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23 May '12

Content about Fairtrade Town

A newly constructed toilet block. Just one example of support for the COOBANA communities from The Co-operative community investment

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PanamaThe Co-operative — stepping out for Fairtrade and beyond

Fairtrade Fortnight 2012 promises to be the biggest yet with 96% of the UK population now aware of the Fairtrade Mark. This year, the Fairtrade Foundation wants to register 1.5 ...

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Take a Step for Fairtrade Fortnight

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United KingdomTake a giant step for Fairtrade

‘Take a Step’ for Fairtrade is this year’s campaign call for people to engage with the Fairtrade Foundation’s vision of an even bigger movement for ...

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Global NewsMars to Begin Participating in Fair Trade in 2012 in UK and Ireland

Global confectioner Mars announced with Fairtrade International that Mars will begin participating in Fair Trade. The first Mars product to carry the FAIRTRADE Mark will be MALTESERS®, to appear in stores in 2012 in the UK and Ireland. The move to source some Fair Trade cocoa will contribute more than US$1 million annually in Fairtrade premium funds to producer groups in West Africa. See full press release from Mars and Fairtrade International

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Global NewsHelping to lead a Fairtrade revolution

Fairtrade Fortnight — this year running from February 28th to March 13th — is now an important date in the calendar of the Co-operative Movement.

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Global NewsMidcounties in bid for awards

Midcounties Co-operative will be competing for honours in the national finals of the 2010 Retail Industry Awards. 

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Global NewsFairtrade bonanza as sales hit £4m

The Co-operative Group has announced that average weekly Fairtrade sales during Fairtrade Fortnight in Co-operative stores were up 38 per cent on the normal running rate to date ...

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Global NewsFairtrade goes mainstream '” with a little help from the Co-operative Group

The annual Fairtrade Fortnight, (until March 7th) is set to be the biggest yet with major national brands now carrying the Fairtrade Mark. Here, Michelle Henderson, 
Public ...

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Global NewsStudent wins writing prize

The winner of the Co-op Writing Prize 2009 at University of Central Lancashire has been presented with his cheque.


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Global NewsHow Garstang won its Fairtrade battle'

Standing proudly at the boundaries of Garstang, Lancashire, are road signs declaring it to be the world’s first Fairtrade Town.


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SwitzerlandFairtrade helps 1.5m producers

Ethically-conscious consumers spent £1.8 billion worldwide on Fairtrade products last year.


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