Going the Extra Mile Wednesday 20 th February 2008 Larry Bush Marketing Director, Traidcraft.
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Going the Extra Mile
Wednesday 20th February 2008
Larry BushMarketing Director, Traidcraft
Traidcraft’s mission
We fight poverty through trade, practising and promoting approaches to trade that help poor people in developing countries transform their lives.
“Products are vehicles for social change…”
Anita Roddick
“Trade is better than Aid”
Fighting poverty through trade
• One of the UK’s leading fair trade organisations
• Trading company and charity• Turnover of nearly £20Million
• Trading with small-scale producers in developing world since 1979
• Broad customer and supporter base• Product range across food, fashion and
crafts• Policy unit – advocacy and campaigning
We pioneer new areas of Fair Trade
• “Trading for a Fairer World” since 1979• Coffee, Tea and Sugar 1981-85• Co-founders of Café-Direct in 1991• Co-founders of Fairtrade Foundation in 1992• Launch of Geobar – pioneer “composite” product in 1999• First Fairtrade Wine with the Co-op in 2001• First Fairtrade Fruit Juice with Gerber Juices in 2002• First Fairtrade cotton with Agrocel in 2006
CocoaKuapa KokooGhana
RaisinsSouth Africa
HoneyChile Sugar
Malawi
ApricotsPakistan
Geobar – a pioneering Fairtrade product
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Geobar Annual Sales
Apricot
Chocolate
Cranberry
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Geobar - a hit with consumers
Geobar - success through partnerships:
• Traidcraft supporters
• Manufacturing licence partners
• Retail customers
• Producer partners
Kasinthula Sugar Cane
GrowersAssociation,
Malawi
Vine Fruit Growers
South Africa
EKSTEENSKUIL AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE
EKSTEENSKUIL AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE
BeekeepersChile
Future Opportunities in Fairtrade:
• Partnership
• Pioneering
• Handcrafted paper• Traditional skills • Bangladesh• Philippines• Community projects• Education• Empowerment
Hand Made Paper Cards – Marks and Spencer
• Recycled tissue range• Proceeds to producer
support fund• Capacity building• Helping new producers
benefit from Fairtrade
Producer Support from Recycled Tissue Range – SCA
Going the Extra Mile