gepa Fair Trade Company – Chronicle (The nineties) (#)

„In 1995, the Fair Trade Verein (Fair Trade association) was founded as a gepa sister company. Later, the Fair Trade Verein was commissioned to do educational work and offer assistance to trading partners. In the same year originated the Fair Trade Beteiligungsgesellschaft (equity investment company), a 100 per cent gepa daughter, with the purpose of offering loans for gepa's capital intensive trading activities.“

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gepa FairTrade Company (#)

„150 cooperatives, export organizations and committed private enterprises in 40 countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Long-term business contracts under fair conditions, long-standing and trustful cooperation as well as transparency at any level of our commercial chains are typical of our trading relationships. As a matter of principle, profits are re-invested in Fair Trade and not distributed among the share holders!“

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Books - Finance & Development - September 1996 (#)

„Volume 2 examines the relationships between trade and environmental policy, labor policy, and competition (or antitrust) policy. Increasing tensions among trading partners have been created by differences in their domestic policies that, they believe, create unfair advantages and distortions in trade. Likewise, calls for using trade restrictions as inducements for countries with less rigorous standards in these areas to raise them (or as penalties for not doing so) have created increasing friction. Although environment, labor, and competition policy objectives are no doubt extremely important, the use of trade restrictions to enforce them is not compatible with the present WTO framework.“

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Transfair USA | History (#)

„Their goal was to provide relief to refugees and other poverty stricken communities by selling their handicrafts to Northern markets. Compared to conventional trading structures, these Alternative Trade Organizations (ATOs) offered higher returns to producers in the developing world through direct trade and fair prices. In the US, ATOs such as Ten Thousand Villages and SERRV have followed this model with Fair Trade handicrafts, and in 1986, Equal Exchange was formed to import Fair Trade coffee to the US market.“

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MCC Coffee Project (#)

„As people of faith, we can build more justice in the world by purchasing products that are fairly traded. Through the program, farmers and their families gain more control over their lives, earn a fairer share of income, have access to credit and technical support, and gain a trading partner they can trust. At the same time, your congregation can begin to learn about the impacts of our consumer habits and how to advocate for more just global economic policies for coffee producers, small farmers, and workers throughout the world.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„This definition of relationship coffee was first promoted by coffee leaders like Paul Katzeff at Thanksgiving Coffee, David Griswold (now president of the green coffee importer Sustainable Harvest), the leaders of Equal Exchange (which has two relationship coffees reviewed this month), and many others. Recently the relationship concept has been pursued on behalf of small groups of Colombian growers with particular vigor by Alejandro Renjifo of Fairfield Trading, who facilitated two of the Colombian relationship coffees reviewed this month.“

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CRS Fair Trade (#)

„This means that it does not represent a third party inspection and certification system. Instead, it signifies membership in the Fair Trade Federation, an organization of wholesalers and retailers committed to uphold the Fair Trade principles identified below in all their trading relationships. When you buy coffee bearing the FTF label, you can be assured that the farmers who grew your coffee were paid fairly and treated with dignity.“

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PR Distribution through United Natural Foods (#)

„To draw attention to this gap between what farmers need and what large coffee companies like P&G are offering, Equal Exchange has issued a public challenge to the multi-national corporation. If in 2004 P&G can at least match the small Massachusetts cooperative pound for pound in Fair Trade coffee sales, then Equal Exchange will donate $25,000 to one of their small farmer cooperative trading partners in Latin America.“

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Presbyterian Coffee Project (#)

„As Christians we can address a consumer dilemma by buying coffee that is fairly traded. United Methodist congregations that participate are helping small scale farmers in Latin America, Africa and Asia earn a fairer share of income, obtain access to credit and technical support, and gain a trading partner they can trust, a fair trade organization called Equal Exchange.“

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Presbyterian Coffee Project (#)

„Fair trade shares the bounty of the coffee trade with those who grow the crop, helping them build a better future for themselves and their communities. Through fair trade, farmers earn a fairer share of income, have access to services that are otherwise unavailable, and gain long-term trading partners they can trust. “

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CRS Fair Trade (#)

„Fair Trade represents a clear and just alternative to the conventional trading system. Fair Trade is rooted in right relationships—relationships that respect human dignity, promote economic justice and build global solidarity. It connects us directly with the people overseas who produce the items we consume here in the United States.“

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CRS Fair Trade (#)

„Fair Trade represents a clear alternative to the conventional trading system. It guarantees a fair price to producers so that they might provide for the needs of their families and enjoy a decent standard of living. It channels more of the money we spend on handcrafts and gourmet foods to the artisans and farmers who produced them.“

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Earth Day and Coffee (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„Fair Trade is an organization dedicated to creating direct trading relationships with the small coffee farmers. This business model cuts out the middle-man and directs more of the profits to the family coffee farm. This keeps the good small farmer from being squeezed out by the large plantations, and allows small farmers to provide for their families.“

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View topic - Vodafone and Fairtrade coffee - Coffee Forum (#)

„Vodafone Netherlands has replaced all 1,500,000 cups of coffee their offices drink from some unreported brand to fairtrade brand. This is great knew for those fairtrade farmers that have begun exporting to Netherlands where fairtrade coffee trading is only a few years old.“

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Tea & Coffee 06/04 - World News (#)

„“Coffee growers will win three times with Progreso. They’ll be selling their coffee at a fair trade price; they’ll share directly in the profits and will also showcase their coffee to the UK,” said Chris Coe, Oxfam’s trading director and one of the originators of the Progreso concept.“

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Fairtrade | About Fairtrade | Fair trade organisations (#)

„There are monitoring systems to ensure that the fair trade principles and criteria are met and that individual producers are benefiting from the trading terms applied.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Apparently a blend of the same coffee brought to two distinctly different degrees of roast. Blue Mountain Trading Company both imports and roasts this organically grown and Fair-Trade Certified coffee.“

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BBC - About the BBC - Breach of fair trading guidelines (#)

„The Head of Fair Trading will then investigate your complaint fully and report to the BBC Governors' Fair Trading Compliance Committee.“

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Fairtrade | Resources | Links (#)

„European Fair Trade Association (EFTA) Network of European Alternative Trading Organisations“

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