Fair Trade Jewelry.

Is a resource for the jewelry industry in support of corporate social responsibility through circle-based business practices.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.fairjewelry.org/

Fair Trade Egypt – Empowering Communities

Fair Trade Egypt is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to empower Egyptian artisans through the practice of Fair Trade. FTE surveys the developing areas of the country, finds local treasures that have been traditionally manufactured for centuries and brings them to the consumer. This means everything from extra virgin olive oil cleansing bars from the bright oasis of Al Fayoum, to cotton embroidered sheer sheaths from the Western Desert ancient oasis of Siwa. All in all, their inventory covers all of Egypt, with more than 30 artisan groups in seven different regions. 

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.fairtradeegypt.org/

Latin America and the Caribbean Fair Trade Producers Coordinator (CLAC).

The CLAC is a gremial body for representation, coordination, exchange and cooperation aimed at the strengthening of cooperative type organisations of fairtrade small producers in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.clac-pequenosproductores.org/perfil/quienes.html

Asia Fair Trade Forum

The Asia Fair Trade Forum represents over 80 fair trade producers, marketing and development organizations in 12 Asian countries, which are amongst the poorest in the world. It is a regional body of the International Federation for Alternative Trade (IFAT).

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.catgen.com/aftf/EN/

Traidcraft

Traidcraft's vision is a world freed from the scandal of poverty, where trade is just and people and communities can flourish. Traidcraft has been fighting poverty through trade since 1979 and over the next five years they aim to increase their impact on poverty by trebling the value of their purchases from fair trade suppliers in the developing world and trebling the volume of their charitable project and advocacy work.

Visit the web page:
http://www.traidcraft.co.uk

The Cooperation for Fair Trade in Africa (COFTA)

Network of Fair Trade producer Organizations in Africa involved and working with disadvantaged grass root producers to eliminate poverty through Fair Trade. COFTA assists these producer groups principally to develop quality products and access profitable markets through shared efforts and resources within the principles and structures of Fair Trade. COFTA is also a forum that offers regional opportunities to members to pursue common fair trade goals and aspirations, and an institutional regional platform for International Federation for Alternative Trade Network/International Fair Trade Association (IFAT) for Africa members.

Visit the web page:
http://catgen.com/cofta/EN/

Faces do Brasil

Working as a Forum for the Debate of Ethical and Supportive Trade in Brazil, FACES of Brazil is a group that gathers NGO, producers, government representatives, enterprises, retailers, workers representatives, and some of the most significant institutions in this field. FACES was formed with the objective of fostering the creation of an environment in favour of the construction and implementation of fair trade.

Visit the web page: http://www.facesdobrasil.org.br/fb/

The Latin American and Caribbean Network of Small Fair Trade Producers (CLAC)

CLAC is an association of democratic cooperatives of small producers for their representation, coordination, mutual exchange, collaboration and strengthening in the context of Fair Trade. CLAC consists of nearly 300 small producer organizations in twenty countries of the region, which are organized within international product networks as national multi product networks or "Coordinadoras". The number of affiliated small producer exceeds 200,000, thus it involves more than a million people.

Visit the web page: http://www.clac-pequenosproductores.org/

Solidaridad Foundation

The Fundación Solidaridad is a non-profit organization whose mission is to increase the earnings, market insertion and social participation of those people, families and groups who, by their own efforts, seek to overcome poverty and improve their quality of life by producing handicrafts and non-industrial objects in autonomous workshops and micro businesses

Visit the web page: http://www.fundacionsolidaridad.cl/

Solidaridad

SOLIDARIDAD is a development organization based in the Netherlands working for Latin America, Africa and Asia. Solidaridad has two programs: Sustainable Economy & Fair Trade; and Human Rights & Society Building.

Visit the web site: http://www.solidaridad.nl/

Mundo da Maioria

This Brazilian organization certified by IFAT, gathers consumers, producers, retailers and all stakeholders involved in productive and commercial chains that follow principles and values like transparency, fair prices, environmental sustainability, gender equity, ethic relationships and non-exploitation of child labor.

Visit the web site: http://www.mundodamaioria.org/index.php

Fair Trade Forum – India, FTF-I

FTF-I is the national level networking organization of grassroots artisan / producer organizations or groups who comply with the Fair Trade standards. Its member organizations all over India are committed to grow fair trade visibility and standards through advocacy, lobbying, training and monitoring. It strives to facilitate producers' capacity building for a better market access. At present, more than 60,000 artisans are associated with FTF-I from five fair trade regions of India.

