Fair Trade
Fair Trade 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, Fair Trade 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.
Source: Fairtrade.com.au
What are the alternatives to using Palm Oil?
Using renewable, existing alternatives – like coconut oil which has been ethically sourced & produced.
Why is Palm Oil so devastating to the world’s eco-systems?
In the countries where palm oil is produced, the land and forests must be cleared for the development of the palm oil plantations.
According to the World Wildlife Fund, an area the equivalent size of 300 football fields of rainforest is cleared each hour to make way for palm oil production.
This large-scale deforestation is pushing many species to extinction. If nothing changes species like the orangutan could become extinct in the wild within the next 5-10 years, and Sumatran tigers less than 3 years.
