Wise Coffee has a strict policy to have organic AND fairtrade certificates on file for ALL of the coffee that we roast and serve. Fairtrade International just introduced a new Standard that makes positive steps towards making fair working wages and trade practices more achievable and enforceable. Here is a link to an article that discusses this new Standard:
http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=primecreative
You can also read the report on the new Standards on Fairtrade International's website:
http://www.fairtrade.net/fileadmin/user_upload/content/2009/standards/documents/generic-standards/2014-1-15_HL_FINAL_links.pdf
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