‘Ethical Objections to Fairtrade’ by Peter Griffiths has just been published in the Journal of Business Ethics It quotes a wide range of academic field research and information provided by Fairtrade itself. Its conclusions are: The Fairtrade movement is a group of businesses claiming to trade ethically. The claims are
With the help of farm management from Machare and gifts from EA, the Orera Village were able to buy new land for the village nursery and for the central pulpery – further allowing them to develop their coffee production and coffee quality. EA remain committed to working with smallholders like
An interesting research article on fairtrade from the Institute of Economic Affiairs. Fairtrade Without the Froth is available in summary or in full on the IEA here Summary Fair Trade is part of the market economy and is not, in any way, in opposition to free trade. Fair Trade sales have grown
