International trade – English Online https://english.baumfuchs.de A supplement to Daniel's Business English classes at HNEE Tue, 07 Jun 2016 11:41:42 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.9 Your Fair Trade labels https://english.baumfuchs.de/2016/06/07/your-fair-trade-labels/ Tue, 07 Jun 2016 11:41:42 +0000 http://english.baumfuchs.de/?p=2381 Natural Eco (Anna, Cindy, Maria)

Our label is Natural Eco, and our product is Natural Eco chocolate. The consumer of Natural Eco chocolate can be sure about the high quality in cultivation and production. We guarantee that we work without child labour. Furthermore, we offer farmers good working conditions and fair prices. For a healthy product, we use natural instead of artificial fertilisers. Our fertilisers are made from manure.

FairMilk (Kim, Stephan)

FairMilk is a label which supports regional farmers. We guarantee good working conditions on milk producers’ farms. Producers should only use organic food for their animals. We also see to it that farmers respect the environment and animal welfare. We ensure that all dairy products are regional and are offered and distributed in the region. We encourage farmers to be sustainable. We try to offer our products at reasonable prices. FairMilk strives to establish themselves on/in the domestic market.

PureBanana (Nina, Celine, Anna)

PureBanana is an international certification system for organically grown bananas. We reject all kinds of pesticides and artificial fertilisers because we respect the environment. We guarantee good working conditions and fair prices on producer’s farms and provide opportunities for development. These opportunities include that we work without child labour to afford them a better and fulfilled life. All our trade relations are regularly controlled by certified Fair Trade consultants. We see to it that all our products are in good order and condition.

Fair Friends (Martina, Nga)

We are a charity foundation that is mainly accelerating Fair Trade in the Philippines. Our mission is to promote sustainable development through Fair Trade, together with poverty alleviation. For the past 40 years we have been enhancing development towards more human rights while engaging in Fair Trade practices. With a team of more than 60 Philippino professionals running 12 different projects, we try to change the unjust socio-economic system that suppresses people, grabs their land and keeps them in poverty. We do so especially by trading mango products and hand-crafting products from discarded materials. We are striving to maintain biodiversity by growing many different varieties of mango. With our education projects, we are fighting child labour and child prostitution. Simply sharing and distributing natural resources and opportunities will give thousands of people economic benefits of their own efforts.

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What is Fair Trade? https://english.baumfuchs.de/2016/05/31/what-is-fair-trade/ Tue, 31 May 2016 11:17:56 +0000 http://english.baumfuchs.de/?p=2367
  • good working conditions on producers’ farms
  • transparency and accountability with regard to the whole supply chain
  • fair prices paid to producers
  • independent markets (guaranteed prices)
  • no child labour
  • respect for the environment
  • provide opportunities for development
  • no discrimination because of gender, colour of skin etc.
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    A better trade agreement https://english.baumfuchs.de/2016/05/18/a-better-trade-agreement/ Wed, 18 May 2016 12:07:49 +0000 http://english.baumfuchs.de/?p=2353 What would you change about TTIP, and what would a better trade agreement between then EU and the US look like?

    Yvette, Martina, Steffi, Jana

    • reduce tariffs on essential items such as medical equipment and drugs

    Nina, Celine, Stefan, Julian

    • reduce tariffs on cars, pharmaceutical and agricultural products
    • preserve Germnan standards of consumer protection

    Anna, Cindy, Maria, Kim

    • maintain tariffs to avoid competition of cheap foreign products with local ones
    • maintain consumer protection laws, especially with regard to pesticides in agriculture

    Alexander, Nga, Nadja

    • fair prices
    • keep EU standards on cosmetics (no testing on animals)
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