Communities

Indigenous People – The Right to Display Their Heritage

In 2012, our surveys found no incidents of violations involving the rights of indigenous people. And while Monsanto doesn’t have a history of direct employment of members of indigenous tribes, occasionally our partners do employ indigenous people. In those situations, we do all we can to be sensitive to cultural traditions. For example, in rural Kenya, members of the Maasai Tribe wear traditional regalia. But at our business partner’s facility, we strongly encourage their employees to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as a precaution. We worked with our business partner and allowed the workers to wear the required PPE over their traditional dress.