Visit the web site: http://www.fairtradeforum.org/

Cooperation for Fair Trade in Africa, COFTA

COFTA is a network of Fair Trade producer Organizations in Africa involved and working with disadvantaged grass root producers to eliminate poverty through Fair Trade. COFTA assists these producer groups to develop quality products and access profitable markets through shared efforts and resources within the principles and structures of Fair Trade. COFTA is also a forum that offers regional opportunities to members to pursue common fair trade goals and aspirations,

Visit the web site: http://catgen.com/cofta/EN/

Mercado Justo. On line Newspaper on Latin-American’s Fair Trade

Mercado Justo was created to inform fair trade producers, consumers and traders in Latin-America. This newspaper wants to be a useful tool in the diffusion of Latin-American’s cultural diversity, agricultural, textile and artisanal richness, gathers experiences and testimonies of the stakeholders involved in fair trade and aims to promote and offer fair trade products all over the World.  

Visit the web site: http://www.mercadojusto-la.com/

Asian Fair Trade Forum

"The Asia Fair Trade Forum (AFTF) is a network of fair trade producers, marketing and development organizations in Asia. It has a membership roster of 70 social enterprises and confederations from 9 countries which are among the poorest in Asia:  Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam, all of which belong to the craft and food sectors."

Visit the web site: http://catgen.com/aftf/EN/

Latin-American Association of Fair Trade

This regional office of the International Fair Trade Association gathers all IFAT members in the Latin-America region. Its objective is to promote the fair trade principles, facilitate new market’s development and create a platform that allows more effective works in the interactive construction of networks between members.

Visit the web site: http://www.ifat-la.org/

NEWS - The Network of European Worldshops

NEWS represent the Worldshops - shops that offer fairly traded products and campaign for a fairer world trade system all over Europe . It is the umbrella network of 15 national Worldshop associations in 13 different countries. NEWS gathers approximately 100,000 volunteers and 2,500 Worldshops

Visit the Web Site :

http://www.worldshops.org/index.html;jsessionid=
7884DE1478F8EA2282B08794D3E6936E

Fair Trade and Ethical Consumption, World Group on Solidarity Socio-Economy

The WSSE is a global network of debate among grassroots actors, researchers and committed people who collectively generate and promote proposals and strategies for socio-economic transformation. Its objectives are to set up a participative, intercultural dialogue linking different social actors, elaborate and spread innovative proposals of socio-economic transformation in all phases of the economic cycle, and to build an integrated vision of the Solidarity Socio-Economy

Visit the Web site : http://fairtrade.socioeco.org/en/

Equal Exchange: 100% Fairly Traded

Equal Exchange was founded in 1986. It is the largest and the oldest for-profit Fair Trade company in the U.S and offer products such as coffee, tea, cocoa and sugar produced by democratically run farmer co-ops in Latin America, Africa and Asia . Its mission is to build long term trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally responsible.

Visit the Web Site : http://www.equalexchange.com/

The European Fair Trade Association (EFTA)

EFTA is a network of 11 Fair Trade organizations in nine European countries which import Fair Trade products from some 400 economically disadvantaged producer groups in Africa , Asia and Latin America . EFTA's members are based in Austria , Belgium , France , Germany , Italy , the Netherlands , Spain , Switzerland and the United Kingdom .

Visit the Web Site: http://www.eftafairtrade.org/

FLO, Link Office Ecuador - Peru

The link Office of FLO for Ecuador and Peru is located in Quito and works with the German Technical Cooperation, is a unit of the Producers Support Network (PSN) of FLO (Fair Trade Labeling Organization International). The Office supports the strengthening of producer's organizations, product certification processes, and in the inspection and development of fair trade standards

Visita Página Web: http://www.comerciojustoecuadorperu.net

CRED Jewelry: Made with Love

CRED jewelry is committed to providing a positive fair trade alternative that pays special attention to human rights, labor standards and care for the environment. Our pursuit of this has led to unique partnerships with small-scale mining communities like Oro Verde in Colombia , cutting and polishing co-operative workshops, master jewelers and stone setters. All of whom are dedicated to the idea of fair trade jewelry. Cred aims to source all its precious metals and gem stones from small-scale Artisanal mining communities that have a concern for the biodiversity of their local region.

