All Ethical trade articles – Page 52
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Sainsbury's to up spending in Africa
The UK retailer plans to boost its expenditure in Africa, as it continues to increase its Fairtrade offering
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ArticleEosta launches campaign in RSA
The Dutch company has unveiled a new campaign in South Africa, using the attention of the World Cup to help improve social conditions
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ArticleRetailers deny Agrexco boycott plan
Two of Italy's leading supermarket groups have distanced themselves from claims of a possible ban on all Agrexco Israeli products
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ArticleBroetje Orchards lands safety award
Apple grower-packer honoured with 2010 Chairman's Award from NCSI Americas in recognition of safety and social responsibility
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ArticlePlan A paying dividends at M&S
UK food and clothing retailer reports on continued success of eco and ethical programme during its third year
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ArticleAmsterdam summit tackles sustainability
The Sustainable Foods Summit will look at key issues relating to sustainability in the food industry when it convenes on 10-11 June
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ArticleGLA carries out further revocation
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority has revoked the licence of a Birmingham gangmaster after finding multiple non-compliances and a previously twice-revoked gangmaster heavily involved in the running of the business.
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ArticleFairtrade veg market set to grow
Following Marks & Spencer's foray into Fairtrade vegetables, Organic Monitor sees an opportunity for big growth throughout Europe
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Global Fairtrade sales top €3bn mark
Consumer spending on Fairtrade products climbs 15 per cent in 2009, despite the onset of the economic downturn
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GLA makes 10th conviction
The Gangmasters’ Licensing Authority (GLA) has racked up its fifth guilty verdict this year and its seventh in six months with the conviction of a West Yorkshire gangmaster business last week.
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ArticleM&S first to sell Fairtrade veg in UK
Marks & Spencer's launch of Fairtrade green beans from Kenya makes it the first UK retailer to stock Fairtrade vegetables
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ArticleFirst Fairtrade bean sprouts hit UK
The Cooperative will begin the sale of the first Fairtrade bean sprouts this week, grown by a group in Inner Mongolia
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Monsanto provides Haiti seed donation
US group to provide 130 tonnes of vegetable seeds to Haitian growers to support country’s reconstruction effort
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Fairtrade on rise in Germany
Fairtrade consumption was up in Germany in 2009, thanks in part to the wider availability of such products
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ArticleDole stresses green commitment
Dole has created an office of corporate responsibility and sustainability to highlight its environmental commitment
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Boston business losses GLA licence
The Gangmasters’ Licensing Authority (GLA) has revoked the licence of a Boston gangmaster after finding an “astonishing lack of paperwork and a lack of basic knowledge of how to run the business”.
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Shoppers punish with their purchases
A Fairtrade survey for World Fair Trade Day on May 8 has found that UK consumers punish socially irresponsible companies through their shopping habits.
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Gangmaster fined but businesses unscathed
A Cambridgeshire-based gangmaster who supplied labour in Lincolnshire has been sentenced and fined for operating as a gangmaster without a licence, but his customers escaped without punishment.
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ArticleRewe launches eco-friendly label
'Pro Planet' badge placed on own-brand products as part of in-store sustainability programme
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ArticleChiquita highlights sustainability moves
Multinational outlines past strategies and reveals plans for comprehensive carbon footprint assessment on bananas