Fairtrade labelling does not vouch for the general business practices of the companies that trade and sell Fairtrade-labelled products, but rather it vouches for those associated with the trade of Fairtrade-labelled products. While ATOs make promises about their general business practices, the Fair...
around 12% of fair-trade-labelled produce is nothing of the kind. Next, a crop may genuinely be produced under fair-trade conditions, but due to a lack of demand cannot be sold as fair trade, so goes onto the open market, where prices are mostly lower. It is estimated that only betwe...
The table number 1 gives data about Fairtrade-labelled coffee sale rates in the years of 1999 and 2004 in millions of euros in the five European countries. second table illustrates banana's sales in these nations in the same years. Overall, what stands out is that, in the bot...
Specifically, in the context of fair trade-labelled products, several studies present conflicting evidence (Basu & Hicks, 2008) that can be attributed to several factors. Some papers suggest variables such as the credibility of the label itself (label transparency), the type of product in ...
around 12% of fair-trade-labelled produce is nothing of the kind. Next, a crop may genuinely be produced under fair-trade conditions, but due to a lack of demand cannot be sold as fair trade, so goes onto the open market, where prices are mostly lower. It is estimated that only betwe...