Welcome to Sutton Fairtrade
What is FAIRTRADE?
The way that the international trading systems work, mean that farmers in developing countries are greatly disadvantaged. By choosing to buy products that have the FAIRTRADE mark, consumers can be assured that the goods have been produced under agreed labour and environmental standards that directly benefit farmers and their families in developing countries, and give them a route out of poverty.
Sutton was initially awarded the status of FAIRTRADE borough in March 2007 and this was renewed for 2 years on 9.7.09. Sutton is one of the 21 London boroughs with FAIRTRADE status and is part of London as FAIRTRADE city.
For more information see www.fairtradelondon.org.uk
To read more about what it means to be a FAIRTRADE borough see link- Being a Fairtrade Borough
January 2012 Update
What a amazing year 2011 was for FAIRTRADE – with the launch of FAIRTRADE gold, sales hitting a billion pound mark, the establishment of 1000 FAIRTRADE towns globally and a mention in the Guinness book of records for the longest piece of bunting ever! 2012 promise to be a busy year too as Sutton Community group are just about to apply for the renewal of our FAIRTRADE status. In order to do this we need to submit a plan to outline what we will be doing over the next couple of years working together with schools, churches, businesses and the council .
FAIRTRADE fortnight is 27 February to 11 March next year – the theme is "Take a step" for FAIRTRADE producers, a small step or a bigger one whatever you can do. To find out more please go to http://step.fairtrade.org.uk/.
What are you planning to do in your church, school or business – please do let us know at admin@fairtrade.insutton.org as we will be collating information about all the activities in Sutton here to celebrate our borough's efforts .
Each month we will be adding to our Database of where you can find FAIRTRADE products in Sutton and what they are.
You can help us. If you are a shopper and notice FAIRTRADE products on shelves that we have missed please let us know. If you are a retailer please also let us know if there are products that you sell or are thinking or selling that you would like us to add to the lists that are updated every month.
Also this month’s news is that the LONDON FAIRTRADE guide 2011 is now available. If you would like free copies for your school, church or business, contact admin@fairtrade.insutton.org.
The next meeting of the Sutton Community group is Wednesday 11th January at the Tariro Cafe, in the Salvation Army building in Benhill Avenue, Sutton from 6.30-7.30pm. Anyone interested in finding out more about what is going on with FAIRTRADE work in Sutton is welcome to come along. The February meeting will take place at the same time, in the same location, on Wednesday 15th February.
Big Questions
IWhat FAIRTRADE product will you be able to buy in a Jewellery store soon?
Answers to Previous Big Questions
What variety of peanut butter is FAIRTRADE, and where can you buy it? The answer is Harry’s nuts peanut butter and you can buy it in Sainsbury’s.
What make of sugar is FAIRTRADE? The answer is Tate and Lyle
FAIRTRADE only exists in the UK. True or false? The answer is False, the Fairtrade mark is international.
How many FAIRTRADE towns are there in Britain? The answer is 500.
Which of the following supermarket stores have the largest market share of Fairtrade grocery products?
Co-op, Sainsbury, Waitrose, Tesco or Asda? - The answer is Sainsbury
There are about 1,000 FAIRTRADE products True or False ? - This is FALSE, there are over 3000 Fairtrade Products.
Cadbury’s switched all its chocolate to FAIRTRADE in 2009 -TRUE
You can buy FAIRTRADE clothes in Tesco - TRUE
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