Fair's fare: labelling

New Internationalist, April, 2000

Where to go and what to do:

Fairtrade

Ireland: Fairtrade Mark Ireland, PO Box 6031, Dublin 6; Tel: 353 475 3515; Fax: 353 1 475 3515; E-mail: fair.mark@pobox.com

Britain: Fairtrade Foundation, Suite 204, 16 Baldwins Gardens, London EC1N 7RJ; Tel: 44 2 07 4055942; Fax: 44 2 07 4055943; E-mail: mail@fairtrade.org.uk Website: www.gn.apc.org/fairtrade/

Max Havelaar

Belgium: Max Havelaar Belgie, Boulevard Leopold II, 184 D, B-1080 Brussels; Tel: 32 2 411 64 62; Fax: 32 2 411 60 05; E-mail: info@maxhavelaar.be

France: Max Havelaar France, 41 Rue Emile Zola, F-93100 Montreuil; Tel: 33 1 42877021; Fax: 33 1 48700768; E-mail: Mhavelaar@aol.com

The Netherlands: Stichting Max Havelaar, Postbus 1252, NL-3512 BG, Utrecht; Tel: 31 30 2334602; Fax: 31 30 2332992; E-mail: maxhavelaar@maxhavelaar.nl Website: www.maxhavelaar.nl

Max Havelaar

Denmark: c/o FKN, Norregade 13 kld, DK-1165, Kobenhaven K; Tel: 45 33 11 1345; Fax: 45 33 11 1347; E-mail: info@maxhavelaar.dk Website: www.maxhavelaar.dk

Norway: Storgata 33c, 0184 Oslo; Tel: 47 22 982626; Fax: 47 22 360623; E-mail: maxhavelaar@maxhavelaar.no http:\\surf.to/max.havelaar.norge

Finland (Associate member): Reilun kaupan edistamisyhdistys ry, Ludviginkatu 3-5 B42, O0130 Helsinki; Tel: 358 9 643153; Fax: 358 9 643156; E-mail: reilukey@kaapeli.fi Website: www.kepa.fi/merkki

Max Havelaar

Switzerland: Max Havelaar Stiftung Schweiz, Malzgasse 25, CH-4052 Basel; Tel: 41 61 271500; Fax: 41 61 271562; E-mail: postmastert@maxhavelaar.ch

TransFair

Austria: TransFair Austria, Wipplingerstr.32, A-1010 Wien; Tel: 43 1 53309561; Fax: 43 1 5330957; E-mail: transfair.a@magnet.at Website: www.oneworld.at/transfair/

Canada (Associate member): Transfair Canada / Fair TradeMark, 8323 Chapel Street, 2nd floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7Z2; Tel: 1 613 5633351; Fax: 1 613 2375969; E-mail: fairtrade@cyberus.ca Website: www.web.net/fairtrade

Germany: TransFair Germany, Remigiusstr.21, 50937 Koln; Tel: 49 221 9420400; Fax: 49 221 94204040; E-mail: info@transfair.org Website: www.transfair.org

Italy: Transfair Italy, Piazetta Forzate 1, 1-35137 Padova; Tel: 39 049 8750 823; Fax: 39 049 8750 910; E-mail: transfai@intercity.it www.citinv.it/equo/homefair.htm

Japan (Associate member): Transfair Japan, c/o St Paul Lutheran Church of the JELC, 5-3-1 Koutoubashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130; Tel: 81 3 36347867; Fax: 81 3 36347808; E-mail: wakatiai@mail.big.or.jp

Luxembourg: Transfair Minka Luxembourg, 13 Rue de la Gare, L-5353 Oetrange; Tel: 352 350762; Fax: 352 350762; E-mail: transfair@pt.lu

USA (Associate member): Transfair USA, 52 Ninth Street, Oakland CA 94607; Tel: 1 510 6635260; Fax: l 510 6635264; E-mail: transfair@transfairusa.org

Foreningen for Raittvisemarkt

Sweden: Foreningen for Raittvisemarkt, Drakenbergsgatan 11, SE-117 41 Stockholm; Tel: 46 8 668 0350; Fax: 46 8 668 0314; E-mail: handla@raettvist.se Website: www.raettvist.se

Australasia

The small scale of fairly traded products means that there is currently no Fairtrade Labelling Organization based here. For contacts in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand see `Trading' overleaf.

Many fairly traded products are now on superstore shelves -- if they aren't, keep asking why not. An effective system of labelling is essential to inform consumers, fend off fakers and encourage the rest. Look for these labels wherever you are.

Fair Trade Labelling Organizations International (FLO)

Brings together most national labelling organizations listed below. FLO members have agreed common principles, which include:

* Democratic organization

* Recognized trade unions

* No child labour

* Decent working conditions

* Environmental sustainability

* Price that covers costs of production

* Social premium to improve conditions

* Long-term relationship

The FLO monitoring programme ensures that all the trading partners continue to comply with fair-trade criteria and that individual producers benefit.

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO), Kaiser-Friedrich Strasse 13, D-53113 Bonn, Germany, Tel: 49 228 949230, Fax: 49 228 2421713, E-mail: coordination@fairtrade.net Website: www.fairtrade.net