Banana Link aims to alleviate poverty and prevent further environmental degradation in banana exporting communities and to work towards a sustainable banana economy. We aim to achieve this by working co-operatively with partners in Latin America, the Caribbean, West Africa and the Philippines and with a network of European and North American organisations.



General Objectives



1. To mobilise the British public to take action via campaigns and urgent actions by increasing awareness of the current social, environmental and economic conditions of banana production and trade, in close collaboration with NGO and trade union movements;



2. To promote sustainable production and trade practices, and their integration into international policymaking [especially EU, WTO, FAO/Codex, ILO].



3. To maintain and expand networks of organisations working towards a similar aim in producer and consumer countries;



4. To facilitate fair trade with marginalised banana producers and to encourage both suppliers and retailers to comply with minimum social and environmental standards whilst seeking constant improvement;



5. To support and influence the international fair trade labelling and `ethical trade` movements through involvement in independent monitoring and verification of social and environmental standards.