Are your customers the type of people attuned to proof of sustainable business practices? If you're in the business of selling food-stuffs or body-care products, you might want to pay attention to new ...

You might not know it from its generally low price tag, but chocolate has a host of production issues, from child labor on cacao farms to issues with deforestation. Chocolate isn’t alone in this ...

West Elm expects 40% of its products to be fair trade–certified by 2020. Two execs leading explain how to create more responsible products at scale. Five years ago, West Elm may have had very little ...

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Walking through the door of Lattitudes, 137 N. Main St. in Cape Girardeau, one is greeted by organic coffee, hand-crafted clothing, bags, journals, pottery, baskets and a plethora of jewelry. What ...

Anyone who’s unfamiliar with the business concept of “fair trade” can find a basic definition through a quick internet search. But for those who want a deeper understanding of what kind of products ...

“We are a trade association of fair trade enterprises in the U.S. and Canada,” says Chris Solt, executive director of the Fair Trade Federation. “What we do is different (than individual product ...

Catalina Coffee Shop's exposed brick walls are decorated with black and white photographs of Guatemala — owner Max Gonzalez's homeland and one of several nations producing the fair-trade coffee he ...

On the streets of Mumbai, desperate single mothers weave baskets to support their family. In an African village, young women suffering from HIV or AIDS carefully bead jewelry. In the Dominican ...