Cotton And Sugar Ethical Consumerism

Opportunities: Fair-trade cotton clothing in Germany has good opportunity because it has the endorsement of Tesco brand; it has the marketing channels of Tesco, and the backing of an excellent product mix. If fair-trade cotton clothing offers a good product for money it will get a good reception in Germany.

Explain why volunteering is important in the public services volunteering is a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task. In this report i will talk about the different types of volunteering in the: • public sector • private sector • third sector volunteering is important in the public sector

Sweet, Sweet Liberty In their 2012 article, "The Toxic Truth about Sugar," Lustig et al argue that sugar, like alcohol, ought to be regulated by governments due to the harm it can cause to individuals' health and the public good. Their argument, at first glance, appears to be highly logical and virtually unassailable: alcohol is regulated because it is bad for health and causes other problems for society, and so sugar which is the cause of much greater and more pervasive health problems and is also detrimental to the social and cultural fabric of the peoples of the world in a variety of ways involving the agricultural industry and global development should also be carefully regulated and controlled. The researchers cite actions taken in other countries along the same lines as a further justification of their call for more control when it comes to sugar content and consumption, and clearly spell out some of the concrete harms that increased sugar consumption has had and will have on the world's population, not just in developed/industrialized countries but in all countries adopting similar diets. This adds up to a very compelling picture of the threat that sugar specifically and "junk food" (calorie-dense and nutritionally-lacking consumables) generally constitutes to the world population.

Trading fairly: Trading fairly is a movement which strives for fair treatment for farmers. In a fair trade agreement, farmers will

Fair trade is an organized social movement and an international organization which is non-governmental and non-profit organization. It is market-based approach that helps the producers in the developing countries like the farmers and workers in the developing countries by providing the workers in developing countries with a fair wage on

Hayden Farr Trader Joe’s Organic Sumatra Coffee Commodity Chain Recently people have become more and more conscious of what they put into their bodies and where it comes from. An unprecedented amount of information is now readily available to most Americans with the advent of the Internet. This has resulted in a great increase in transparency of the many aspects of imported products. Consequently, programs have been established to help ensure that these products are produced in more ethical and humane ways. To many Americans, the Fair Trade labeled bags of coffee they purchase that give them the energy they need to go about their day in addition to being a socially conscious decision but to many it is a means for survival and an escape from a cycle of debt that traps many similar non-Fair Trade growers generation after generation

Many areas in the world are unable to grow crops at all. (Source F ) Most will be unable to provide more than 2-3 viable food options. The way we circumvent this is by buying these items from other areas. The fact of the matter is there is no such thing as “locally grown” coconuts in Texas. There is no “farm to table” products in the Sahara. (Source E) It’s a practice which is unfortunately impractical in a large part of the world.

According to Lyon, Bezaury, & Mutersbaugh (2010), Fair-trade is a “process which helps improve the well-being and economic stability of disempowered farmers, by using certified commodity-chains to foster development”. For the KHC company, Fair-trade is essential because they want to provide and endorse exceptional coffee beans that they are proud to use; that means, “using coffee that is good and fair for both our coffee drinkers and for farmers are essential” (Kicking Horse Coffee, n.d.). In fact, over the past 20 years, Kicking Horse won numerous awards in many categories, including Canada’s Fastest- Growing Companies, Canada’s Top Women Entrepreneurs, Canada's Favourite Fair-trade Product and number 15 Best Workplace in Canada (Kicking Horse Coffee, n.d.).

The United States consumes “2.8 billion pounds of chocolate each year, or over 11 pounds per person. Americans eat an average of 22 pounds of candy each year”(The Chocolate Store). Because the United States consumes an exuberant amount of chocolate, the nation poses an insurmountable influence on the processes of the chocolate industry. Fair Trade strives to ensure the safety of workers in the chocolate industry, allow workers to make liveable profits and most importantly, This corporation ensures that no child labor was used in the process of harvesting the cocoa. Not only does Fair Trade aid in helping cocoa farmers achieve a higher quality of life, but the majority of Fair Trade efforts improve education for children while keeping them out of the plantations and in the classroom. Fair Trade premiums provide money to families who desperately need birth certificates for their children because “if a family does not obtain a birth certificate within the child’s first few months of life, it can be very expensive and burdensome to obtain one” and many schools require birth certificates to enroll (Huffington Post). Fair Trade premiums also allow for more schools to be built in areas abundant with cocoa plantations (Huffington Post). Even though Fair Trade certified chocolate is more expensive than uncertified products, basic human rights have no dollar amount. The extra money paid for Fair Trade certified chocolate goes to aiding children in breaking free from a cycle poverty, which would otherwise be endless. The few more coins spent on Fair Trade chocolate provides hope to those bound in slavery to the world’s

Personally, I have not heard of many organizations introduced to me, but I would like to know more about some of them. I would like to know more about “Fair Trade.” According to Kelsey Fair Trade is that, “A portion of every Fair Trade sale goes directly back to the organization’s designated community development fund, which allows members to vote democratically on how to use the premium. Fair Trade certification is earned by the groups of farmers, generally organized into cooperatives that have met a long list of social and environmental guidelines. These guidelines facilitate sustainable development while ensuring that a higher price, a fair price, is paid to the farmers in return for the improvements.” (Timmerman 52). I know a basic understanding of Fair Trade Certification, but I would like to know more. Another thing that I would love to know more about is the people actually risking their lives to get my food. Before reading this book, I did not quite understand the difficulties the farmers, divers, etc actually went through just to make a small living. Being a consumer means that we don’t have to go through those difficulties, so since that is I would like to learn much more about those farmers and their lives

Fair Trade’s consumer recognition has tripled in the last five years, proving the company’s sustainability in a global market. As of today, this organization works with more than 800 companies to verify more than 6,000 products as Fair Trade. In 2009, Fair Trade Certified products generated $1.2 billion in retail sales, indicating their large-scale business practices.

This case talks about Fair Trade USA which is one of the leading certifier of fair trade products in North America. Fair Trade USA was founded by Paul Rice in 1998. From a non profit organization, Fair Trade USA growth has been phenomenal. Initially after first year of its inception, it started certifying one million pounds of coffee. Today it is certifying more than 1 billion pounds of coffee per day.

Global Ethics Issues Fairtrade is trying to Address There are variety of ethical challenges that FLO is trying to address and since inception in 1988, have managed to solve some of them. They also comprise the challenges that befell farmers while using the traditional approach. The first ethical issue that FLO tries to address is transparency. Transparency shows a true reflection of facts as they are and this ways prevents situations of mistrust. The concept of transparency is linked to good corporate governance. In this situations, the companies and middle men that form the agricultural chain supply should provide farmers with the right market prices for their produce and supply the right input to ensure efficiency. For instance, if they are providing high-yielding seeds they should so and not take low-yields and pass them as high-yield. According to Nayak (2014), the conventional system has continued to increase the number of middlemen and this has increased the opportunities for cartels who reduce the prices for farmers and increase the prices for consumers. FLO ‘s goal is to provide accurate and comprehensive information in an accessible manner. According to the website, “all terms and conditions of Fairtrade transactions are detailed in contracts” which are signed by both the farmers and buyers (Fairtrade International 2016).

Fair Trade: The fair trade concept, based on the idea of both economic activity and social development, is replete with ethical and sustainable echoes. Ransom (2002 p 20) asks, 'can the

1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose The purpose of this report is to identify, analyse and evaluate the marketing factors that Whittaker’s has adopted in attempts to position themselves as a top-quality chocolate confectionery brand. In addition, this report would also be an aid to the major assignment in terms of developing detailed plans with marketing