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Distributive and Economic Justice Global Labor Globalization Impacts International Debt Living Wages Social Justice Education Trade Balance Transnational Corporations Did You Know?In 2005, fair trade certified sales were estimated at €1.1 billion worldwide, a 37 % year-to-year increase.[1] While this represents less than one hundredth of a percentage point of world trade in physical merchandise (WTO), fair trade products generally account for 0.5-5% of all sales in their product categories in Europe and North America. (Brussels: Fair Trade Advocacy Office). In October 2006, over 1.5 million disadvantaged producers worldwide were directly benefiting from fair trade while an additional 5 million benefited from fair trade funded infrastructure and community development projects.[2]
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Fair Trade Toronto's mission is to support the overall aim of Oxfam, which works towards the eradication of world poverty and the promotion of a more just society. Promoting Fair Trade in Toronto and the environs will raise awareness among Canadians that international trade is not only about increasing corporate profits, but also about respect for workers' rights and the environment.
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Fair Trade Advocacy Office FTAO coordinates the political activities of the four international Fair Trade Networks: FLO-I, IFAT, NEWS! and EFTA. These four networks bring together over than one million one million Fair Trade producers, 20 national labelling initiatives, more than 200 importers, 3000 worldshops and several thousands volunteers.
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Featured Resources BUY-FAIR A Guide to Purchasing Fair Trade Products provides clear and simple advice for public authorities wishing to purchase Fair Trade products.
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 New Internationalist is a magazine renowned for its radical, campaigning stance on a range of world issues, from the cynical marketing of babymilk in the Majority World to human rights in Burma."
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Quote"Fair Trade supports some of the most bio-diverse farming systems in the world. When you visit a Fair Trade coffee grower's fields, with the forest canopy overhead and the sound of migratory songbirds in the air, it feels like you're standing in the rainforest."
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Please see WiserEarth group "World Fair Trade Day" for information on how you can participate in this global event.
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This year, World Fair Trade Day will explode with energy, innovation and an earth-circling ring of events. A supernova of entrepreneurial talent, superstars and forward thinking Fair Traders united by a new beat: Beat poverty Beat climate change Beat economic crisis.
President Obama is providing the political will - it's down to us to provide the way.
WFTD09 is presented by the World Fair Trade Organization BigBang!!@wftd09110,000,000 artisans, growers, farmers, producers and a growing number of supporters including; Desmond Tutu, Sir Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox, Honest Jon’s, Eddie Izzard, Sigur Ros, The Zawose, Emily Eavis, Dudu Sarr, FingerLickin, Colin Macintyre, Last Voices, President Obama and STOMP!! Add you and your own event now. Be the change. http://www.worldfairtradeday09.org
Presented by the World Fair Trade Organization [WFTO] Tel.: +31 (0) 345 53 59 14 - Fax: +31 (0) 8 47 47 44 01 wftd@wfto.com
Prijssestraat 24 - 4101 CR Culemborg - The Netherlands - WFTO is registered in the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce under 40536675