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Emma Watson Discovers the Real Impact of Fair Trade
Watch Harry Potter actress Emma Watson as she is “moved and inspired” by fair trade producer group Swallows in Bangladesh. As part of her ongoing work with People Tree, Emma joined Safia Minney in Bangladesh where they visited both the slum homes of factory workers and the People Tree supported Swallows community. In the video [...]
Let Them Eat Cake (fair trade of course!)
Here at SI HQ it would appear that we are unable to escape the Mad Hatter’s Tea party theme, literally everyone is getting involved. I thought I was over it, however, thanks to Emmy Lou Cakehead, I have happily been sucked back into Alice’s world of surrealism. The Mad Artists Tea Party takes place The [...]
Machine invented that makes plastic into oil
Plastic creates lots of problems, it needs lots of oil to make, disposing of it is problematic because it is non biodegradable and burning it releases CO2. Akinori Ito the Japanese inventor and CEO of Blest had a simple question. If plastic is just oil, why don’t we turn it back into oil. He answered [...]
Really….THAT’S Fairtrade??
Over the past 20 years the fair trade movement has developed significantly, with a whopping 74% of the UK now recognising the Fairtrade Mark. It isn’t however only our general awareness that is growing, there are now a phenomenal amount of Fairtrade products readily available for purchase. We ran a small survey here at Shared [...]
Fair ‘Bucks for Costa Rican Farmers
Many a coffee lover, if you are anything like me, will have breathed a huge sigh of relief last year when coffee company Starbucks announced that its espresso based drinks had been certified as Fairtrade. Now we can enjoy those white cups with pride, especially now they come complete with the Fairtrade Mark. Starbucks are [...]
The ‘Mickey Mouse’ Money Model
Last week saw the launch of a South East group for the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR). ECCR works for economic justice, human rights and environmental sustainability and engages with organisations and individuals on issues of how to use money to match values. The guest speaker at the launch event was Dr Robert Howell [...]
Is Green the New Black?
As many of you will have noticed there has recently been a huge upsurge in the amount of ethical, organic and fair trade clothing options that are now available on the UK high street. As we flagged up during Fairtrade Fortnight, Emma Watson of Harry Potter fame seems to be at the centre of this [...]
10 Reasons To Invest In Fair Trade
A massive 72 per cent of us here in the UK now recognise the Fairtrade Mark. But what exactly is fair trade? I have put together a list of reasons why you might want to invest in fair trade and how Shared Interest can help: Fair trade is about decent working conditions, local sustainability, better [...]
It just doesn’t seem fair
Perhaps one way of solving this dilemma is to continue raising the profile of fairtrade so that farmers can increase the amount of produce to be sold into the fairtrade market. But how long will that take? And what should be done about it in the meantime?