Should Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies care about the sustainability issues throughout their supply chains, and more specifically regarding the problematic of child labour?

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Supervisors

Desmet, Carlos

Faculty

Louvain School of Management

Degree label

Master [120] en ingénieur de gestion

Abstract

The thesis will focus on the responsibility of companies towards the problematic of sustainability issues throughout their supply chains, and more specifically on the problematic of child labour. The FMCG’s industry will be the main focus of this thesis. Players in this sector are usually very large corporations which have to deal with multiple suppliers. According to the different researches that will be carried out, the first part of the thesis will try to provide an answer to the questions : Should those companies care about the CSR of all their suppliers, and more specifically regarding the problematic of child labour? Is it possible for them to care about all of their suppliers? Based on theoretical analysis, different ways and tools to monitor the CSR of their suppliers will be identified. Afterwards, a field analysis will be carried out in order to examine the different solutions that are already implemented in the FMCG’s corporations. Finally, a critical perspective will be adopted towards these findings.