Fairtrade
Last updated | 10/09/2011
Tayside Procurement Consortium (TPC) is committed to the promotion
of fair and ethical trading.
The Scottish Government
policy
note issued in 2005 details the extend to which this can be
delivered through contracting and tendering processes.
Perth achieved recognition as a Fairtrade City in June
2005. This status was confirmed again in 2009.
The Fairtrade Foundation (registered charity) works with
International partners to try to provide better trading conditions
for third world producers who may be disadvantaged by the way
commodity markets operate. They have encouraged retailers to
buy commodities direct from the producer, at a fair price, which
allows the producers to pay their employees a fair wage, thus
providing a better standard of living for the producers and their
employees.
The Fairtrade Foundation allows products to be labelled as
fairtrade if they meet set criteria.
A number of Fairtrade groups have been established within Perth and
Kinross:
- Perth City Fairtrade Steering Group
- Aberfeldy Fairtrade Group
- Kinross-shire Fairtrade Group
The Perth City Fairtrade Steering Group was set up in March 2005
and agreed an action plan to take forward agreed activities to
maintain and develop Faritrade status.
The plan is focussing on 4 key objectives
- Availability
- Use
- Awareness
- Partnership
