Fair Trade is trade that satisfies criteria re. the supply chain of the goods involved, usually including fair payment for producers and other social and environmental considerations. It's part of an organized social movement which promotes standards for international labor, environmentalism, and social policy in commerce between developed and undeveloped countries.
Dec. 07 /CSRwire/ - ADDIS ABABA/LONDON. – December 7, 2007 - Today Ethiopia celebrated the entry of a unique UK specialist coffee company to its growing network of importers, roasters and distributors. James' Gourmet Coffee is a UK based micro roasting company, and...
Dec. 06 /CSRwire/ - ADDIS ABEBA AND HAMBURG – December 6, 2007. Ethiopia's fine coffee sector is aiming to reach out to the many players who promote its distinctive specialty coffees around the world. To do this, Ethiopia is creating a new international...
Dec. 06 /CSRwire/ - ADDIS ABABA/WASHINGTON DC - December 6, 2007 - Ethiopia is demonstrating that a producing country can reach globally to create a network of licensed distributors and co-promoters of its fine coffees. In 2004 Ethiopia began the process of seeking...
Dec. 05 /CSRwire/ - ADDIS ABABA/JERSEY - December 5, 2007 - A long-standing member of the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe and active in the Fairtrade Federation, the coffee and tea merchant Cooper & Co. has joined Ethiopia's network of licensed distributors. The...
Dec. 04 /CSRwire/ - WEST BRIDGEWATER, MA - December 4, 2007 - Fast Company magazine announced today that they have awarded one of its fifth annual Social Capitalist Awards to Equal Exchange, the worker co-operative best known for its pioneering work in Fair...
Dec. 04 /CSRwire/ - ADDIS ABABA/LONDON - December 4, 2007 - As the birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia has a unique coffee heritage and many of its coffees hold the reputation of being best coffee in the world. Yet the farmers who produce and...
Nov. 29 /CSRwire/ - November 29, 2007 - Coffee is more than just a drink. It is about politics, survival, the earth and the lives of indigenous peoples.…He has a rich knowledge of the people and places of coffee, and knows how to...
Nov. 16 /CSRwire/ - LONDON and ADDIS ABABA - November 16 2007 - A London based independent coffee importer, D.R. Wakefield (DRW), has joined the network of licensed distributors for Ethiopia's trademarked coffees of Sidamo, Yirgacheffe, Harar/Harrar. D.R. Wakefield has already shown its...