Category Archives: Social Responsibility

Dec9

Loophole in blood diamond monitoring scheme exposed

Posted on by
Loophole in blood diamond monitoring scheme exposed

Efficacy of the Kimberley Process has been thrown into doubt.

Efficacy of the Kimberley Process has been thrown into doubt.
Content Settings
Thumbnail: 
image/jpeg iconThumb_Conflict_Diamonds.jpg
Primary Image: 
image/jpeg iconMain_Conflict_Diamonds.jpg
Primary Image Credit: 
BLOOD DIAMOND: Conflict diamonds are supposedly blacklisted by the major diamond firms in capitals around the world. The reality is, however that once these diamonds are smuggled onto the market, there is almost no way to know where they came from. (Photo: ZUMA Press)
Image Alt Text: 
Blood Diamond, Conflict diamonds, Zimbabwe,
Ed Stoddard and Clara Ferreira-Marques, Reuters
2011-12-09T15:53:21Z
JOHANNESBURG/LONDON - It was hailed as a way to make it possible to buy a diamond ring for your sweetheart free from worry that you were funding civil wars and rights abuses.
 
[[social-toolbar]]But the efficacy of the Kimberley Process (KP) has been thrown into doubt by a diamond field operating under a recognized government, not a rebel army, that is widely criticized for abuses of its own.
 

read more

Oct4

Fair Trade Finder app crowd-sources product locations

Posted on by
Fair Trade Finder app crowd-sources product locations
Teaser: 
Fair Trade USA has just released an app that allows users to upload the location of fair trade products that they find for sale. No smartphone? No problem. Use the Facebook page.
Subhead: 
Fair Trade USA has just released an app that allows users to upload the location of fair trade products that they find for sale. No smartphone? No problem. Use the Facebook page.

read more

May5

Stamp Out Hunger while drinking fair trade coffee

Posted on by
Stamp Out Hunger while drinking fair trade coffee
Teaser: 
May 14, 2011, is Stamp Out Hunger Day and World Fair Trade Day. It's one of those occasions when you can do some good for other people while you're still in your PJ's.
Subhead: 
May 14, 2011, is Stamp Out Hunger Day and World Fair Trade Day. It's one of those occasions when you can do some good for other people while you're still in your PJ's.
You won’t even need to get out of your pajamas on May 14 to help others. While you sit at the table sipping some fair trade coffee and perhaps eating some coffee cake made with fair trade sugar, your postal carrier will collect the bag of food that you’ve left to be donated to your local food bank. Sweet, right?
 

read more

Feb16

How does cocoa go from bean to bar?

Posted on by
How does cocoa go from bean to bar?
Teaser: 
Get an in-depth look at the process of making organic cocoa beans into chocolate bars.
Subhead: 
Get an in-depth look at the process of making organic cocoa beans into chocolate bars.
Have you ever wondered how good chocolate is made? This video from Spices of Life takes us through the process of turning organic cocoa beans into spicy, traditional Mexican stone ground chocolates. The process is different than making creamy, milk chocolates. I particularly like that Taza, the chocolate company featured in the video, pays more than fair trade price for its cocoa beans. 
 

read more