http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/what_is_fairtrade/fairtrade_foundation.aspx
The Fairtrade Foundation is the independent non-profit organisation that licenses use of the FAIRTRADE Mark on products in the UK in accordance with internationally agreed Fairtrade standards. The Foundation was established in 1992 by CAFOD , Christian Aid , Oxfam , Traidcraft and the World Development Movement , later joined by the National Federation of Women's Institutes . Member organisations now also include Banana Link , Methodist Relief and Development Fund , Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign , People & Planet, SCIAF , Shared Interest Foundation , Soroptimist International , Tearfund and the United Reformed Church .
The Foundation is the UK member of Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO), which unites 21 labelling initiatives across Europe, Japan, North America, Mexico and Australia/New Zealand as well as networks of producer organisations from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach to empowering developing country producers and promoting sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a fair price as well as social and environmental standards in areas related to the production of a wide variety of goods. It focuses in particular on exports from developing countries to developed countries, most notably handicrafts, coffee, cocoa, sugar, tea, bananas, honey, cotton, wine, fresh fruit and flowers.
The Fairtrade Foundation is the independent non-profit organisation that licenses use of the FAIRTRADE Mark on products in the UK in accordance with internationally agreed Fairtrade standards. The Foundation was established in 1992 by CAFOD , Christian Aid , Oxfam , Traidcraft and the World Development Movement , later joined by the National Federation of Women's Institutes . Member organisations now also include Banana Link , Methodist Relief and Development Fund , Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign , People & Planet, SCIAF , Shared Interest Foundation , Soroptimist International , Tearfund and the United Reformed Church .
The Foundation is the UK member of Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO), which unites 21 labelling initiatives across Europe, Japan, North America, Mexico and Australia/New Zealand as well as networks of producer organisations from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach to empowering developing country producers and promoting sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a fair price as well as social and environmental standards in areas related to the production of a wide variety of goods. It focuses in particular on exports from developing countries to developed countries, most notably handicrafts, coffee, cocoa, sugar, tea, bananas, honey, cotton, wine, fresh fruit and flowers.
