Fair Trade: Fair e-Shop

Fair Trade is an alternative trade strategy based on the triple bottom line: people, planet, profit. Is a win-win relationship for all stakeholders: the producer wins when receiving a fair price for his/her production and work; the consumer wins when the product or service paid does not damage his/her health; the planet wins since the product does not damage water sources nor forests; the community wins since this practice generates employment; finally, the country wins through taxes, we all win.

10 reasons why it is fair:

1. Allows producers a direct access to markets in more equal conditions
2. Creates a relationship between the consumer and the producer based on solidarity and mutual social, economic, and environmental responsibility.
3. The lowest price is not the priority in this relationship of respect.
4. Promotes local production and combats extortion against workers in other latitiudes.
5. Avoids profit made by intermediaries based on small producers´ vulnerability
6. By knowing the producer, it avoids child exploitation
7. Respects the environment, utilizes less pesticides and decreases the risk of intoxication for producers and consumers.
8. Small producers earn profits from their work and not intermediaries
9. Encourages the consumer´s research and knowledge when buying
10. It transports you to the reality of unknown people and places

e-Fair Shop

In April 1969, the first fair shop was opened in Breukelen, Holland.   Only two years later, the Netherlands had 120 fair shops opened country-wide. The wave expanded rapidly to most European countries. Ecuador is one of Latin America´s leading countries in fair trade. Nearly, 400 organizations are part of this supply chain that moves over $30 million USD every year and involve over 100,000 producers. Our goal is to leverage the power of technology to strenghten this supply chain, create new ones, involve new partners, and expand it at a regional level through our fair e-shop.

Related Projects:

• Organic Agriculture
• National Park Initiative
• Sustainable Housing

Corporate Social Responsability

Global Warming forces an integral and innovative vision for business. Our goal is to assist the corporation transformation process to achieve the triple bottom line from within the corporation strategic goals. Three steps.

Dissemination:
We seek responsible corporations in developing countries with best practices to be disseminated.

Network:
As part of Net Impact Ecuador, we want to enhance a network of professionals, students, and corporations interested in achieving the triple bottom line.

Action:
Corporate Volunteer Programs Triple Salto supplies technical assistance to communities, municipalities, and corporations to achieve their strategic social responsibility and the triple bottom line: planet, profit, and people.  A 25 year Gallup Study shows that the key to success is making sure you have the talents and the capability to stimulate them and maintain them. Our tailored corporate programs involve a research of how to link initiatives abroad to your vision and mission. This is not just a leisure trip, but the most efficient and fun way for your staff to engage to the company’s goals and for the corporation to grow talents up.

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