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Asda
We’re so passionate about Fairtrade at ASDA, we have a dedicated team who work closely with the Fairtrade organisation to promote their licensed products. By continuing to expand the range of Fairtrade products in our stores, we are helping our customers make a contribution to the cause. All of our products which bear the Fairtrade mark are guaranteed to have been produced by workers in safe, decent working conditions. And because the Foundation’s working practices promote democratic processes within organisations and communities, it means farmers and workers are being empowered to take more control over their lives.
Budgens Stores Limited
At Budgens we are proud to offer a range of Fairtrade products including Bananas, Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, Sugar & Honey.
Marks & Spencer
As an own brand, with influence over a quarter of a million workers worldwide, we have a golden opportunity to set new standards in ethical trading. For example, by extending our commitment to Fairtrade cotton we can directly affect the welfare of over 100,000 small-scale farmers. The extra income raised by fair trading also enables communities to invest in wells for clean water or improve healthcare facilities.
Sainsbury's
In 1994 we were the first major supermarket in the UK to offer Fairtrade food. Today we are the biggest retailer of Fairtrade products in the UK, measured by sales value. Fairtrade offers producers in the developing world access to global trade markets and a guaranteed minimum price for their goods. Fairtrade standards protect producers against global price fluctuations and provide the security needed to plan for the future. Fairtrade also generates a social premium, allowing producers to invest in the development of their own local community. It’s been nearly seven years since we started selling Fairtrade bananas and many of our customers now expect the ethical standards of Fairtrade to apply to many of the products they buy from us. We’re now seeing record demand for Fairtrade amongst our customers. We pledged last year to double our sales of Fairtrade products, and we surpassed this goal by £36 million. Our annual Fairtrade sales now amount to £139 million and we expect them to grow beyond £200 million by the end of 2008/09.
The co-operative
As a member-owned organisation, The co-operative Food’s approach to determining the ethical priorities of our business is unique amongst retailers in that it is based on a member and customer mandate. The Co-operative Food Ethical Policy is our commitment to improve our ethical and environmental performance in line with our members’ expectations, and aims to maintain our position as the UK’s leading responsible retailer. In 2007 over 100,000 of our members and customers came forward to contribute to the development of the policy. In response, this consultation – the world's largest ever poll on ethics – has been developed to reflect the issues and priorities that matter most to our members: ethical trading; animal welfare; environmental impact; food quality, diet and health; and community retailing. We have already made a number of big announcements and changes in line with members' priorities, such as ending the sale of eggs from caged hens amongst others.
Waitrose
What's fair trading all about? Essentially, it's about giving a fair deal to the people who produce our food in some of the world's poorest countries. Fair-trading schemes usually aim to pay a premium over the market rate for goods. This ensures that workers get a fair wage and are treated well, and that communities in poor countries can use profits to invest in their future. Is there a difference between fair trading and Fairtrade? 'Fair trading' is a general term used when businesses work with suppliers who treat their workers well and pay decent wages. The Fairtrade mark is used by the Fairtrade Foundation, an independent UK charity set up by a group of charities including Oxfam, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) and Christian Aid. The mark indicates that a product has met specific criteria in the way it was produced and traded. The internationally accepted fair-trading standards are set by Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO), which regularly inspects and certifies more than 580 producer organisations in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
