HomeNewsSay ‘Slave’ If You Want To Buy an Easter Egg Tony Öhberg 04/03/2015 News Favorina is Lidl’s own chocolate brand and it’s one of the only brands selling responsibly produced Easter eggs in Finland. Picture: Tony Öhberg for Finland Today There’s hardly a food store in Finland that doesn’t swear in the name of fair trade in some of its products. Sadly, Easter eggs are not one of them. Instead, we need the German store Lidl to pave the way. Finnwatch, a Finnish civil society organisation focusing on corporate responsibility, compared the selection of Easter eggs in the Finnish grocery stores, and found that S Group, Kesko Corporation, Suomen Lähikauppa and Stockmann don’t have any UTZ certified Easter eggs in their selection. UTZ (Universal Trade Zone) stands for sustainable farming and the certification doesn’t come easily.Clickable Advertisement UTZ certified farms and businesses, are closely monitored by independent third parties. These requirements include good agricultural practices and farming management, safe and healthy working conditions, abolition of child labour and protection of the environment. In Lidl, about 60 per cent of the Easter eggs on the shelves are certified by UTZ. Each and every Favorina Easter egg, which is Lidl’s own brand, has a UTZ certificate for cocoa. “The result for other [Finnish] food chains was poor. The problems related to child labour and human trafficking are known to everybody,” said Sonja Vartiala, CEO of Finnwatch, in a bulletin. After Finnwatch conducted its comparison, the Finnish food chains stressed that responsibly produced Easter eggs will find their way to the Finnish stores in the future. Comments comments GET NOTIFICATIONS OF NEW ARTICLES NameEmailThank you! WE RECOMMEND The Police Catch Over 5,000 Drivers of Speeding in 24 Hours – In Helsinki, the Number of Overspeeders Significantly Lower than Before By Editorial Team / 04/20/2018 The Man Suspected of Burning Down The Tire Gorilla at Viikki Campus Faces 85,000 Euro Claim for Damages By Tony Öhberg / 04/18/2018 Finland To Increase Trade in Renewable Energy With India – India Cuts Down Nuclear Power Plant Construction By Editorial Team / 04/18/2018 Four Ways to Improve Boys’ School Success, According to Minister of Education Sanni Grahn-Laasonen By Tony Öhberg / 04/17/2018 We Attended a Seminar on Racial Profiling to Learn When the Police Can Search You By Richard Bedhall / 04/14/2018