Fairtrade

The University of Worcester was re accredited with Fairtrade Status until 2013.

The Fairtrade Foundation, recognises both the University’s ongoing commitment to supporting sustainable development in the developing world and the significant progress made by the University since Fairtrade Status was first granted.

The University and Students’ Union sells a wide variety of Fairtrade products across its cafes, canteen and shop, including tea and coffee, sugar, fruit juices, bars and cookies. All tea, coffee, orange juice and sugar used by catering for hospitality and conferences are also Fairtrade. Fairtrade products are used by the Chaplaincy, including polo shirts. Promotions and activities organised across the University during the year have featured fair-trade chocolate, condoms, Trade Nepal and produce from Zaytoun and Traidcraft.

Do you have ideas for new products, get involved; contact f.haworth@worc.ac.uk

Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. By requiring companies to pay sustainable prices (which must never fall lower than the market price), Fairtrade addresses the injustices of conventional trade, which traditionally discriminates against the poorest, weakest producers. It enables them to improve their position and have more control over their lives.

By buying a product with the Fairtrade mark, it guarantees a price that covers the cost of production, a social premium for producer groups to invest in business or community development, long-term trading relationships and advanced payments.