This Council welcomes the initiatives by the Cambridge Fairtrade Committee to encourage the use of fair trade goods, and notes that the Council, as an important consumer and opinion leader, should research, develop, and support a strategy to facilitate fair trade where appropriate.
It therefore resolves:
- To promote awareness of fair trade issues and the opportunities for supporting fair trade in the area.
- To make publicity and educational information available to local people concerning the worldwide impact of unfair trade and the opportunities that fair trade provides to sustainable development.
- To encourage the use of fair trade goods, for example products carrying the Fairtrade Mark and products in vending machines.
- To request the Council's venues to stock Fairtrade products in addition to other brands.
- To ask officers to investigate how the Council could integrate fair trade considerations into the its Environment Plan. This would support the Council's corporate objective to improve the environment.
- For an officer to liaise with the Cambridge Fairtrade Committee on implementing this resolution. There would be a report and feedback to monitor progress to Environment Committee annually.
- To concentrate on making Council employees, the public and local businesses aware of the Council's resolution
on fair trade.
For further details, please email Sally Pidgeon or call 01223 457174.
