Fairtrade Coffee, Teas and Refrshments used by Sublime Coffee

SUBLIME COFFEE USES FAIRTRADE PRODUCTS

Sublime Coffee supplies Fairtrade products.

At Sublime Coffee we have chosen to provide the highest quality Fairtrade coffee and tea products for our customers. We support the Foundation in raising awareness of the FAIRTRADE Mark, to deepen understanding of the Mark and to increase sales of Fairtrade certified products.

The label offers an independent guarantee that disadvantaged producers in the developing world are getting a better deal.

The roots of the fair trade movement can be traced back for at least 30 years and in that time it has developed into a world-wide network of organisations seeking to relieve the causes of poverty by tackling some of the injustices of world trade. Traditionally such organisations have been development projects or community enterprises that were set up to assist people in disadvantaged communities earn a more sustainable livelihood through export trade.

The Fairtrade Foundation is the UK national member of FLO.

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The Foundation was established in 1994 by five leading development agencies (Oxfam, Christian Aid, CAFOD, World Development Movement and Traidcraft Exchange). All member organisations and their supporters help to increase awareness of the FAIRTRADE Mark through events such as the annual Fairtrade Fortnight campaign, which also involves the participation of many other organisations who share the vision.

Fairtrade standards have a social goal: they are primarily designed to ensure that producers in developing countries can gain more control over their lives. Environmental conditions are also important in Fairtrade but producers who are unable to meet organic standards are not excluded.

Fairtrade Labelling was created in the Netherlands in the late 1980s. The Max Havelaar Foundation launched the first Fairtrade consumer guarantee label in 1988 on coffee sourced from Mexico.

The FAIRTRADE Mark is an independent consumer label which appears on products as an independent guarantee that disadvantaged producers in the developing world are getting a better deal.

To learn more about Fairtrade, please visit their website at www.fairtrade.org.uk