Guernsey and beyond
As part of Fairtrade Fortnight in Guernsey, our Fairtrade Steering Group had arranged a visit by Shared Interest, the co-operative lending society that aims to reduce poverty in the world, by providing fair and just financial services to Fairtrade producers. It was really interesting to hear both sides of their work, the raising of capital, largely in [...]
Following my post yesterday, I am delighted to see a further robust rebuttal today from the Fairtrade Foundation here to the frankly ridiculous comments from the Adam Smith Institute. It will come as a serious blow to their credibility that someone was able to make these senseless and irresponsible comments on their behalf. Fairtrade has always [...]
Time has rushed around and fairtrade fortnight has kicked off with a bit of a bang for the Fairtrade Foundation, no doubt a great achievement to get Tate & Lyle to convert all their products over the next year. What a great start to the fortnight! A sure sign of the success of Fairtrade is that people [...]
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