by Sean Reilly | Feb 25, 2008
Manufacturing giant Tate & Lyle’s decision to switch its retail cane sugars range to Fair Trade has been welcomed by development campaigners and church aid agencies – but the need to move the social justice agenda in economics remains, they say. The...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 19, 2008
Consumers worldwide spent £1.1 billion on Fairtrade products last year, a 42% increase on 2006. Britain’s appetite for Fairtrade produce is higher than most – UK shoppers are the second largest global customers of fairly traded products. But is this news quite as...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 10, 2007
Fairtrade clothing is making its debut in a big way at the Clothes Show Live this week – and with good reason, for now there are a wide range of good sources for fairtrade clothes: 1. Adili Adili brings together a community of producers, designers and customers...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 22, 2007
You can compare charity credit cards, store cards and switch to a new charity credit card on uswitch by clicking here The UK consumer watchdog group Which? has warned British consumers to look out for charity Christmas card cons in the high street, amid concerns that...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 8, 2007
Most of the flowers given as gifts in the UK come from workers in developing countries who have risked their health for unsafe, insecure jobs. Supermarkets sell 70% of all the flowers bought in the UK – the highest proportion in Europe. Marks & Spencer,...