Transcript Welcome to the RMIT Fair Trade Morning Tea

Welcome to the RMIT Fair Trade
Morning Tea
“”…….a
global movement tackling poverty and empowering producers through trade, which
RMIT is now part of”
What is Fair Trade?
• Fair Trade is a global movement tackling poverty and
empowering producers through trade
• Consists of consumers, campaigners, manufacturers, retailers,
traders, governments, multilateral organisations, unions,
development organisations, and, most importantly, the producers
themselves
• Fair Trade envisions a better world where commerce is equitable
and just.
• Fair Trade is about providing a hand up, not a hand out.
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Tackling Poverty and Empowering
Producers Through Trade
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Fair trade at Work:
Fair trade and Healthcare
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Schools from Fair trade
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Committing to purchasing Fair trade allows organisations to have a
direct and sustained impact on the livelihood of producers through the
minimum price guarantee and Fair trade Premium.
Fair trade at Work: Increasing the Communities Income Earning
Opportunities
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Fair trade at Work: Fair trade and Infrastructure Development
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Fair trade at Work: Cafe Feminino Empowering
Women
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Fair Trade University Status
The Story So Far
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RMIT was the first University in Australia to achieve Fair Trade workplace
status
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Fair Trade University Status
The 5 Goals Reached to Obtain Status
1. The Student Union (SU) (or Association) and the University Council (UC) (or
other governing body as appropriate) both passed a resolution in support of
fair trade
2. A Fair Trade Steering Group has been established
3. Fair Trade certified products are made readily available for sale in shops,
cafés, restaurants, and bars on campus at a reasonable price where
possible
4. Fair Trade certified products (for example, coffee and tea) are served at all
meetings hosted by the university and the SU, and are served in university
and SU offices and university departments
5. There is a commitment to increase consumption of Fair Trade certified
production campus
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Fair Trade Status
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RMIT Achieved Fair Trade University Status
• The Certificate for achieving Fair
Trade University Status was
presented at the Fair Trade
FIESTA, held in Storey Hall as
part of the Fair Trade Fortnight
celebrations in May 2009
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What is RMIT doing to increase
consumption of Fair Trade?
• Council has supported the principle and VCE adopted the
recommendation that Fairtrade Tea and Coffee is to be
available wherever Tea and Coffee are served on
Campus.
• An awareness program is in place with flashes provided
on netXpress, the on line ordering tool with Corporate
Express…. The approved supplier.
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What RMIT is Doing to Support the Fair Trade Initiative
“Fair Trade Fortnight”
• 2008 - Worked on becoming a Fair
Trade Workplace
• 2009 – RMIT Fair Trade Supplier
Expo (see MX above) RMIT also
hosted a FIESTA at Storey Hall
• 2010 – Proposed Fair Trade
Supplier Expo in Bowen St
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RMIT has Undertaken Activities To Promote Awareness
• There was an RMIT Fair Trade Suppliers Expo held on the City Campus in
Bowen Street on Thursday, 7 May in conjunction with “Fair Trade Fortnight”
• The Fair Trade Fiesta was organised by an RMIT student doing a Bachelor of
Arts in International Studies, with generous support from RMIT in the form of
venue sponsorship, and also from the Fair Trade Association in the form of inkind support, amongst many other organisations and individuals.
• Both events were a success
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Fair Trade Suppliers Expo
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Fair Trade Merchandise
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The Future
• There is more that we can do within the RMIT University
community to support the Fair Trade movement and we
look forward to many more achievements. Student
participation in this process is both critical and beneficial.
The RMIT Fair Trade Steering Committee is making a
start on this ongoing formal process with provision to
report upon:
• Suppliers Expo
• Fiesta
• Local activities to support of Fair Trade
• Fair Trade in the curriculum, Work Integrated Learning
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What You Can Do To Make a
Difference ?
• Ensure Fairtrade Tea and Coffee is available in each area
that Tea and Coffee is supplied
• Become a Fair Trade champion in your area
• Ensure Fair Trade Tea and Coffee are ordered through
Net Xpress
• More information with Fair Trade links and resources can
be found at the SS&P website
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=5lx1fccae24r
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FREQUENTLY
ASKED
QUESTIONS
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How much money goes back to the grower?
None !
They have already been paid at the ‘farm gate’ when they sell to the
farmers Cooperative
• And the Coop will receive 60% of the contract price upfront
to help them bring to harvest this coffee.
• Fairtrade is not a charity model, it is a trade model based on
a supply and demand.
• Research commissioned by the Fairtrade Foundation UK,
found growers received an average price 3 to 5 times more.
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How do I know it is certified Fairtrade
Don’t believe the brand, ask the Fairtrade Association
(www.fta.org.au)
• Always look for the blue and green certification logo.
Be wary of companies claiming their coffee is ‘fair trade’, using a space
Always look for the blue and green certification logo. Further more ask for the
between the words. The one
roasters Fairtrade
word ‘fairtrade’ is owned by FLO, whilst anyone can really use the term ‘fair
Labelling Organisation (FLO) identity number. They should have one.
trade’.
• Further more ask for the roasters Fairtrade Labelling
Organisation (FLO) identity number.
• They should have one.
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Does Fairtrade lead to greater Quality.
Yes.
• With a guaranteed income, farmers have the incentive to
invest and work in improving their crops.
With a guaranteed income, farmers have the incentive to invest and work in
improving their crops. This
enables them to break the poverty cycle.
• This enables them to break the poverty cycle.
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What community projects have Cooperatives
initiated using the Fairtrade premium?
• You can read about these in our Fairtrade Producer
Profiles attached to each product or
• under the web page Fairtrade Resources
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Can a Cooperative lose their Fairtrade Certification?
Yes.
• We know of an African Cooperative who recently lost their
certification because they were not meeting auditing and
procedural guidelines.
• Regular field visits are conducted to ensure adherence to
theFairtrade code.
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What’s the difference between Fairtrade & Rainforest
Alliance?
Fairtrade is about people and trees. R.A is about trees.
• R.A does not involve Cooperatives, it does not pay a guaranteed
higher price, it does not include a price premium for community
development projects, it does not pay a premium for Organic certified
coffee.
• Only 30% of the coffee needs to be certified R.A to carry the R.A mark,
whilst Fairtrade demands 100%.
• It is important that growers have a price incentive to pursue
sustainable agriculture.
• Thus the reason we have chosen the Fairtrade certification system.
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Are there any locally grown Fairtrade products?
No.
• The Fairtrade system is designed to create a better deal
and protect disadvantaged workers and growers in the
developing world.
• These workers outside Fairtrade have limited access to
an active legal framework that protects their rights.
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Is a Coffee Blend 100% Fairtrade?
• A blend is made of different single origin coffees.
• Under Fairtrade every origin coffee must be Fairtrade
certified to meet the rules of 100% certified coffee.
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