What is Fair Trade?
Fair Trade is a movement: a socially innovative response to market failure – the failure of the traditional trade system to incorporate fair access to markets, wage justice and environmental standards. The origins of the Fair Trade movement can be traced back 50 years where, rooted in trade justice and human solidarity, it established alternative methods of supplying products with a shared understanding of fairness and trading partnerships. Fair Trade products (craft and commodities) allows us, as consumers, to support trade justice through our purchasing choices.
Why Fair Trade?
The benefits of international trade are not shared fairly by everyone in the world. Small producers have limited access to market and price information. As a result, they are often dependent on middlemen and receive smaller returns for their work. Many plantation and factory workers endure low pay, unsafe working environments and poor living conditions.
Fair Trade promotes trade equality and justice. From producer through to consumer -- it is about ensuring the choices we make have a positive impact on our lives, the lives of others and the environment.
What is the difference between Fair trade and Fairtrade?
The term Fair Trade is used to refer to the Fair Trade movement as a whole and the organizations that abide to the 10 Principles of Fair Trade. This includes both labelled and unlabelled Fair Trade goods and the work of the World Fair Trade Organization.
Fairtrade (one word) is used to describe the certification and labelling system governed by Fairtrade International. The Fairtrade system allows consumers to identify commodity goods (tea, coffee, rice, cotton etc – and sportsballs) - that have met internationally-agreed Standards according to the Fairtrade system. Learn more from Fairtrade ANZ
Fair Trade is a movement: a socially innovative response to market failure – the failure of the traditional trade system to incorporate fair access to markets, wage justice and environmental standards. The origins of the Fair Trade movement can be traced back 50 years where, rooted in trade justice and human solidarity, it established alternative methods of supplying products with a shared understanding of fairness and trading partnerships. Fair Trade products (craft and commodities) allows us, as consumers, to support trade justice through our purchasing choices.
Why Fair Trade?
The benefits of international trade are not shared fairly by everyone in the world. Small producers have limited access to market and price information. As a result, they are often dependent on middlemen and receive smaller returns for their work. Many plantation and factory workers endure low pay, unsafe working environments and poor living conditions.
Fair Trade promotes trade equality and justice. From producer through to consumer -- it is about ensuring the choices we make have a positive impact on our lives, the lives of others and the environment.
What is the difference between Fair trade and Fairtrade?
The term Fair Trade is used to refer to the Fair Trade movement as a whole and the organizations that abide to the 10 Principles of Fair Trade. This includes both labelled and unlabelled Fair Trade goods and the work of the World Fair Trade Organization.
Fairtrade (one word) is used to describe the certification and labelling system governed by Fairtrade International. The Fairtrade system allows consumers to identify commodity goods (tea, coffee, rice, cotton etc – and sportsballs) - that have met internationally-agreed Standards according to the Fairtrade system. Learn more from Fairtrade ANZ
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What are the ten principles of Fair Trade?
A full description can be found here on the World Fair Trade organization website. 1 Creating Opportunities for Economically Disadvantaged Producers 2 Greater Transparency and Accountability 3 Fairer Trading Practices 4 Fairer Prices for Producers 5 No Child Exploitation or Forced Labour 6 Non Discrimination, Gender Equity and Freedom of Association 7 Better Working Conditions 8 Capacity Building 9 Promotion of Fair Trade 10 Environmental Sustainability |
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