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Build Back Fairer - World Fair Trade Day
from Living Fair - May
ON SATURDAY 8TH MAY We Celebrated
WORLD FAIR TRADE DAY!
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The fair trade movement has a solution; to rising inequality, to entrenched poverty, to gender discrimination, to environmental destruction. Recovering from the pandemic gives the world a chance not just to build back better, but build back fairer. The WFTO believe that we cannot simply go back to the old normal. The old normal
left millions behind and was destroying
our planet. We have the opportunity to reboot our economies so it is equitable and sustainable. We can replace outdated business models that channel ever-greater wealth to the richest, giving the top 1% more wealth than the poorest 50%. Through Fair Trade, organic and social enterprises; cooperatives and other social and solidarity actors, we can channel profits to the many, not the few. Putting people and planet first in trade and business, we can ensure the economy serves those who are otherwise left behind. Our planet is in crisis and humanity faces extinction. Bold action is needed to address the climate crisis, while securing the livelihoods of our planet’s poorest communities. But all is not lost. We can build back fairer. It’s time to rethink our economy. We can build back to so no one is left behind.
The time is now!
THE WFTO RECOGNISE THAT BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENTS AND CONSUMERS CAN TAKE ACTION NOW. THESE ACTIONS INCLUDE:
• Businesses embrace circular economy production models (reuse, recycle, upcycle, repurpose).
• Governments support businesses committed to the 10 Principles of Fair Trade.
• Consumers support fair trade enterprises - through their local fair trade store, webshop and fair trade products everywhere. • Businesses adopt and promote the 10 Principles of Fair Trade in their business and across their supply chains.
• Businesses commit to protecting livelihoods and ensuring every worker, farmer and artisan can meet their basic needs.
• Businesses embrace low-carbon production and commit to net-zero carbon footprint.
• Governments regulate the economy to ensure all businesses must respect the human rights of workers, farmers, artisans and communities - in particular in their supply chains.
To find out more about the events of the day, visit our friends at the World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO)'s site.
