What is Fair Trade?

Fair Trade has 3 aims

1 - Alleviate poverty through trade

2 - To empower small producers

3 - Support the Campaign for Trade Reform & Trade Justice

Fair Trade is a tool that returns more income to producers & improves the lives of people in developing countries

Basic Principles of Fair Trade

1 - A requirement to work directly with producers

2 - Build long term trading partnerships

3 - An agreed price benefiting all parties

4 - A focus on developmental assistance

Ultimately this empowers producers to develope livelihoods that avoid dependancy.

Fair Trade is not controlled or enforced by the government it is entirely a consumer choice model. We are saying make an informed decision, open yourself to the notion of conscience & then make the choice. Consumers who choose to buy Fair Trade usually have a desire to make the world a better place while still enjoying consumer goods. Fair trade is a sustainable system in which everyone benefits it is a Global responsibility with business ethics & ethical consumerism.

Fair Trade adresses these objectives through a market driven commercial model rather than charity.

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