To Read about one of our suppliers that is a Fair trade organization and what they are doing to help women in southeast Asia, click here.
Fair Trade
"Fair trade" is much more than just words. Fair trade means an equitable and fair partnership between a marketing business in North America and a producing business in other parts of the world. Fair trade is a new, progressive way of doing business, a shift from the dominant paradigm of profit first at the expense of people and planet. Being a fair trade endorsed business means not just paying a fair price for a product, but engaging in environmentally sustainable practices. Fair trade is about long-term trade relationships with producers and making sure to be open to public accountability. It is about offering employees technical and financial assistance and opportunities for advancement. Basically, it is economic and social justice for the world's disadvantaged and empowerment for producers, including women.
