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13th May 2020 Our response to the COVID-19 crisis must include key workers abroad Alice Lucas Policy & Advocacy Manager, the Fairtrade Foundation Angharad Hopkinson Campaigns & Policy Officer, the Fairtrade Foundation The COVID-19 crisis has exposed the fragility of global supply chains and the importance of ensuring sustainable livelihoods for the farmers and workers within them. The Fairtrade movement is supporting farmers and workers in developing countries through this crisis, and are calling for urgent action in the face of the rising poverty set to take its toll on communities around the globe.
4th March 2020 Co-operative Party Assembly Group backs #SheDeserves campaign for Living Wages and Fair Trade Huw Irranca-Davies Chair of the Welsh Parliament Co-operative Group / Grwp Cydweithredol Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru Wales was the first in the world to become a Fair Trade Nation, and we will continue to work with women producers until they get what #SheDeserves.
4th March 2020 I’ve seen the difference Fairtrade can make – but that progress is under threat. Preet Gill Vice-Chair of the Co-operative Party Parliamentary Group and Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Fairtrade Fortnight should be a time to celebrate the success of just trade – but the potential closure of DFID and the Government’s post-Brexit trade agreements threaten to open countries up to more exploitation.
6th March 2019 Fairtrade and Co-operatives: Working Together Miriam Rice Vice Chair, London Co-operative Party
25th February 2019 When it comes to chocolate producers, #shedeserves a living income Caitlin Prowle Youth Organiser In a chocolate industry with high numbers of low-paid women, gender equality and poverty reduction go hand in hand.
22nd November 2018 The UN’s goals for eliminating poverty are as relevant at home as they are abroad Preet Gill Vice-Chair of the Co-operative Party Parliamentary Group and Shadow Secretary of State for International Development The UN's sustinable development goals show that development is not just something done to people and countries 'over there', but that we must work to address people’s needs in the UK as well as across the world.
12th June 2018 To build a more equal world, we need a renewed emphasis on co-operative development Preet Gill Vice-Chair of the Co-operative Party Parliamentary Group and Shadow Secretary of State for International Development We know that co-operatives can help to deliver a fairer global economy, which is why under the next Labour government, DfID will make place a new emphasis on developing and supporting co-operative enterprises around the world.
20th March 2018 Why I’m Making the Move to a Fairtrade Workplace Claudia Beamish MSP for South Scotland and Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change
7th March 2018 Campaign success: Sainsbury’s told to stop advertising ‘Fairly Traded’ non-Fairtrade tea Archived: Ben West Communications & Digital Officer Sainsbury's supermarket has been ordered to stop using the misleading 'Fairly Traded' label in adverts for its own-brand tea, in a campaign victory for Co-operative Party MPs, activists and campaigners this Fairtrade Fortnight.
9th November 2017 With ‘fairly traded’ tea, Sainsbury’s is pouring its own reputation down the drain Anna Heard With its 'fairly traded' tea, the supermarket seems intent on ruining its own well-earned reputation as a leader on Fairtrade
19th October 2017 Tackling global poverty means challenging a broken economic system Kate Osamor Labour & Co-operative MP for Edmonton Under the next Labour Government, the Department for International Development will be tasked explicitly with reducing inequality, the Shadow International Development Secretary said in her speech to Co-operative Party Centenary Conference.
3rd August 2016 Co-op councillors demand suppliers pay their fair share of tax Emma Hoddinott Local Government Officer Co-operative councillors in Salford and Durham tighten procurement rules to ensure suppliers are transparent in their tax affairs
11th March 2016 Co-operative Party Celebrates Fairtrade Fortnight Co-operative Party It's Fairtrade Fortnight, and up and down the country, the Party's members, local branches and our elected representatives have been marking the occasion...
9th March 2016 There’s enough food in the world for us all – let’s ensure everyone earns enough to afford it. Stephen Twigg Chair, International Development Committee This Fairtrade Fortnight, we stand ready to support the continued development of fairtrade - just as the co-operative movement has done for over 20 years now.
17th March 2015 Backing fairtrade footballs in Glasgow Richard McCready Political Officer People often question what difference being a ‘Co-operative Council’ makes. Glasgow City Council has a very interesting answer to that question especially in relation to promoting a fairtrade sports goods co-operative.
20th June 2012 Mark Hendrick MP: The people snared in poverty’s grip can’t afford inaction Mark Hendrick
11th September 2009 Douglas Alexander: International development is both a moral cause and a common cause Douglas Alexander MP
A co-operative plan for a Britain where power and wealth are sharedThe Co-operative Party's policy platform in advance of the 2017 General Election