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Fairtrade commerce is a commercial partnership founded on dialogue, transparency
and respect, where its objective lies in reaching to a greater equality in the world trades.
It contributes to durable development by offering the best commercial conditions
guaranteeing the rights of marginalized producers and workers, in particular those
belonging to the Southern Hemisphere. Fairtrade organizations (sustained by the
consumer) actively engage to sustain producers, create of awareness and campaign in
favor of the changes in the rules and the practices of conventional international trade.
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Fairtrade commerce prescribes 10 norms
which its adherents, both in the Northern
and the Southern Emisphere, must apply in
their daily work.
1. Opportunity to producers which are
economically disadvantaged. Fairtrade
commerce is a strategy for the battle against
poverty and in favor of sustainable commerce.
Its objective is to create opportunities for
those disadvantaged or marginalized by the
system of conventional trade.
2. Transparency and credibility. Fairtrade
commerce includes the management of
transparency of commercial relations in
businesses with their commercial partners.
3. Individual capacity. Fairtrade commerce
is a way of developing autonomy for the
workers. The organizations of fairtrade
commerce grants continuity while giving time
to the producers and market organizations
to develop their management capacities and
their access to new markets.
4. Promotion of fairtrade commerce. The
organizations in fairtrade commerce aim at
creating awareness among clients in order
to shed light on the injustices of the actual
commercial system to the public.
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5. Paying a just price. A just price in
a local or regional context is created in
consequence of dialogue and concentration.
This covers not only production costs but also allows a production that is socially just
and favorable for the environment. This
allows a just price to producers and takes
into account the principle of an equal salary
for an equal work among men and women.
Fairtrade organizations guarantee immediate
pay to their partners and often help their
producers to finance a credit before the
harvest or before production.
6. Equality between sexes. The
organizations that comply to equitable trade
value women’s work: these must always be
paid for their contribution in the production
process. The presence of women at the heart of governance of these organizations is also
encouraged.
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