gepa Fair Trade Company – Chronicle (#)

  „At the beginning there was an idea – today, gepa is Europe's biggest Fair Trade company with an annual turnover of more than 33 million EUR. We buy from over 150 overseas trading partners and offer our products for sale in world shops, supermarkets and health food stores. Government Departments, campaign leaders, representatives from churches, industry and commerce as well as numerous VIPs – they all promote Fair Trade and gepa!“

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gepa Fair Trade Company – Europe-wide

  „gepa is a member of EFTA (European Fair Trade Association), an association of Fair Trade organizations from all over Europe. The promotion of an accountable and sustainable trade is the objective of EFTA and its members, who by now possess several decades' experience of Fair Trade import. The EFTA members keep contact with more than 700 overseas producer groups. Serving the interests of these partners, their work has contributed essentially to the fact that today, more and more consumers consider the ethical and ecological aspects of their buying decisions.“

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gepa Fair Trade Company – Chronicle (The eighties)

  „In 1987, the first organic tea project worldwide followed, in cooperation between the trading partner STASSEN from Sri Lanka and gepa.“

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gepa Fair Trade Company – Chronicle (2002-2003)

  „The upgrading of the international Fair Trade Network has continued and the foundation of the Forum Fairer Handel (Fair Trade forum) created a network in Germany, enabling an improved and united appearance of all the players involved.“

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gepa Fair Trade Company – Chronicle (1996-2000)

  „The high quality policy of the past years proved to be successful: the organic coffee Esperanza won a coffee test of all big brands, initiated by the consumers' magazine "Plus". gepa's main coffee packages won the European package silver award for innovation, design and environmental compatibility.“

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gepa Fair Trade Company – Chronicle (The nineties)

  „Sales stagnated between 1986 and 1988 at a level of 18 million DEM. Due to the failure of the International Coffee Agreement in 1989, world market prices fell below 60 USD by the early nineties. Our coffee partners increasingly asked for additional marketing possibilities.“

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