According to an article in the Observer, BAFTA award winning comedian Harry Hill is set to launch his own celebrity branded fairtrade peanuts, or Harry’s Nuts if you prefer.
The popular comic is working in collaboration with fairtrade nut company Liberation on the new range of peanuts that will carry his branding. Harry Hill is not […]
For the second successive year, Wychwood Brewery’s Beewyched honey beer has been voted ‘Specialty honey beer of the year‘ during the World Beer Awards 2008.
Beewyched is known as the UK’s leading fair-trade beer and available in most well known supermarkets, such as Morrisons, Asda, Sainsbury, and Waitrose, as well as many leading independent retailers across […]
The ethical and fairtrade fashion, clothing and home accessories company Adili continues their summer sale for a few more days offering 20% off on many of their popular womens dresses.
If you are going to look stylish this summer you might as well do it knowing that you are helping producers in developing countries as well […]
If you are a fan of the fizzy cola drink, but not to happy about the fair trade credentials of the the Coca Cola and Pepsi of the world. Then a new product is here to save your day, it is the first Fairtrade labeled Cola in the UK and it is called UBUNTU.
The word […]
According to a new report from The Fairtrade Foundation in the UK they want to see the market for Fairtrade products increase to £2bn a year by 2012. That is 4 times the current level, so we can safely call that very expansive plans.
The plan also talks about how they want to increase awareness for […]
The global demand for fairtrade cotton has doubled in the last year according to numbers from FLO (Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International) as reported by EcoTextileNews.
The report states that in 2007 garments ranging from jeans, towels to cotton wool surpassed 14 million individual items. The doubling in sales came on the back on positive sales in […]
According to an article on PSFK.com M&S is on schedule with its 5 year eco-plan, stating that 17 out of 100 commitments have been achieved already.
One of the most progressive achievements so far is to turn food waste into energy using an anaerobic digester. Other achievements include reducing CO2 emissions in stores and offices with […]
When i came across this news on the Times Online i had to write a little about myself as well, since i am a proud alumni of the university (class of 2005 MSc Marketing).
Leeds Metropolitan University has always been in the forefront when it comes to being environmental friendly, including being the first university in […]
Talk about perfect timing. On the international fair trade day, the Fairtrade Foundation was able to release results from research that showed that 70% of UK consumers recognize the Fairtrade brand, an increase of 13 percent from 2007.
Not only has the recognition of the Fairtrade mark increased, but the understanding of what it stands for […]
The theme for this years World Fair Trade Day is Fair Trade + Ecology. The World Fair Trade Day is an international celebration of Fair Trade internationally, with worldwide events helping to put the focus on fair trade and ecology.
The usually takes place on or around the 2nd saturday of May each year, and this […]
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