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Towards a Fair Trade ______________________________________________

Little shop on a tributary to the Rio Negro (© amazonize)

Our objective is to uphold and respect the generally established and recognized standards for Fair Trade. Our goal is to eventually obtain a recognized label of fair trade accreditation based on our accomplished works.

From the beginning, 1% minimum of our total turnover has been and will be allocated to projects for a sustainable development in the Amazon. Today we support the projects Saude e Alegria and the Amazonian project of Brascri.

What is fair trade business ?

It is, roughly speaking, commerce between the North and the South which fully respects human rights and ecological concerns.

 

What are the principal criteria ?

Açai producer (flickr.com/photos/edipo/128429145/)
All products must come from smallholdings or factories which guarantee their employees decent working conditions and adequate wages as well as social benefits in addition to strictly forbidding enforced labour or children in the workplace.

The producers endeavour to use environmentally friendly practices in every aspect of production.

The producers engage themselves to furnish top quality products and to be monitored as to their adherence to the principles of fair trade. They receive in exchange, from their partners, a guarantee of fair and stable prices, with the goal of sustainable and equitable business relations for the long term.

To obtain more information

The Max Havelaar Foundation (Switzerland)

Plateforme pour un commerce équitable (France)