Lesson four:

Investigating
fairtrade
 Recap: Global
Trade

Trade is global: countries import and

export goods to and from other countries.
 Supply chains are global: manufactured
goods go through stages of production that
occur at different locations around the
globe.

Globe © Steve Cadman, Flickr

 Global trade links countries
through exchanges More developed
Less developed countries:
countries:
-Higher average
-Lower average income income and lower
and higher levels of levels of poverty.
poverty. -Higher average
-Poorer average living quality living
conditions and services conditions and
such as education and TRAD services such as
healthcare. E education.
links
E.g. Malawi, Peru, E.g. USA, UK,
Ecuador, Ethiopia. Denmark, Sweden.

Primary stages of Secondary and often

production (farming, tertiary stages of
extraction) often take supply chain
place in these (manufacturing,
locations. transportation and
retail).
 What is fairtrade?

Trade between companies in more

developed countries and producers in less
developed countries in which fair prices are
paid to the producers.
Watch the
video on
fairtrade
 Fairtrade:
What is it all about?
“Fairtrade is about better prices, decent
working conditions and fair terms of
trade for farmers and workers.
It’s about supporting the development of
thriving farming and worker
communities that have more control
over their futures and protecting the
environment in which they live and
work”.
- The Fairtrade Foundation

Source: Wikipedia
 Protects workers’ rights
and working conditions,
keeping them safe and
healthy.

Helps producers
Benefits and help themselves
empowers out of poverty
marginalized through global
trade: selling their
communities in FAIRTRAD products to large
developing
countries. E companies and
Fairtrade Premium: other countries at
Money given to fair prices.
producers which
they choose to
invest in business or Ensures workers
community projects receive a fair price
such as schools, for their work and
transport and product that is
healthcare. stable.
 Comparing the amount of
fairtrade products
produced
Bananas are the item that is
most commonly fairtrade but
lots of other items can be
bought fairtrade too, including
some you wouldn’t expect like
footballs!

Can you
remember any
other items you
can buy fairtrade
Source: Fairtrade international, Annual Report 2012
from the
homework
research task?
Go to the Fairtrade foundation website to discover other
items you can buy fairtrade: www.fairtrade.org.uk/en/buying-
fairtrade
 Where are
fairtrade
producers
 Golocated?
to the Fairtrade Foundation
website to explore the world
map of fairtrade producers
Fairtrade prices

What does
the bar
chart tell
us about
the price
we pay in
shops for
fairtrade
products?
 Main Activity:
Why Pay More?
 Why pay more?
Create a poster explaining
why it might be worth paying a
Little bit more for fairtrade
products.

 Illustrate your poster with fairtrade products

and link their source to the correct location on
the map using the information on the next slide.
 Where do fairtrade
products come

from?
Gold for jewellery is mined in Peru
 Cocoa beans for chocolate are grown
in Venezuela
 Beauty Products are made with cocoa
butter from Ghana
 Flowers are grown in Ecuador
 BalaSport Footballs manufactured in
Pakistan
To learn more about where these fairtrade products come
from visit the Fairtrade foundation website
 Plenary:
Share your posters
Discuss:
What are the positive impacts on the working
communities in other countries when we
purchase fairtrade items?
When we are purchasing items in our shops
should we try to understand why an item may be
cheaper or more expensive?
Think global: choices we make in the
UK can help improve the lives of people
in other countries.