|
Fair Trade group builds links with supermarkets |
 CEBU, Philippines - The Advocate for Philippine Fair Trade, Inc. (APFTI) is now working on expanding the market reach of Fair Trade products in the Philippines, through a strong partnership with supermarket associations in the country. In an interview with APFTI president Vicente Roaring, he said that this venture to link with the Philippine Association of Supermarket Inc. (PASI), and Philippine Amalgamated Supermarkets Associations (PAG-ASA) is part of the movement’s effort to drum up awareness to the 84 million Filipinos in patronizing locally produced products through Fair Trade process.
|
|
More...
|
|
World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick makes historic visit to WFTO member in Ethiopia |
 World Bank President Robert Zoellick congratulated soleRebels founder Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu on her achievements in creating an exemplary community based Fair Trade export company in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, recently last month.
|
|
More...
|
|
|
World of Good Inc sells brand to eBay, wholesale division acquired by GreaterGood/Charity USA |
 EMERYVILLE, Calif. – February 25, 2010 – World of Good Inc., a five-year-old social venture that connects artisans from developing communities with mainstream retail markets, announced today that eBay has fully acquired its brand and related assets. World of Good Inc. also announced that GreaterGood/Charity USA has acquired its wholesale division and line of designer, Fair Trade products which will be re-branded, while existing relationships with retailers and artisan partners will be maintained. The terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
|
|
More...
|
|
|
Pachacuti founder Carry Somers nominated for Women on their Way Awards |
 The founder of the Fair Trade fashion and accessories brand Pachacuti is one of the finalists of the Women on their Way Awards for her works in women’s training and skills development in the Andean Region in Latin America.
|
|
More...
|
|
|
Bolivian FT advocate appointed minister of development |
 WFTO congratulates ASARBOLSEM Director Antonia Rodriguez Medrano who was recently appointed by Bolivian President Evo Morales as the new Minister of Productive Development and Plural Economy (Ministra de Desarrollo Productivo y Economia Plural). Antonia is the founder of Asociación Artesanal Señor de Mayo or ASARBOLSEM, a Fair Trade pioneer and one of the largest Fair Trade organizations in Bolivia. ASARBOLSEM is a grassroots organization that connects groups of organised handcraft producers and provides marketing services for them on Fair Trade terms. They joined WFTO in 1998.
|
|
More...
|
|
|
Scotland takes Fair Trade experience to a whole new level |
 The Scots know how to party while making a difference. Come 27 and 28 of February, Scotland takes Fair Trade experience to a whole new level. Everyone is invited to witness this big event! Over 35 stalls will be selling the very best of Fair Trade products, Fair Trade party with live world music, theatre performances from Hopscoth Theatre Company, films and documentaries, Fair Trade comedy, fashion show, free workshops, talks and discussions, free Fair Trade samples and tastings, andmuch more are in store in this annual event!
|
|
More...
|
|
|
Harry Potter star Emma Watson’s designs at Fairwear 2010 fashion show |
 Emma Watson’s designs for People Tree will be featured at the Fairwear 2010 fashion show on 25 February at Briston Cathedral, UK. Better known as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series, Watson’s “collection brings a youthful and inspiring edge to Fair Trade fashion,” said Fairwear 2010 organizers. “I wanted to help People Tree produce a younger range because I was excited by the idea of using fashion as a tool to alleviate poverty and knew it was something I could help make a difference with,” said the young British actress.
|
|
More...
|
|
|
Dr Sharma: Fair Trade foot soldier, activist and WFTO honorary member |
 Dr Sharma described himself as an academician who later turned into a social activist, a development worker and then a social entrepreneur. He was influenced by the independence movement in India in which Gandhi played an important part.
|
|
More...
|
|
|
|
Fair Trade women's work