Visit the Web Site : http://www.cred.tv/fairtrade.html

International Fair Trade Association, IFAT

IFAT is a global network of Fair Trade Organizations. Its mission is to improve the livelihoods and well being of disadvantaged producers by linking and promoting Fair Trade Organizations, and speaking out for greater justice in world trade. More than 270 member organizations from 60 countries represent the Fair Trade chain from production to sale. Its members are producer co-operatives and associations, export marketing companies, importers, retailers, national and regional Fair Trade networks and financial institutions, dedicated to Fair Trade principles.

Visit the Website : www.ifat.org

Make Trade Fair Campaign

This petition represents the voices of millions of people around the world who are calling for decision-makers to make trade fair. Oxfam organized, the campaign gives a voice to producers and consumers who expect to see fairer rules in world trade.

Visit the Website: www.maketradefair.org/en/index.htm

Fair Trade Federation

The Fair Trade Federation (FTF) is an association of fair trade wholesalers, retailers, and producers whose members are committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide. FTF directly links low-income producers with consumer markets and educates consumers about the importance of purchasing fairly traded products.

Visit the website www.fairtradefederation.org

Fair Trade Resource Network

The Fair Trade Resource Network's goal is to raise consumer awareness about improving people's lives through Fair Trade alternatives by gathering and compiling research and data about Fair Trade, providing information about Fair Trade to the public, the media and Fair Trade advocates and galvanizing Fair Trade organizations and individuals seeking to get involved.

Visit the website www.fairtraderesources.org

The Peace Diamond Alliance

The Peace Diamond Alliance (PDA) is an organization that works to improve diamond management at the local level through cooperation among government, civil society, and business in Sierra Leone . Integrated Diamond Management and Policy IDMP, in partnership with the PDA and the Ministries of Mineral Resources and Trade & Industry, trains diggers in cooperative management, new mining technologies, and diamond valuation as well as facilitating access to finance and better prices for mining cooperatives that agree to mine ethically, to incorporate environmental sustainability, and to track production from Earth to Export.

Visit the website: www.peacediamonds.org

The Kimberly Process

The Kimberley Process is a joint government, international diamond industry and civil society initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds - rough diamonds that are used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments. The Kimberly Process is a voluntary and innovative certification scheme that imposes strict requirements for participants to certify that their diamonds are outside of conflict.

 Visit the website in English: www.kimberlyprocess.com:8080/site/

FLO International

F L O is the worldwide Fairtrade Standard setting and Certification organization. It permits more than 800,000 producers, workers and their dependants in 50 countries to benefit from labeled Fairtrade.

Visit the website in English: http://www.fairtrade.net/

Regional FLO office for Central America

This office attends to the market access needs of organizations certified in the registry of FLO International. Everything related with the inspection of (new) organizations is executed by local inspectors and directly coordinated by the certification unit of FLO international in Bonn , Germany . It develops programs in Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

Visit the website in Spanish: http://www.fairtrade.net/spaindex.html

Fairtrade Foundation

The Fairtrade Foundation licenses the FAIRTRADE Mark, to products which meet internationally recognized standards. The supplier (brand-owner or main national distributor) must sign the Foundation's License Agreement, which provides a license to use the Mark. Licensees are independently audited.

Visit the website: www.fairtrade.org.uk/about_us.htm

Columbia Gem House

Columbia Gem House supplies fair trade gems: beautiful natural gemstones and jewelry produced with respect for the environment and fair conditions for the workers who mine the gems and craft the jewelry.

Visit the website: http://www.fairtradegems.com/

The Mining Certification Evaluation Project (MCEP)

The Mining Certification Evaluation Project (MCEP) involves the collaboration of a wide number of groups with interests in, and/or concerns about, the social and environmental issues faced by the mining industry. The purpose of this project is to determine the feasibility of establishing a program through which independent third party certifiers would evaluate the environmental and social performance of mine sites.

Visit the website: http://www.minerals.csiro.au/sd/SD_MCEP.htm

The SIMCO portal and government policy relating to ASM in Colombia

The Colombian mining authority's portal provides information about government proposals for the structural transformation of what has been known as the informal mining sector.  Policy aims to encourage the development of commercially-viable forms of production that will enable the sector to become more competitive and profitable and less socially and environmentally damaging - in other words, a more sustainable industry.

Visit the Webpage:
www.simco.gov.co

Sustainable Artisanal Mining Project Web site Mongolia


Sustainable artisanal mining in Mongolia is a new phenomenon. This site provides new information about the project and on sustainable ASM in general.

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