Fair Trade

There is a fair trade boil-over brewing around the entry of corporate giants into the fair trade market place. The latest entry is chocolate giant Cadbury. Dunkin’ Donuts, Starbucks, McDonalds and Nestle’s entry into fair trade have stired the pot as well. Cadbury’s deal to certify their Dairy Milk bars as fair trade continues to raise complicated questions about fair trade and who is a fair trader. A slope that can be made slippery to be sure, and one with an outcome sure to affect the lives and wallets of many.

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Fair Trade is a movement designed to eliminate poverty and practices erosive to social and environmental responsibility. The movement focuses on the facilitation of Fair Trade between producers in economically challenged regions often in the Southern hemisphere and more affluent marketers and consumers primarily in the Northern hemisphere. Through collaboration and implementation [...]

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Visiting Peruvian Fair Trade Artisan to Launch 2008-2009 Social Justice Speaker Series
The second annual Social Justice Speaker Series, launches Tuesday September 16, 2008 at 7 p.m. with the first of four no-nonsense speakers making dollars and sense of today’s economy. Topics in this year’s Economic Justice theme include Fair Trade, poverty in Africa, Health Care, [...]

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My company has launched several new enewsletters for: clients, socially and environmentally responsible business, conscious consumers and a media wire for reporters interested in those topics.
Go to the opt in page for P3 News Wire to select to receive one or all of the following enewsletters via e-mail.  New options will be added as they [...]

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It’s not too late to register for a 3-part Fair Trade class with yours truly and other amazing experts and special guests hosted by the Missouri Botanical Gardens.
The Basic of Fair Trade – Thursdays 7-9 pm September 18, 25 and October 2, 2008 Tastings of Fair Trade Chocolates, Coffees, and Teas
Learn how Fair Trade works [...]

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Before forming my own company , I had several life-altering business experiences while working for other firms. In Europe for four of nine years, my work took me to 29 countries over five continents. Often I flew solo as the consultant expert, but more often I flew in crowds, managing teams of five to 125 [...]

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Fair trade flourishes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wed, 13 Feb 2008 7:03 PM PST
Milwaukee’s first fair-trade-certified roses arrived at two fair trade shops Wednesday – just three dozen in!
For some consumers, Fair Trade chocolate a bit sweeter
The Daily Free Press Thu, 14 Feb 2008 4:58 AM PST
After reports of labor abuses by major chocolate corporations recently surfaced, [...]

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Is charity social responsibility?
After years helping businesses become more profitable, I’ve found myself waist deep in helping businesses get onboard the social responsibility bandwagon. Too often, I find when I meet with them they confuse charitable giving for social responsibility.
There is a unique and quintessential distinction between charitable giving and action for justice, creating a [...]

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IFAT has expanded their 6 standards of fair trade to 10 standards.
The 10 Standards of Fair Trade
IFAT prescribes 10 standards that Fair Trade organizations must follow in their day-to-day work and carries out continuous monitoring to ensure these standards are upheld:

Creating opportunities for economically disadvantaged producers
Fair Trade is a strategy for poverty alleviation and [...]

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