Fair Trade On Campus - Office Of Sustainability
Fair Trade on Campus
Who is CRS? What is Fair Trade? Fair Trade and Sustainability Fair Trade and Catholic social teaching The CRS Fair Trade program Fair Trade on Campus www.crs.org
Who is Catholic Relief Services? Catholic Relief Services Official relief &development agency Established in 1943 by U.S.C.C.B. Serves poor overseas, Catholics in United States Support to 100 countries 700 million annual budget ―Solidarity will transform the world.‖
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What is Fair Trade? Fair Trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing the rights of, marginalized producers and workers – especially in the South. Fair Trade organizations (backed by consumers) are engaged actively in supporting producers, awareness raising and in campaigning for changes in the rules and practice of conventional international trade.
FAIR TRADE TIMELINE 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 1946: Ruth 2000: Byler LWR 1994: establishes launches FairTrade Trade Ten Interfaith Federation Thousand Fair Villages Trade formedInitiative 1960: Edna 1972: 1989: CWSTen First IFAT established establishes Thousand by network Villages Fair to store sell pioneers opens SERRV crafts 1949: 1995: Church CRSet2001: of and the SERRV Fair Brethren Trade create establish Resource Work of SERRV Network Human International Hands is established 1961: Mater Magistra endorses cooperative enterprise 1996: LWR andembraces Equal 2003: Exchange CRS launches launch Faircoffee Trade initiative Coffee Project 1968: UNCTAD ―Trade not Aid‖ concept 2004: 1997: CRS generates Fair Trademore Labelling thanOrganizations 1 million in Fair formed Trade sales 2004: United Students for Fair Trade Converge! 2005: CRS launches Raise Project 2005: 750 Fair Traders participate in Fair Trade Futures 2005: USCCB endorses Fair Trade 2006: Fair Trade Fund tops 200,000 grant mark 2007:Word of Mouth Marketing pilot launched! 2009: More than 50,000 people take a World Fair Trade Day beverage break in May 1940s 1950s 1970s 1980s 2000s 1960s 1990s
Sustainability Means the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Aims for a perpetually stable resource base, and for a perpetually stable social system predicated upon just standards of living and security for all At its root to sustain. A process that needs tangible actions and tasks to make the achievement possible.
Economic Justice: A Catholic Perspective The economy should serve people, and not the other way around. —Economic Justice for All www.crs.org
Catholic social teaching and Fair Trade it can be helpful to promote new ways of marketing products from deprived areas of the world, so as to guarantee their producers a decent return. However, certain conditions need to be met: the market should be genuinely transparent; the producers, as well as increasing their profit margins, should also receive improved formation in professional skills and technology; and finally, trade of this kind must not become hostage to partisan ideologies. A more incisive role for consumers, as long as they themselves are not manipulated by associations that do not truly represent them, is a desirable element for building economic democracy. Caritas in Veritate (66) CST Human Dignity Care for Creation Subsidiarity Rights & Responsibilities Solidarity Fair Trade Fair Wages Sustainable Production Practices Technical and Financial Assistance Democratic Decision Making Long Term Relationships
CRS Fair Trade Program Crafts Coffee Chocolate 1995 2003 2005 Give gifts that Drink great coffee you can feel good about. give hope. Make the world sweeter for cocoa farmers.
CRS Fair Trade Program Producers Consumers Partners
The Principles of our Partnerships PEOPLE are paid fairly in a safe and decent working environment PLANET is protected through sustainable production methods PARTNERSHIPS restore equity in trade and promote the common good
Partnership Standards Fair Trade Federation: fully committed TransFair USA: product specific
CRS Fair Trade Fund Every purchase contribution Development Grants Overseas Market-Building Grants
Fair Trade on Campus Have a strategy. Immediate Awareness Education Long-term Engagement Who are your stakeholders/allies? Students Campus Ministry/Students Groups Procurement/Food Services Faculty/Staff/Board Diocese/External Community
Fair Trade on Campus Closing Thoughts Everyone else is doing it and they’re not even Catholic Fair Trade isn’t the only answer, but it’s a step and it’s an easy one Food Service Providers are your friends, and you can be theirs Learn how to take the ―trade‖ out of Fair Trade For information on bringing CRS Fair Trade to your campus contact, Jessica Howell jhowell@crs.org 312.733.5124 or visit www.crsfairtrade.org.
2003: CRS launches Fair Trade Coffee Project 2004: CRS generates more than 1 million in Fair Trade sales 2004: United Students for Fair Trade Converge! 2005: CRS launches Raise Project 2005: 750 Fair Traders participate in Fair Trade Futures 2005: USCCB endorses Fair Trade 2006: Fair Trade Fund tops 200,000 grant mark
PUBLIC POLICIES ON FAIR TRADE 8 1.2 Objectives and scope of the study The research examines current and past public policies on Fair Trade or related policy fields. It analyses and identifies supportive environments that enhance the uptake of Fair Trade, e.g., support to access markets for small-scale Fair Trade
products with a Fair Trade Claim or Fair Trade 3rd Party Certification was 12.8% for the US Food Channel. Source: SPINS Total US Conventional TPL Grocery L52W ending 10-04-15 Point out Fair Trade products. Use shelf talkers and signage to highlight Fair Trade products. October is Fair Trade Month. Provide KeHE'sFair Trade National Planogram.
fair trade goods and that you think they should use fair trade goods. You can provide a brief description of what Fair Trade means. You can explain that fair trade benefits the farmers and also consumers (do not give too much detail as you will provide more detail in the next two paragraphs). Remember to use persuasive language.
Fair Trade builds direct relationships between us and disadvantaged farmers and artisans overseas. Through the CRS program we can buy our Fair Trade items from Fair Trade companies here in the United States. These companies, in turn, work in mutually respectful and mutually beneficial ways with Fair Trade farmers and artisans in
(especially within the Fair Trade associations and umbrella organi-sations, the world shops and Fair Trade companies) and for four target audiences of fair trade (civil society, politics and the public sector, retailers and manufacturers, and consumers). This is fol-lowed by a targeted investigation to determine if the Fair Trade
CRS FAIR TRADE: Solving the Brewing Questions of Global Poverty A mug of fair trade dark roast isn't just another cup of coffee; just as a fair trade chocolate bar isn't just another piece of candy. When you buy fair trade products you know where they come from; and you can be sure that the people who
Fair Trade builds direct relationships between us and disadvantaged farmers and artisans overseas. Through the CRS program we can buy our Fair Trade items from Fair Trade companies here in the United States. These companies, in turn, work in mutually respectful and mutually beneficial ways with Fair Trade farmers and artisans in
Annual Report 2014-2015 “ get it right, and we’ll see work which empowers and connects, work which is unique, authentic and life-affirming, work which at its best is genuinely transfor-mational ” (Nick Capaldi, Chief Exec, Arts Council of Wales, March 2015, Introduction to ‘Person-Centred Creativity’ publication, Valley and Vale Community Arts) One of the key aims and proven .
