Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
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SectorCo-op Group donates £50,000 to its Fairtrade producers hit by Hurricanes Irma and Maria
The Group, which has already contributed to Co-operatives UK’s disaster fund, is giving the money to help Fairtrade banana farmers
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Banking and InsuranceReinsurance: ICMIF 2013 Annual LARG Meeting Registration Now Open
The ICMIF 2013 Annual LARG (Latin American Reinsurance Group) Meeting will take place this year in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic from Wednesday 26 to Friday 28 June hosted by Cooperativa Nacional de Seguros, Coop-Seguros Inc....
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DevelopmentCo-operative stores across the UK embrace Fairtrade products
As the UK celebrates Fairtrade Fortnight, Brad Hill, Fairtrade Strategy Manager for the Co-operative Group, discusses the society's pioneering approach to Fairtrade and how easy it is for customers to switch to the ethical choice...
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AgricultureLatin American co-op becomes 10th largest cocoa exporter
A Fairtrade co-op that started as a development project in 1988, has now become the tenth largest cocoa exporter in the world. CONACADO now provides Fairtrade cocoa products to brands such as Green & Black’s,...
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Agriculture
Guess We’ll Have to Save the World Ourselves
This is the second post from Tom Hanlon-Wilde sent to us from Quito, Ecuador where he is attending the Second Annual Meeting of the Small Farmer Symbol. Small-scale Farmers Besieged by High Temperatures and Less...
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Banking and Insurance
Coop-Seguros in Top 50 Employers in the Dominican Republic
ICMIF member, Coop-Seguros, has recently been ranked number nine in the Top 50 Best Employers to Work For in the Dominican Republic business publication Revista Mercado. They were ranked ninth in the “300 Employees and...
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Agriculture
Banana Producers from the Dominican Republic Say No to Plantations!
“Perhaps the current changes are seen as positive by consumers and the Fair Trade world, but they will exclude once and for all small farmers if we do not make the right decisions; if this...
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Worker co-opsFair Trade USA and Partners Deliver Record Impact to Farmers in 2011
Fair Trade USA, a non-profit organization and the leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States, recently released its 2011 Almanac, an annual publication which provides detailed information on the supply and...
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DevelopmentThe 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 million “steps” that are being...
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Democracy
Some Insights Into How Strong Are Labor Rights in Fair Trade
On September 21, FTRN produced Webinar 116: How Strong Are Labor Rights in Fair Trade? The 3 panelists were Judy Gearhart, Executive Director, International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF); Wil Flinterman, Senior Advisor – Workers Rights...