TransFair Canada: History (#)

  „The certification and labelling system has helped increase the scale and scope of products available, bringing Fair Trade Certified products beyond the World Shops into the mainstream grocery stores. There are now 19 national Fair Trade Labelling Initiatives that work under the international umbrella of Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO). Today, there are close to a million farmers in 44 developing countries working within and benefiting from the sale of Fair Trade Certified products.“

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TransFair Canada: The Benefits

  „Fair Trade Certified assures consumers through the presence of the logo on the product, that the producers are guaranteed to have been purchased from the producers at price that reflects a living wage.“

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TransFair Canada: Fair Trade Certified Products: What's New?

  „Remember that, as a consumer, you play a crucial role. The laws of supply and demand also apply to fair trade. It has been proven over and over again that sustained consumer pressure for new fair trade products is a determining factor in getting them on the shelves.“

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TransFair Canada: Make a Difference

  „Lobby to have your school or other municipal institutions adopt policies to purchase only Fair Trade Certified coffee, tea and sugar“

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TransFair Canada: Certification

  „In contrast to Codes of Conduct and other social labels, FLO’s Fair Trade Certified standards are not simply a set of minimum standards for socially responsible production and trade. Fair Trade Certified standards go further: in addition to the minimum requirements that producers must meet, FLO standards guarantee a fair price, and, through process requirements, sees that the producer-run organizations invest part of the Fair Trade premiums in economic, environmental and social development. The producers and their organizations must therefore operate both transparently and democratically and are obliged to make quarterly reports to FLO. Certification of producers hinges on meeting all the FLO standards for which they are audited.“

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TransFair Canada: How Fair Trade Works

  „Producers and their organizations are monitored and certified by Fair Trade Labelling Organizations International (FLO). In Canada, the “Licensees” (processors) are licensed and audited by TransFair Canada to ensure that they are doing business with certified producers and that they are adhering to the standards set out by FLO. TransFair also works to promote Fair Trade Certified products at the retail and consumer level.“

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