Fair trade 公平交易基金会
2008年07月06日
The Fairtrade Foundation is the independent non-profit organisation that licenses
use of the FAIRTRADE Mark on products in the UK in accordance with internationally
agreed Fairtrade standards. The Foundation was established in 1992 by CAFOD,
Christian Aid,
Oxfam, Traidcraft and the World
Development Movement, later joined by the National
Federation of Women’s Institutes. Member organisations now also include
Banana Link, Methodist
Relief and Development Fund, Nicaragua
Solidarity Campaign, People &
Planet, SCIAF, Shared
Interest Foundation, Soroptimist
International , Tearfund and the
United Reformed Church.
The Foundation is the UK member of Fairtrade
Labelling Organisations International (FLO), which unites 21
labelling initiatives across Europe, Japan, North America, Mexico and Australia/New
Zealand as well as networks of producer organisations from Asia, Africa, Latin
America
and the Caribbean.
The Fairtrade Foundation is a registered charity (no. 1043886). It is also a
company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (no. 2733136).
公平交易基金会成立于1992年，拥有“FAIRTRADE”商标。在贴有公平交易商标及其相关产品之中，公平贸易提倡一种基于全球劳工、环保及社会政策的公平性标准，其关注产品众多，包括水果、鲜花、棉花、可可、咖啡等等。目前它的成员包括天主教救助会、牛津饥荒救济委员会、世界发展运动组织等数十个组织。
该基金会同时也是国际公平交易标签组织（FLO，该组织创建于1997年，是一个由多方参与式的关系人所组成的非营利性组织，拥有20多个团体会员）会员之一。
Fairtrade standards are not simply a set of minimum standards for socially responsible production and trade. The Fairtrade standards go further in seeking to support the development of disadvantaged and marginalized small-scale farmers and plantation workers. Fairtrade standards relate to three areas of sustainable development: social development, economic development and environmental development.
In summary the key objectives of the standards are to:
ensure a guaranteed Fairtrade minimum price which is agreed with producers;
provide an additional Fairtrade premium which can be invested in projects that enhance social, economic and environmental development;
enable pre-financing for producers who require it;
emphasize the idea of partnership between trade partners;
facilitate mutually beneficial long-term trading relationships;
set clear minimum and progressive criteria to ensure that the conditions for the production and trade of a product are socially and economically fair and environmentally responsible.
公平交易标准的主要目的在于：
确保产品的最低收购价；
提供社会、经济和环境发展相关项目的资助；
提供借款给生产者；
增强交易双方的合作关系：
促进交易双方长期的双赢；
制定生产和交易的最低标准，并将它逐步提高，确保生产过程对环境友好、交易公平。
关于这个组织的网站内容比较多，看得出认可度比较高，且在它自己的网站上，它说“70%的英国人知晓Fairtrade这个商标”（70% of the UK population recognise the FAIRTRADE Mark）。
请参考：
1、公平交易组织网站(the Fairtrade
Foundation)
2、关于“公平交易”的详细介绍（wikipedia）
3、也许您会喜欢这个：漫画Fair
Trade