Fair Trade Principles

 

1	Creating opportunity for Disadvantaged Producers
2	Capacity Building of Producers and their Workers
3	Promoting Fair Trade
4	Promoting Gender Equity
5	Payment of a Fair Price and Fair Wages
6	Safe and Healthy Working conditions
7	No Child Labor
8	Protecting the Environment
9	Fair Trade Relations

Underlying Principles of 10000 Villages

At Ten Thousand Villages, we stand last WFTO and have also added a few principles of our own:

1	We honor the value of seeking to bring justice and hope to the poor.
2	We trade with artisan groups who pay fair wages and demonstrate concern for their members’ welfare.
3	We provide consistent purchases, advances and prompt final payments to artisans.
4	We increase market share in North America for fairly traded handicrafts.
5	We market quality products that are crafted by otherwise underemployed artisans.
6	We build sustainable operations using a variety of sales channels, including a network of stores with a common identity.
7	We choose handicrafts that reflect and reinforce rich cultural traditions, that are environmentally sensitive and which appeal to North American consumers.
8	We encourage North American customers to learn about fair trade and to appreciate artisans’ cultural heritage and life circumstances with joy and respect.
9	We use resources carefully and value volunteers who work in our North American operations.