Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses
Customer Focus DWP
Shared Interest has worked with German Buyer organisation DWP since 2000. DWP were founded in 1988, and started life in a basement. Since then they have gone on to occupy the rest of their building and perhaps more importantly, to establish cooperative trade relations with more than 50 producer groups in 30 countries.
DWP currently markets [...]
Bananas, Mangoes and Pineapples + Fair Trade = AgroFair
The Netherlands based, AgroFair Europe B.V. is a fresh fruit company, co-owned by farmers in Africa and Latin America. AgroFair introduced the first fair trade fresh fruit into Europe ten years ago and its products are now sold in Europe and the USA. The organisation imported the world’s first fair trade bananas in 1996 and [...]
Customer Spotlight – Cepicafe Peru
Cepicafe, one of Shared Interest’s most established Peruvian Coffee and Cocoa customers has recently been visited by the famous choclatier – Pierre Marcolini.
Marcolini came in search of Peru´s white gold: the Porcelana variety of cacao, so named for its white-coloured cocoa pod from which the beans are extracted. This delicate strain of cocoa, it [...]
Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses –
Each week, Shared Interest will highlight a business who is actively promoting Fairtrade in their community. This blog post does not imply endorsement by Shared Interest. Please contact us if you would like the ’spotlight’ on your company.
Global Sistergoods, a fair trade and eco-friendly marketplace for unique gifts made by women, advances economic development among [...]
Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses – five ACCESSORIES
five ACCESSORIES is a socially conscious company featuring handbags and accessories sourced through fair trade practices in FIVE countries. Our mission is to help generate income for individuals in developing areas, donate a substantial portion of the revenues to worthy causes in those areas, and to foster the use of sustainable materials in fashion.
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.
Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses – Mayu Hand-Knit Alpaca
Mayu Hand-Knit Alpaca was established to support and assist the Peruvian ladies in earning a fair wage that enabled them to earn income while remaining at home with their children. The extra income provides a better education for their children, dental work, and even rare trips outside the village.
Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses – By Hand
Each week, Shared Interest will highlight a business who is activiely promoting Fairtrade in their community. This blog post does not imply endorsement by Shared Interest. Please contact us if you would like the ’spotlight’ on your company.
is based on a simple premise: Beautiful products should not come at the cost of exploitation.
Founded [...]
Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses – Craft Village UK
Each week, Shared Interest will highlight a business who is activiely promoting Fairtrade in their community. This blog post does not imply endorsement by Shared Interest. Please contact us if you would like the ’spotlight’ on your company.
Craft Village UK is an accredited member of The World Fair Trade Organisation. They work directly [...]
Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses – Jurang Fairtrade
Each week, Shared Interest will highlight a business who is activiely promoting Fairtrade in their community. This blog post does not imply endorsement by Shared Interest. Please contact us if you would like the ’spotlight’ on your company.
Jurang Fairtrade is a 100% dedicated office supplier, supplying Fairtrade coffee and tea to businesses, organisations [...]