Fairtrade
Design is good, do business by doing good
Over on www.businessbiscuit.com I’ve written a couple of articles: Why design is important (it is) and how to work with a designer. “It makes you frickin’ angry, doesn’t it?” A report on successful, passionately ethical business women at the International … Continue reading
Co-operative enterprises raise a glass to sustainable food production
Co-operative enterprises raised a glass to sustainable food production at a seminar in Birmingham. Cider pressed at a co-operatively-run orchard in Worcester was the toast of the seminar, where ethical coffee production was also celebrated. And the seminar heard how … Continue reading
Ethical businesses provide food for thought
Ethical businesses will be providing food for thought at a seminar in Birmingham next month. Members of three co-operatives involved in the production and selling of food and drink will be talking on the topic of food sourcing.
Fairtrade means getting more than peanuts for your peanuts
Peanut farmer Rosemary Kadzitche of the Mchinji Area Smallholder Farmers’ Association The real difference that a Fairtrade economy makes to the world’s poorest people was expressed by some of the beneficiaries of the movement at a conference in London this … Continue reading
Coffee company aims to take Fairtrade ‘to the next level’
A COFFEE company that aims to take Fairtrade ‘to the next level’ has won a major plaudit – being named one of the most innovative co-operative businesses in the country. At the movement’s annual conference, Co-operative Congress, from Friday 24 … Continue reading