What is Fair Trade?
• Dialogue
• Transparency
• Respect
What is Fair Trade?
• Sustainable development
• Better trading conditions
• Securing their rights
Why did it start?
• Protect their livelihoods
• Bypass the middlemen
• Directly access Northern markets
How did it start?
• Alternative Trade Organisations (ATOs)
• Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO )
• Certification Mark
Who benefits from Fairtrade?
• 1. Small-scale Farmers and Workers
• 2. Consumers
• 3. Environment
Standard Principles - The following
Fairtrade Standards principles are conisdered in all Fairtrade Standards applicable to small farmers and workers and their
organizations:
• 1) Social development
• 2) Economic development
• 3) Environmental development
What is the Fairtrade Certification Mark?
What is the guarantee behind the Fairtrade Certification Mark?
Labour and environmental standards set by FLO e.V.
Fairtrade Producers
• 1.4 million workers
• 57 developing countries
• Africa, Asia and Latin America
Fairtrade Products
Fairtrade Products
Fairtrade Products
• What is your power as a consumer?
• You are what you buy
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