Lead for Change Blog

Elizabeth Magalski

Whole Foods Market

Ensuring Better Wages and Working Conditions Third-party certification requires that farms provide good working conditions for all employees. This includes requirements for occupational health and safety, legal minimum wage, full rights and benefits and never any forced labor, discrimination or child labor. Practicing Environmental Responsibility Strict criteria are in place at each farm to protect […]

Lush

“We also believe in protecting people, animals and the planet and we take our commitment to environmental stewardship seriously. “

The Body Shop

“We make our products with love and care. We source some of the finest raw ingredients from the four corners of the globe. We harness the skills of artisan farmers and add our expertise to create effective products that are wonderful to use. We have 25 Community Fair Trade suppliers and we will be featuring […]

Dr Bombay’s Underwater Tea Party

“The staff at Dr. Bombay’s helps support the shop’s project in India, which we call The Learning Tea. Much of the funding from the project, which gives life scholarships to impoverished young women in India, comes from our tea shop. “

Java Vino

“We’re a coffee and wine house, located in the Poncey-Highlands neighborhood of Atlanta, GA. We offer a plethora of coffees and wines from around the world. Our house coffee, Selva Negra Estate Coffee, comes from Nicaragua and is produced by my parents. We offer our customers a true seed-to-cup experience. My family (the Kuhl’s) picks […]

Richards Variety Store

“This is as close to an old-fashioned five-and-dime as today’s family will ever experience. The fabulous toy section includes board games, coloring books and K’nex along with Slinkys, jump ropes, boucle soap, rubber chickens, and classics like Loom Looper’s Potholder kits. A well-worn linoleum tile floor and naked fluorescent-tube lighting set the stage for the […]

Kristina Kaiser

Sevananda Natural Foods Market

“Sevananda is proud to support local farmers and businesses by selling local organic food, including seasonal produce, natural groceries, bulk herbs and spices, and other specialty health and wellness products in high demand. Offering locally grown foods allows us to live up to the commitment of our triple bottom line philosophy of economic, environmental, and […]

Dancing Goats

Cost Plus World Market

Trader Joes

“We buy direct from suppliers whenever possible, we bargain hard to get the best price, and then pass the savings on to you.” Signed the Coalition of Immokalee Workers Fair Food Agreement

Seattle University Fair Trade Resolution

Signed by University President Stephen Sundborg and Student Body President Eric Sype

mmcandrews

Partners Fair Trade Boutique

Partners is our store onsite at the Unity Center. It contains 85% fair trade items including jewelry, home goods and apparel. We also serve fair trade coffee in our cafe and have it for purchase in our store.

Partners Fair Trade Boutique

Partners is our store onsite at the Unity Center. It contains 85% fair trade items including jewelry, home goods and apparel. We also serve fair trade coffee in our cafe and have it for purchase in our store.

Spreading the fair trade message

With the promotion of Fair Trade Sunday we will explain more about the fair trade movement to our congregation from the stage. We are also using social media including adding information with the fair trade principles on the fairtradesunday.com website. We have a Facebook page and we re-tweet messages from the Fair Trade Federation.