When September 29 2020, from 9.30 until 13.00WhereWebinar The webinar will be organised in French, Dutch and English. Simultaneous translation into the three languages will be
Belgians attach more importance than ever to sustainability when it comes to their food shopping. In addition to an increase (+42%) in the preference for local produce – logical consequence of the health crisis – consumers also indicate a desire to consume more fair trade (+23%) and organic (+14%) products after the crisis.
A report from WFTO, Traidcraft Exchange, University of York and Cambridge University challenges leaders to foster. The report unveils key features of mission-led business models that put people and planet first and provides a direct contrast with profit-primacy businesses.
May 9 is World Fair Trade Day. A special edition, because we must celebrate it at home. Choose fair trade in these difficult times! With
As the European Commission is poised to start developing a new ‘comprehensive strategy for textiles’ in the coming months, a group of 65 diverse civil society organisations has set out its vision for the global Textile, Garments, Leather and Footwear (TGLF) sector. They have done so by releasing a non-official (or “shadow”) strategy in which they propose a set of legislative and non-legislative actions that the EU can undertake to contribute to fairer and more sustainable TGLF value chains.
With 1,600 members, the RéPAB (Réseau des producteurs d’ananas du Bénin) represents about 20% of the country’s pineapple producers. Since 2003, the cooperative has come a long way, and today it has both organic and fair trade certification. A turning point was marked in 2016 with the signing of a contract with a Beninese company exporting fruit juice. In order to honour this contract, RePAB had to move up a gear, among other things in terms of the management of the organisation.
On 5 December, the day before local ‘Sinterklaas’ visits children with toys and chocolate figurines, representatives of Belgium’s chocolate industry, retail sector and civil society signed the Beyond Chocolate partnership targeting 100 % sustainable Belgian chocolate by 2025 and a living income for all cocoa producers by 2030. Also Enabel signed the partnership, committing the Trade for Development Centre (TDC) to the initiative.
On Friday 5 October, about thirty people: chocolate makers, Oxfam volunteers, representatives of the Province of Luxembourg and the Fair Trade Municipalities of the region, went to Bruges, the self-proclaimed capital of fair trade and chocolate.
In recent years, there have been numerous studies attesting that cocoa producers in Côte d’Ivoire, the main producing country, live in poverty. They earn EUR 0.86, around 1 dollar a day, according to Barry-Callebaut and the French Development Agency[1]. This income keeps them below the poverty line[2] and to make ends meet they have to resort to child labour and rampant deforestation (the productivity of cleared land required less labour in the early years).
Bruges is the first city in the world to launch its own fair trade chocolate bar, called Sjokla (as the word “chocolate” is pronounced in West Flanders). In doing so, the city, home to many chocolate makers, combines local craftsmanship and fair trade chocolate. The chocolate bar is also made from local ingredients.
When September 29 2020, from 9.30 until 13.00WhereWebinar The webinar will be organised in French, Dutch and English. Simultaneous translation into the three languages will be
Belgians attach more importance than ever to sustainability when it comes to their food shopping. In addition to an increase (+42%) in the preference for local produce – logical consequence of the health crisis – consumers also indicate a desire to consume more fair trade (+23%) and organic (+14%) products after the crisis.
A report from WFTO, Traidcraft Exchange, University of York and Cambridge University challenges leaders to foster. The report unveils key features of mission-led business models that put people and planet first and provides a direct contrast with profit-primacy businesses.
May 9 is World Fair Trade Day. A special edition, because we must celebrate it at home. Choose fair trade in these difficult times! With
As the European Commission is poised to start developing a new ‘comprehensive strategy for textiles’ in the coming months, a group of 65 diverse civil society organisations has set out its vision for the global Textile, Garments, Leather and Footwear (TGLF) sector. They have done so by releasing a non-official (or “shadow”) strategy in which they propose a set of legislative and non-legislative actions that the EU can undertake to contribute to fairer and more sustainable TGLF value chains.
With 1,600 members, the RéPAB (Réseau des producteurs d’ananas du Bénin) represents about 20% of the country’s pineapple producers. Since 2003, the cooperative has come a long way, and today it has both organic and fair trade certification. A turning point was marked in 2016 with the signing of a contract with a Beninese company exporting fruit juice. In order to honour this contract, RePAB had to move up a gear, among other things in terms of the management of the organisation.
On 5 December, the day before local ‘Sinterklaas’ visits children with toys and chocolate figurines, representatives of Belgium’s chocolate industry, retail sector and civil society signed the Beyond Chocolate partnership targeting 100 % sustainable Belgian chocolate by 2025 and a living income for all cocoa producers by 2030. Also Enabel signed the partnership, committing the Trade for Development Centre (TDC) to the initiative.
On Friday 5 October, about thirty people: chocolate makers, Oxfam volunteers, representatives of the Province of Luxembourg and the Fair Trade Municipalities of the region, went to Bruges, the self-proclaimed capital of fair trade and chocolate.
In recent years, there have been numerous studies attesting that cocoa producers in Côte d’Ivoire, the main producing country, live in poverty. They earn EUR 0.86, around 1 dollar a day, according to Barry-Callebaut and the French Development Agency[1]. This income keeps them below the poverty line[2] and to make ends meet they have to resort to child labour and rampant deforestation (the productivity of cleared land required less labour in the early years).
Bruges is the first city in the world to launch its own fair trade chocolate bar, called Sjokla (as the word “chocolate” is pronounced in West Flanders). In doing so, the city, home to many chocolate makers, combines local craftsmanship and fair trade chocolate. The chocolate bar is also made from local ingredients.
