The 12th of March 2011 a day of double Fair Trade Fortnight.It is the second last day of UK Fair Trade fortnight and the first day of HK Fair Trade Fortnight, a special fair trade event will be held at The Green Room (Lin Dun shop) a newly developing roasting workshop.
Two successful stories will be heard. Two social enterprise exercising fair trade practice will come to Suzhou and share their experience with you.
Mr Jan Dekker, Vice General Manager of Danyun will come and share the principles DANYUN have to work with the World Fair Trade Organisation and what DANYUN doing and how that works out to the people.
http://www.danyunfairtrade.com/
Mr Paul Bergman , Founder and Managing Director of The Freshary, China's first certified organic ice cream and baked goods producer and retailer. Paul will discuss the process of building a holistically socially conscious
business in China, from organic food ingredients, to "truly fresh" production, eco-friendly packaging, store design and construction.
Don’t you believe Ethical Shopping and Fair Trade movement will work in China, come and listen what has been done and has not yet been told.
Date: 2011/3/12
Time: 12:30 – 14:30
Place: The Green Room Roasting Workshop 3/F 155, Lin Dun Lu
This event is partly sponsored by the British Council.
, the only member of World Fair Trade Organisation in China till now. Danyun with its trademark Threads of Yunnan became a member of the WFTO (World Fair Trade Organisation) in 2002. Experiencing and understanding the great advantages of the principles of Fair Trade, the decision was made to focus on developing Fair Trade business as much as possible. In addition to the handicraft and tea projects, Danyun is committed to impact the lives of people and is, thus, involved in community development through training and education, as well as assisting communities in building houses, schools, clinics and providing clean drinking water etc
http://www.danyunfairtrade.com/
The ice-cream and baked goods from the Freshary are truly fresh, yummy wholesome treats. They are made from organic vegan ingredients, prepared from scratch each day, without any preservatives, coloring, artificial flavorings, stabilizers, trans or hydrogenated fats.
Freshary is committed to environmentally friendly design and construction. Their Shanghai store is the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building certified Gold retail and food production space in China.
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