What is the difference between Ethical Trade and Fair Trade?
Fair Trade differs from Ethical Trade, which seeks to ensure workers’ rights throughout the supply chain of the fashion industry as set down in the ILO convention for Labour Rights. These, if respected, should provide workers with the government minimum wage, health and safe working conditions. Fair Trade goes beyond this, working directly with producers, helping to access the market, and investing in social development and environmental projects. People Tree sets the gold standard for Fair Trade fashion, seeking to help the world’s most marginalized people, creating livelihoods in rural areas, preventing urban migration, promoting traditional skills and technologies and using sustainable production methods. The Ethical Trade Initiative is a UK-lead volunteer initiative intended to make large companies look at and change their existing trading and buying practices with their suppliers.
