Sentences with phrase «agreed voluntary code»

In September, the parties, along with the National Farmers Federation (NFF) began talks to agree the voluntary code as a means of addressing growing concern about unconscionable conduct in the supermarkets, which are alleged to be misusing market power in the sector.

Not exact matches

Monday will be crunch time in the politically charged negotiations between the supermarket giants and the Australian Food and Grocery Council to agree to a supermarket code of conduct that is voluntary rather than mandatory.

Retailers and the government were surprised by the NFF's decision but the remaining parties have agreed to continue negotiating a voluntary code.

Woolworths and Coles have also called on Aldi to sign the voluntary grocery code of conduct agreed with the Australian Food and Grocery Council late last year.

The competition regulator has vowed to push ahead with its twin investigations into the power of the supermarket chains over allegations of bullying suppliers and the misuse of petrol shopper dockets, despite the release on Monday of a draft voluntary code of conduct agreed to by the retailers and the nation's grocery and food suppliers.

Coles and Woolworths are still under ACCC investigation despite agreeing to a new voluntary code of conduct.

Most banks now agree to a «voluntary» Code of Conduct that requires them to post plain - English explanations of prepayment charge calculations and provide website calculators so people can run their own penalty estimates.

Any company that subscribes to the voluntary Lending Code (see subscriber list) agrees it won't insist you buy an insurance product from it.