@gowin should you happen to know anybody on the #philippines island of #luzon or even the province of Pangasinan, send my best regards to their woodworking shops ;-)
I just purchased a wooden bowl crafted by Victory Arts & Crafts and like it a lot ;-) #fairtrade thanks to Contigo who are not yet federated...
Ob Bananen, Kakao, Kekse oder Gewürze - die Pro-Kopf-Ausgabe für Fairtrade-Produkte in Deutschland sind auf über 30 Euro gestiegen. Doch garantiert das Siegel wirklich einen Konsum mit gutem Gewissen? Von Daniela Diehl.
Liberals from #Germany block groundbreaking #EU law. The adoption of the CSDD was just a formality. And it’s time to recognise basic human rights. So this came as a surprise. And not at all? Yet this lobbying has no clear force since many companies called for this change too. It sounds like a strange bid to gain non-existing voters.
"A group of researchers and consultants developed the Chocolate Scorecard, which surveyed 38 of the world's largest #chocolate brands and producers.
The scorecard rates the companies according to their performance in giving farmers fair wages, managing #agrochemicals, the impact they have on the environment, and whether they rely on the use of child or forced labour."
Die FDP hat gerade angekündigt, das EU-Lieferkettengesetz auf der Zielgeraden stoppen zu wollen.
Wir fordern Bundeskanzler Scholz auf, den Kompromiss zu verteidigen und den Schutz von Menschen und Umwelt in globalen Lieferketten sicher zu stellen! https://lieferkettengesetz.de/presse/
Yes, and then show what we can accomplish by spending the saved money at black owned businesses, any independent book stores etc. I have a little coffee cooperative in southern Chiapas of men and women farmers, I love to do business with: Cafe Justo (Just Coffee). Each 5lb. bagQ has the name of the farmer who grew it on the label. And they use a union shipper: UPS! #FairTrade
@human3500@mariellequinton Exactly — Fair Trade is a very small start, but it still means that most (about 95%) of the money goes to the rich countries that process and package the cacao.
What we really need is for more of the generic middle tier of economic activity like roasting, winnowing, and grinding to happen close to source in places like Ghana and Guatemala, and for only the finishing bit to happen in rich countries like Canada or Switzerland.
Yesterday's #AmazingRace episode taught me that Germany is the world's largest exporter of chocolate products. Yes, that Germany with nary a cacao tree in sight.
Acquiring raw materials at a pittance from colonies and shipping them to an "industrialised nation" for processing and refinement into a finished product is a classic element of colonial exploitation in which the refiner gets to keep the bulk of the profits while condemning the producers of raw materials to poverty and "market forces".
A handful of West African countries account for the bulk of cacao production in the world. Imagine the decades of lopsided trade agreements, market liberalization programs, violence and corruption that must've led to the export of cacao beans from Africa to Europe for grinding and refinement into chocolate.
Ending colonialism isn't just about self-rule. It's also about reshaping unfair, centuries-old trade arrangements. I hope to see "Ghanaian chocolate" written on a chocolate bar someday.
@mart_e@ffeth@im@Iguane_marin@rollingguyam il y a eu pas mal de boulot fait sur filière #cacao durable et/ou équitable. Vous pensez que ce n’est pas suffisant ?
J’avais retenu un gros sujet de partage de la valeur (le producteur de fève ne capte quasi rien de la valeur créée par le produit chocolat), ce qui évidemment compromet la durabilité au niveau de la production (sociale et environnementale) #fairtrade
“As a coffee enthusiast and marketing professor who researches marketplace justice, I’ve long been fascinated with how ethics and coffee consumption are intertwined... Paradoxically, the more information I gleaned, the less I knew how to make a responsible decision.”
When industries or companies want to avoid responsibility they tell customers to make good individual choices (eg #recycling and #sugar sugary drinks #soda )
Whenever I see stats like this I mentally flip them - how would this read if it said "1% of our coffee is unethically sourced"?
(Also no mention of #fairtrade I see)
@ZDF #fairtrade und #ökologisch|er Anbau ist mir wichtig. Zum Beispiel von #GEPA (z.B. Bio Café Orgánico) oder wenn es den nicht gibt, dann auch von #darboven Café Intención Aromatico.
The #fairphone 5 is what all new phones should offer - a 5 year warranty, guaranteed software support until at least 2031, totally modular and repairable. The only reason not to get one is that I have just repaired my Fairphone 3 myself with a bit of help from their support team (screwdriver and everything - go me!) so hopefully won't need one yet. 4 years old and still going strong! All phones should be made to last and made repairable. #repairability#durability#sustainability#fairtrade
If you drink #InstantCoffee, I want to introduce you to the best tasting, least bitter coffee I’ve ever had. This is a white-label Arabica coffee, grown, roasted and packaged in Colombia. It is both organic and #FairTrade, and imported into Canada by the Just Us roasters co-op of Nova Scotia. A nice environmental feature is that the used coffee grounds are dried and burned to roast the next batch of beans.