Fair trade purchases on rise, but still trail rest of Europe
► 53% rise in fair-trade purchases, mainly coffee, cocoa & other foodstuffs ► But Spaniards spend just €2 each per year, compared…
► 53% rise in fair-trade purchases, mainly coffee, cocoa & other foodstuffs ► But Spaniards spend just €2 each per year, compared…
► More than 50 events, festivities planned at local, regional levels across Spain ►’We Are Fair Trade’ campaign to raise public awareness…
The city of Valencia has been designated as Spain’s 19th ‘Fair Trade City’, a designation awarded to cities for their promotion of…
• Products from farmers, coops in Africa, Asia and Latin America available • Campaign to raise awareness about fair trade, development &…
• World FairTrade Challenge 2016 set for May 13-15th worldwide • Supporters to host fair-trade coffee break with friends, family or co-workers…
• First Fair Trade shops opened in Cordoba, Donostia-San Sebastián in 1986 • Spain’s National Fair Trade Coordinating Council (Coordinadora Estatal de…
• CECJ promotes fair-trade holiday gifts with #MejorconComercioJusto contest • Campaign to highlight value of fair trade, rights & environmental protection A…
• Group wants fairer business and trade practices at home and abroad • Foreign trade deals should incorporate environment, labor & human…
Spanish fair-trade foundation COPADE last year doubled the number of projects sponsored in Spain and abroad aimed at promoting the use of…
► Small producers label certifies fair-trade, self-managed co-op products ► Spain’s National Fair-Trade Coordinating Council (CECJ, Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo) has…
• NGOs call on Spanish consumers to support fair and sustainable commerce • CECJ, CONGDE urge swapping ‘slacktivism’ for active support of…
• Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo (CECJ) ~ National Fair-Trade Coordinating Council • Spain’s Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo (CECJ, or ‘National…
• Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo (CECJ) ~ National Fair-Trade Coordinating Council • Spain’s Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo (CECJ, or ‘National…
• Fair-trade foodstuffs comprise 93% of 35 million euros consumed in 2015 • 20% of Spaniards bought fair-trade last year, but avg…
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• PSOE reverses position on free-trade accord, now says it won’t vote for CETA • Socialist ‘No’ vote or abstention on trade…
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