Tag Archive for 'fairtrade'

The Jersey Fairtrade Island Group presents ‘A Fair Feast’ in St. Helier, Jersey

September 2nd, 2010 by Richard Lord

The Jersey Fairtrade Island Group presents ‘A Fair Feast’ on Tuesday, 21 September 2010 at 7.30 pm at the Assembly Room in the Town Hall, St. Helier, Jersey. Harriet Lamb, Executive Director of the Fairtrade Foundation, will give a presentation “If you can, buy local; if not, buy Fairtrade!” The evening event will include a [...]

Minutes of the Jersey Climate Action Network meeting on 31 August 2010

September 1st, 2010 by Jeremy Harris

Jersey Climate Action Network held their monthly meeting on 31 August 2010 at the Frances Le Sueur Centre, Les Mielles, St. Ouen, Jersey. Present: 16 people were present, including Maria Barnicoat, Francis Binney, Mark Forskitt, Jeremy Harris, Hazel Jones, Nigel Jones, Roger Jones, Caroline Leach, Jo McAllister, Nick Palmer, Ruth Rolls, Joy Thompson, and Bob [...]

Fairtrade is a great way to relieve poverty overseas – Fairtrade in Guernsey

July 5th, 2010 by Phil Soulsby

Phil Soulsby of the Mundi Group Ltd. was invited to give a talk on his work to promote Fair Trade in Guernsey as part of the “Meeting Point” series of talks in the Town church. These are his notes from the talk he gave on 2 July 2010. The aim of Fairtrade is to treat [...]

Business and Ethics, are they poles apart?

April 22nd, 2009 by Jim Hopley

Responsible Retailing. Jim Hopley, Chief Executive of the Channel Islands Co-op concludes this series on Responsible Retailing and looks at the local social dividend payable as a result of responsible trading. If ever there was an activity which ties itself up in knots trying to get a simple message across, it is that aspect of [...]