
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| First | | | 01.03.2024 | ||||
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| Last Update | | | 01.03.2024 | ||||
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