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SFU Fairtrade has launched a campaign to encourage local BC businesses to make the switch to Fairtrade cashews. The Fairtrade program offers farmers protection against market fluctuations, supports sustainable practices, and ensures workers are paid a livable income. Canada continues to be a major consumer of cashews, often sourced from India and Brazil. Alongside Read more…

Creating local to global connections in a meaningful way to foster equitable, ethical and sustainable trade relationships is what the fair trade movement is all about. And according to Saint Mary’s University (SMU) researcher Dr. Gavin Fridell, the challenge is to achieve these objectives by combining certification and advocacy into Read more…

Canadian efforts to counter forced labour in global supply chains made headlines this week, as the government stopped a contract with a Malaysian company accused of abusing foreign workers in its plants. On January 18, Canada terminated two health-sector-grade rubber glove supply contracts worth $222 million with the Malaysian company Read more…

RICHMOND, BC, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — In recognition of World Fair Trade Day on May 8th, Nature’s Path, North America’s largest certified organic breakfast and snack food company is excited to announce it is deepening its Fairtrade commitments through the Fairtrade Sourced Ingredient program (FSI). Since 2012, Nature’s Path has exclusively sourced 100% organic Fairtrade cacao for all its Nature’s Read more…

Longo’s Brothers Fruit Market has become the first grocery retailer in North America to only offer Fairtrade bananas in its 36 stores and Gateway delivery. This is being done through a partnership with Equifruit, a Canadian ethical fruit sourcing company. The commitment will mean that the farmers and communities sourcing Read more…

There is a lot of money in chocolate but the producers of the raw material see very little of it. Last year the retail industry was worth $107bn (£78bn), according to one projection, but Ghana – the world’s second largest cocoa producer – earned just around $2bn. This is a Read more…

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