Fairtrade urgently calls for the EU and Kenyan government to find a solution which guarantees continued duty-free access for Kenyan cut flower imports, to protect the livelihoods of thousands of Kenyan flower workers and their families, before 1 October deadline.
Showing posts with label Flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flowers. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Friday, February 16, 2018
Uganda: Fairtrade recertification of Selecta one cutting farm
"The Selecta one cutting farm Wagagai Ltd. in Uganda has been successfully Fairtrade recertified. This has been decided by FLO-CERT, the global certification body for Fairtrade verification services, on 15 January 2018.
Friday, February 9, 2018
Kenya's flower industry threatens country's fisheries
"The area around Kenya's Lake Naivasha is known colloquially as the flower bed of Africa. The cut flowers industry generates five percent of Kenya's GDP – and causes extensive pollution. Fertilizers from the fields drain directly into the lake’s waters." (http://www.dw.com)
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Fairtrade Kenyan roses project audited amid corruption fears
A flagship Fairtrade project that produces roses for some of Britain’s biggest supermarkets has been embroiled in a corruption investigation.
Supplier of cut flowers to UK supermarkets including Sainsbury’s and Morrisons orders inquiry into distribution of funds.
Read further the article by The Guardian
Supplier of cut flowers to UK supermarkets including Sainsbury’s and Morrisons orders inquiry into distribution of funds.
Read further the article by The Guardian
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Research finds Fairtrade fails the poorest workers in Ethiopia and Uganda
Fairtrade certified coffee, tea and flowers do not improve lives of the very poorest rural people in Ethiopia and Uganda, according to a four-year research project conducted by leading development economists at SOAS, University of London. The project studied rural labour markets in areas producing crops for export, under different institutional conditions that included, in some research sites, Fairtrade certification.
More information and download the report
Fairtrade International's comments on the report
More information and download the report
Fairtrade International's comments on the report
Friday, March 14, 2014
Say It With Flowers, Ethics and Sustainability In The Flower Value Chain
In 2007, Hilary Benn, Britain's International Development Secretary asked consumers to buy roses from Kenya because importing African flowers is better for the environment in view of the fact they are not grown in heated greenhouses. He added that it makes it easier for African people to make a decent living.
But are his arguments right? How sustainable are flowers from the South and how good are the working conditions? And what is fair trade's role in this?
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The cost of a Valentine's rose - poor Kenyan workers on £30 a month - The Daily Mirror
From www
The Daily Mirror published on February 13 an article on the conditions of workers on flower farms in the Naivasha region of Kenya.
"Across Britain romantic couples are often bunches of red roses for Valentine's Day, but we uncover the true sacrifice behind the romance. The flower cutter clasps a Valentine’s Day rose in her scratched hand with a look of disgust. For this mum of two it’s not a romantic symbol of love but a reminder of the grinding toil for which she is paid barely £1 a day." In a farm that has been Fairtrade certified.
Read further the article of the Daily Mirror
"Across Britain romantic couples are often bunches of red roses for Valentine's Day, but we uncover the true sacrifice behind the romance. The flower cutter clasps a Valentine’s Day rose in her scratched hand with a look of disgust. For this mum of two it’s not a romantic symbol of love but a reminder of the grinding toil for which she is paid barely £1 a day." In a farm that has been Fairtrade certified.
Read further the article of the Daily Mirror
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