Archive for October, 2009
Happy Halloween
Shared Interest staff have been known to use any excuse to relive their childhood years and what better way to do this than with some competitive pumpkin carving for Halloween.
As far as I’m aware there’s not yet such a thing as a Fair Trade pumpkin but a quick google search for Fair Trade + Halloween [...]
The Best of Times and The Worst of Times
Good Deals 2009, the Social Enterprise conference, was a huge success yesterday at the British Library. Organised by social enterprise magazine the event showcased a number of social enterprises and support organisations through panels, debates and workshops as well as pitch slots for a lucky four social enterprises. The event was hosted by Liam Black [...]
Customer Focus Equal Exchange Inc
We have been working together with Equal Exchange, Inc since 1995. The facility we operate with EEI is a unique one. They operate a buyer line of credit for their fair trade purchases and also guarantee a line of credit for producers who either do not have access to a Shared Interest account or do not have enough credit available on their own line.
Fairtrade Coffee Only 3% of US Market
Lisa Zaslow is a guest blogger and the views expressed herein are her own and do not necessarily represent the views of Shared Interest Society.
Lisa is a passionate fair trade and microfinance activist currently living in North Carolina, USA. She is the founder of Blue People Fair Trade Ltd., an online store that specializes [...]
Fairtrade in the Capital
After finding my way into the tardis like building that it London’s Guildhall I spent yesterday afternoon in the thick of Fairtrade action in London. Celebrating their 1st birthday as a Fairtrade city the Fairtrade London campaign held a workshop with activities, tastings, networking and presentations.
We were welcomed by Emma Bara and Rev George Bush [...]
Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses – JIVA FAIR TRADING
he was also greatly moved by the harsh material conditions of their lives in countries with no social welfare or health care, and resolved to offer them ‘a hand up’ through her business in the UK.
Its time for Fairtrade 2.0
This is taken from a lively fair trade discussion with some of my fair trade Twitter friends: @angryafrican @Kon_Ioannidis @otherdiscovery @gentlemandad @fairtradelu @rhyminsimon
Here are some things that I believe.
Business will always act in its own self interest – profit driven. Therefore the onus is on the consumer to dictate what is in business’ best [...]
Locals supporting Locals
An issue that comes up time and time again within debates of fair trade and local produce is that of ‘Do I buy local or do I buy fair trade?’ My approach to this has always been if it can be fair trade buy that, so things like tea, coffee and flowers (all of which [...]
Fairtrade Foundation Supporter Conference
There was an excited ‘buzz’ on Saturday at the Fairtrade Foundation’s Supporter Conference. The announcement that DFID have given £12million pounds to the Fairtrade Foundation started the conference off with a bang. This finance, which will be used to support fair trade producers in achieving fair trade status, was announced by Douglas Alexander to a [...]
News from the North by Ruth Taylor
This month I attended the Brampton Synod, when Methodist Church members and Ministers came along to their regional meeting. Revered Sue Wilkins had kindly offered a stall to Shared Interest, so I was on hand to explain how individuals and church groups can invest in fair trade businesses.
Brampton has an active fair trade steering group [...]