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Drink to your Health this January, National Hot Tea Month

Stuart Mitchell

I wanted to include this because I am a big tea drinker, but I think it also gives us a chance to think about how some producers treat their workforce and about the importance of iniatives such as Fairtrade when considering your tea. The holidays may be over but there’s still much to celebrate this January with National Hot Tea Month and the third annual National Hot Tea Day on January 12, 2018. The Tea Council of the USA encourages tea-lovers across the nation to take this opportuniTEA to share the unique ways they like…

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Dressmann to become world leading retailer of Fairtrade cotton

Stuart Mitchell

Dressmann, one of the leading fashion chains for menswear in Northern Europe, is set to become the world’s biggest fashion retailer of Fairtrade certified cotton when it launches a new range of t-shirts, boxer shorts and socks. Dressmann has also committed to source 100% sustainable cotton by 2025 in an effort to improve social and environmental conditions across its entire supply chain. Fairtrade cotton farmers in India will benefit from increased Fairtrade sales and plan to invest in education projects and increasing environmentally friendly production. “We are proud to be…

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Launch of Fairtrade gold from Africa

Stuart Mitchell

The Fairtrade Foundation has launched an ambitious new investment opportunity to over 100 delegates including donors, funders, businesses and celebrity ambassadors at a conference Fairtrade Gold: Future Innovations. The Investment Facility will help small scale mine sites across East Africa access low interest loans to invest in the productivity of their operations and to accelerate their journey towards Fairtrade certification. The fund provides a new way for mine sites to benefit from partnering with Fairtrade, as well as providing businesses and investors with a new route for supporting the accelerating…

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Are we caring less ? – Ethical Marketing News Blog – 13-08-17

Stuart Mitchell

The world is changing, of that there is little doubt, dependent on your politics, some would say it’s for the better, others for the worse. In the last few weeks though there have been a number of things that have made me worry about both the state of the world, and whether we, as a people are caring less about the environment and the people in it. The first thing that gave me pause for thoughts was the fact that Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity’s annual demand on…

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Co-op backs Fairtrade with brand new wine collaboration

Stuart Mitchell

The world’s biggest Fairtrade wine retailer and the UK’s biggest South African wine brand have joined forces to create a major new Fairtrade wine, supporting vineyard workers on the ground in developing countries. To further extend its commitment to Fairtrade, Co-op has teamed up with the Kumala wine brand to create an entirely new product which meets the strict Fairtrade standards. In addition to these standards, Fairtrade-certified wine farms need to pass stringent tests safeguarding workers’ rights and living conditions.     Through Fairtrade, growers are guaranteed a fair price for…

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