Archive for 'fairtrade'
Tell David Cameron to Make Food Fair at the G8 Summit
During Fairtrade Fortnight, the Make Food Fair campaign was launched by the Fairtrade Foundation. Smallholder farmers produce the majority of the world’s food, but they also make up half of the world’s hungriest people. Many rely on co-operatives to help them get their food to market. The G8 summit this June takes place in the [...]
Event: 17 May, Co-operatives and Fairtrade in Plymouth
Plymouth and South West Co-operative Party invite you to a special celebration of Co-operatives and Fair Trade Thursday 17th May, 7.30pm – Plymouth Council Chamber Civic Centre, Plymouth Chaired by Peter Chave with Councillor Tudor Evans the new Labour and Co-operative Leader of Plymouth City Council speaking on plans for Plymouth as a Co-operative Council Alex Baker of the [...]
Linda McAvan MEP: Co-operatives are central to the expansion of Fairtrade
Fairtrade Fortnight ends this weekend. Here Member of the European Parliament Linda McAvan reviews the events of the last two weeks and the role that co-ops play in the Fairtrade movement. Throughout the Fairtrade Fortnight I have been tweeting my favourite Fairtrade products and asking other people to tweet theirs too. What has become clear [...]
MPs support Fairtrade Fortnight (and sample a little Fairtrade chocolate)
Yesterday saw Labour MPs flock to Committee Room 11 to celebrate the start of Fairtrade Fortnight. At an event hosted by the Co-operative Party and chaired by Gareth Thomas MP with the support of Divine Chocolate and the Fairtrade Foundation, Labour MPs welcomed two Fairtrade olive oil producers from Palestine and the Managing Director of [...]
Take a Step for Fairtrade Fortnight
Fairtrade Fortnight starts on 27 February. This year’s campaign is ‘Take a Step’ for Fairtrade, calling on people in the UK to engage with the Fairtrade Foundation’s vision of an even bigger movement for positive change on unfair trade, including making the switch to buying Fairtrade. In a new development from past campaigns, Fairtrade Fortnight in [...]
Championing Fairtrade in 2012 and beyond
As we prepare to launch the Co-operative Party’s manifesto for the 2012 London elections, Malcolm Clark of Fairtrade London makes his pitch for how the Mayor can help make a difference. Whichever borough we hail from, we are not alone in wanting to see an ethical London. Since 2003, thousands of Londoners have worked locally [...]
London manifesto: Ethical London
The Co-operative Party is consulting on its manifesto for the 2012 Greater London Authority elections. We would welcome your ideas and suggestions – please use the comment section below to let us know what you think. The Co-operative Party has been a champion for Fairtrade and trade justice in London. More broadly, the co-operative movement [...]
ConDem slashing support for Fairtrade & foreign aid
Two government departments have been apparently spared from the Government’s ruthless programme of cuts. They are of course the Department for Health and the Department for International Development. You could be forgiven for thinking that maintaining Labour’s high level of funding would protect these two vital areas from reductions in the scope of their services. [...]
Co-ops Fortnight: Alex’s favourite co-ops – Zaytoun
As Co-operatives Fortnight continues, Alex Baker of the Co-operative Group is highlighting her favourite co-ops via Twitter. Today’s co-operative is Zaytoun, importers of fine Palestinian fairtrade olive oil and other products which are helping to sustain Palestine’s economy and provide a beacon of hope in that region. Whilst 75% of Palestinians live in poverty, over [...]
Co-ops Fortnight: Alex Baker’s top co-ops
Co-operatives Fortnight launched yesterday at Westminster Central Hall with a celebration of all things co-operative. Events are taking place across the country. Each day for the rest of the fortnight, our former Parliamentary Officer Alex Baker, now a Community & Membership Officer with the Co-operative Group, is tweeting about her favourite co-ops. For her first [...]
