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The human price of gold

17 Jun 2013 17:50

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In a consumer-driven world, gold is one of our most loved and valuable products. But do we know the real price paid to produce it? The Fairtrade Foundation’s Amy Ross explains why, just as with tea and coffee, we must demand the FAIRTRADE Mark on gold.

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Here comes the G8 summit - score cards at the ready

14 Jun 2013 17:17

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One of the strange things about big international summits is that most of the work takes place in advance, says Tim Aldred, Head of Policy and Research, Fairtrade Foundation.

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New Food Security Initiative needs to include smallholder farmers



The Fairtrade Foundation welcomed  the international hunger summit hosted by the UK Government but voiced concern that the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition won’t be successful in reducing the number of Africa’s hungry unless smallholder farmers are active players in country development programmes.  

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Fairtrade part of new coalition to address low wages in tea industry



We welcome the Oxfam and Ethical Tea Partnership report Understanding Wages in the Tea Industry and are committed to playing an active role in the new coalition bringing together tea industry actors to address the challenges of low wages in the tea industry.

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