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University of Western Australia becomes WA's first Fair Trade University.
03/20/2013 - 14:31

The University of Western Australia (UWA) has been recognised as a Fair Trade University by the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand. This endorsement recognises the university’s commitment to Fair Trade, a system based on international principles that ensure that more vulnerable small producers and farmers get better terms of trade. It is a powerful alternative to the dominant free trade system which ignores the smaller, vulnerable traders of the world.

Fair Trade Fortnight 2013 Dates
01/22/2013 - 04:47

 

 

This year's dates:

 

Fair Trade Fortnight 2013

04-19 May, 2013

 

World Fair Trade Day

Sat May 11, 2013

 

Fair Trade Communities: Growing the Fair Trade movement in Australia and New Zealand
12/08/2012 - 04:37

The Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand (FTAANZ) set up the Fair Trade Communities program to introduce the Fair Trade principles to community organizations, to encourage workplaces, faith groups, schools, universities and city councils to switch to using Fair Trade products and participate in the Fair Trade movement.

Deakin University is Victoria's Newest Fair Trade Uni
10/27/2012 - 00:19

Deakin University has been formally recognised as Australia’s seventh Fair Trade University by the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand (FTAANZ). Students and staff worked together to champion the fair trade cause to make this happen. It requires university procurement policy to include fair trade products which are produced and traded according to international principles that ensure that more vulnerable small producers and farmers get fairer terms of trade and the opportunity to reduce poverty.
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The Real Impact of Fairtrade Revealed
12/17/2010 - 13:39

This year has seen a range of reports released which highlight the real and sustained impact Fairtrade has for the developing country producers that we work with across the globe.

RMIT Cotton Project
12/03/2010 - 19:07

Students from RMIT University’s School of Fashion and Textiles recently completed a project addressing some of the ethical considerations of the global textile industry.