Fair Trade: Strategy of Ethical Consumption and Awareness

According to the Sustainable Foods Summit hold in Amsterdam on 10–11th June in 2010 the number of Eco-labels in food industry rose to 500.

The sales of Fairtrade certified products have been growing on an average of almost 40% per year in the last five years. In 2008, Fairtrade certified sales amounted to approximately €2.9 billion worldwide, a 22% year-to-year increase.

The map of the Eco Towns in Baltic Region

The map of the Eco Towns in Great Britain

The key objectives of the standards are to: ensure that producers receive prices that cover their average costs of sustainable production; 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; facilitate long-term trading partnerships and enable greater producer control over the trading process; set clear minimum and progressive criteria to ensure that the conditions of production and trade of all Fairtrade certified products are socially, economically fair and environmentally responsible.

Ethical Consumption and Awareness is about Cooperation Promotion Taking responsibility