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| Posted by: Linda |
18/04/2008 16:59 |
Late again! I have been out being 'orientated' for my bank nursing job on the community. All very confusing driving up into the hills down country roads etcetera, I suppose I will find my way? Anyway is was a beautiful day and everywhere looked bonny.
A litttle bit of controversy for you re Fairtrade! Apparently one of the fore runners in producing a Fairtrade coffee was Nestle which was fine except that they are one of the most boycotted companies in the world due to aggressive marketing of baby milk formula in third world countries where mothers were encouraged to believe it superior to breast milk. Unfortunately many of them did not have clean water to mix it with and the result was an increased infant mortality rate.Nestle's chairman apparently suggested that people who say that access to a clean water supply is a fundamental human right are 'extremists'. A bit embarrassing!!
A spokesman from Fairtrade however although admitting that this had caused controversy defended their action of granting fairtrade labeling to companies whose conduct had been criticised by anti poverty campaigners. "We don't endorse companies, we put labels on practices and try to guarantee that they fulfil ethical guidelines".
Development of Fairtrade in Mali Africa has helped young people and women find work. In Mali 40% of organic cotton fairtrade producers are women.Fairtrade is becoming increasingly mainstream in Britain and Fairtrade labeling organisations estimate that 1.4 million small scale producers have benefited. So with all these discussions about the rights and wrongs of the trade situation I guess you just have to go with whatever you happen to believe is the true picture.
Linda
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