Sustainability

Cover: We have heard about the exploitation of land, labour as companies choose to produce goods at the lowest costs possible. As buyers, we tend to look at goods that are the best quality at the lowest prices. We as consumers do not actually know what is the actual price we should pay for the goods that we bought, and whether is it environmentally sustainable in the long term.

Slide 2: Fair Trade is about recognizing this problem we consumers face. Are we paying the right price for sustainable farming or the price we paid is simply destroying our land and eating up into our precious resources?

Fair Trade is about providing better prices and decent working conditions for farmers and workers especially in the developing world to ensure local sustainability.

Slide 3: As mentioned earlier, here are the main benefits of adopting Fair Trade Practices. Providing necessary income for many of the small farmers. This is very important since many of the people in