fairtrade hfa4m: global issues assignment lily lin
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Fairtrade
HFA4M: Global Issues Assignment
Lily Lin
FairtradeWho we are:• 24 organizations from different countries
When we stared:• The first Fairtrade label , Max Havelaar
in 1988. • The Fairtrade Labeling Organizations
International (FLO) , Bonn, Germany in 1997
Fairtrade Vs Fair Trade
Facts
• Farm products affected by
- nature (climate change etc.)
- market (recession etc.).
• For some of the Least Developed Countries, farm products is a large portion of their incomes
Coffee
• 4 years to grow, little return • 25 million coffee farmers globally• some developing countries one of pillars of econ
omy
• 1994, frost, Brazil, US$2.80/pound • 2002, 8%more produced, affected 100 million
people, US$0.45/pound, starvation
Fairtrade standards for coffee
• Floor price: US$ 1.25/pound for Fairtrade certified washed Arabica
• Differentiate: Fairtrade certified organic coffee US$ 0.20 cents/pound
• Premium: US$ 0.10/pound added to the purchase price • Others
2008, global sales:
• $1.75 billion Fairtrade coffee industry
• $70 billion global coffee industry
Producers • Financial security (market)
• production stability (nature)
• Enjoy rights (Partnership,authority)
Why Choose “Fairtrade”?
Why Choose “Fairtrade”? Companies
• positive impact on consumers
• a new prospect market
Environment:• environmental sustainability, protection• organic production
Consumers • products -- values, qualities and principles• support Third World producers
survey
• private-industry survey, 2008
• 179 Fair Trade coffee farmers
• Central America and Mexico
• more than half of them said that their families were hungry for several months a year
Fairtrade Data
• Sales grew 40% (2003-2008)• Retail value: US$3.2 billion, 2007
• over 60 developing countries • 1.5 million people are supported (Include family,
would be over 7.5 million people.)
• Fairtrade grew faster than other “ethical products”: - organics - sustainable fish - cosmetics not tested on animals
problems & suggestions:
• World wide barriers: Developed and developing countries should work together
• Fairtrade Expenses Should lower expenses and improve standards
• Other unavoidable element: farm product – original low price
Can fair trade help cure world hunger?
poverty & hunger
BUY
Thank you!
www.fairtrade.net