Sainsbury's head Justin King, spoke recently of the continuing support for Fairtrade as UK shoppers remain loyal to their Fairtrade purchases. Despite the "doom & gloom" times, shoppers are happy to stick to their values when its comes to developing countries.
Justin King was speaking at a leading agricultural college this week. King emphasised Sainsbury's commitment to Fairtrade in the long term, and that the Fairtrade farmers would not loose out to a buy British strategy. Indeed, we are delighted to hear that by the end of 2010, of Sainbury's own lable R&G coffee will be Fairtrade. Click here for full article
Thought about an E Advent Calender?
Getting read for Christmas and haven't organised your advent calender? or even looking for a virtual option. Well the clever people of Christian Aid can come to your rescue.
Handy hints and tips, will be emailed daily from the 1st December until Christmas Eve. They are designed to help consumers save cash, cut their carbon emissions and have some Yuletide fun.
Hints include:
Giving the gift of time – in an increasingly busy world give someone you love some time off by presenting them an IOU for babysitting, walking the dog, washing the car, etc. The babysitting duties could save them at least £20 a night!
Car sharing – as fuel costs rise, and traffic jams increase, why not log on to www.pickuppal.com and find someone heading your way home for Christmas. Not only will it save you money by sharing fuel costs but using one car rather than two will reduce emissions. You might even make a new friend.
Other tips include how to cut costs on food, fuel, fashion, entertainment and much more.
To register for your daily advent tip, simply log on to www.christianaid.org.uk/advent
The Eco/Ethical Headlines
Fairtrade Forum Scotland and NFU Scotland come together to promote their desire for a fair price, for farmers in Scotland & developing countries - Read full story here
It's Divine Chocolate's Birthday :)They get a great article from the Observer's management Editor Simon Caulkin, covering the milestones of the company and how it's going from strength to strength - Read read full article here
Amazon looks at its packaging - partly to reduce packaging rage but also it will postitive environmental impacts :) read full story
The Co-operative launches new PINK Fairtrade cotton bags, just in time for the Christmas shopping. All the proceeds go to helping build a school in India. Full details here.
And finally...
The Fairtrade Fruit Passion Juice Challenge is upon us. Take up the challenge and see how long it takes you can drink a carton of Fruit Passion. Billy Bragg has bravely attempted it and now the Bristol branch of Unison has challenged the whole of Unison to get involved. We hear on the grapevine that there could be a prize :)
