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Fairtrade Jewellery
| Fair Trade
guarantees producers and workers in the developing world a
better standard of life. Fair Trade is a worldwide organisation and
means that consumers have a choice how to spend their money knowing that
it will make a difference to the people who are selling the goods.
Many products adhere to the Fair Trade principle and jewellery is no
different in this respect.
Suppliers work
together with companies who ensure in turn that their employees receive a
realistic wage as well as good working conditions.
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The main aim of Fair
Trade is to offer marginalised communities helping the people in such
communities to develop their skills and to offer them a helping hand to
bring their products to market in the UK.
Perhaps the overriding
principle of Fair Trade is to campaign against how world trade functions
and to address the inequality of such a system.
If you have
any strong ethical principles and want to make a difference to the working
conditions of people then perhaps you should consider buying Fair Trade
jewellery.
Here are some sources of further Fair Trade information:
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