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It was later reported that tortoises had been dropped an injured, and the solvent turpentine had been applied to a number of animals to make them run faster. [11] The event switched to using wild caught box turtles (reportedly about 200) from Florida in the mid-1980s, leading to condemnation of the event by the California Turtle and Tortoise ...
The FTO Mark, launched in 2004 by World Fair Trade Organization, and identifies registered fair trade organizations. UTZ Certified is a coffee certification program that has sometimes been dubbed "Fairtrade lite". [17] Counter Culture Direct Trade Certification [18] [non-primary source needed] is a direct trade alternative to the Fairtrade ...
The Fair Trade Organization Mark (WFTO Logo) shows that an organization follows the WFTO's 10 Principles of Fair Trade, covering working conditions, transparency, wages, the environment, gender equity and more. The WFTO logo is not a product mark - it is used to brand organisations that are committed to 100% Fair Trade. It sets them apart from ...
There have been claims that adherence to fair trade standards by producers has been poor and that enforcement of standards by Fairtrade is very weak, notably by Christian Jacquiau [18] and by Paola Ghillani, who spent four years as president of Fairtrade Labelling Organizations [18] There are many complaints of poor enforcement problems ...
Fairtrade Town is a status awarded by a recognized Fairtrade certification body (i.e. The Fairtrade Foundation in the UK, TransFair Canada in Canada etc.) describing an area which is committed to the promotion of Fairtrade certified goods.
An investigation into the limits of Fair Trade as a development tool and the risk of clean-washing, HEI Working Papers, vol. 6, Geneva: Economics Section, Graduate Institute of International Studies, October. Mohan, S. (2010), Fair Trade Without the Froth – a dispassionate economic analysis of 'Fair Trade', London: Institute of Economic Affairs.
Fair trade sales in the U.S. averaged an annual growth of 50% throughout the decade. [3] Following the proliferation of Fairtrade Towns in the UK, Media, Pennsylvania became the first fair trade town in the U.S. in 2006. [3] Today there are 45 U.S. Fair Trade Towns in total. Below is a list of these towns as of November 2019. [2]
Fairtrade International was established in 1997. It set private standards relating to labour, cooperative organisation, and the governance of the Fairtrade benefits. The organisation was divided in January 2004 into two independent organisations: [5]