Fair Trade clothing |
Many of the clothes that we buy in northern countries are produced cheaply in southern countries. Often workers suffer from poor conditions and are badly paid. If fashion clothing is to be truly sustainable, it has to be fairly traded. This means that the clothes – and the textiles they are made from – have been made and traded under good social and economic conditions. Some products that are fair traded carry a label to say so. One of these is the ‘Fairtrade’ label. According to The Fair Trade Foundation, this guarantees that the goods come from: Fair trading relations, including:
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(Source: www.starfishfairtrade.co.uk, 21st September 2004) |
Fair production conditions, including:
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