We welcome the Cambridge Fairtrade Committee’s initiatives to encourage the use of fair trade goods. We note that, as a consumer and opinion leader, we should research, develop, and support a strategy to facilitate fair trade.

We therefore resolve to:

• Promote awareness of fair trade issues and the opportunities for supporting fair trade in the area.
• Provide educational information concerning the worldwide impact of unfair trade and the opportunities that fair trade provides to sustainable development.
• Encourage the use of fair trade goods, for example products carrying the Fairtrade Mark and products in vending machines.
• Request our venues to stock Fairtrade products in addition to other brands.
• Ask officers to investigate how we could integrate fair trade considerations into our Environment Plan. This would support our corporate objective to improve the environment.
• Ensure one of our officers liaises with the Cambridge Fairtrade Committee on implementing this resolution. There would be a report and feedback to monitor progress to Environment Committee annually.
• Concentrate on making our employees, the public and local businesses aware of our resolution on fair trade.