What certification means and why
From the Catholic Education Office:
Many products we buy come from producers who use child labour and forced labour, often involving trafficked children and adults. If these workers are not slaves, they live and work in slavery-like conditions, often unsanitary and dangerous conditions, for less than the minimum wage.
We know this is particularly rife in the production of coffee, cocoa and tea.
At the beginning of this century there was a call for external certification as a way to improve the production and supply chains of these and other products.