Trade Aid Movement Charter
Vision: A Just World.
Aim: To Build Just and Sustainable Communities Through Fair Trade.Objectives
Partnerships:
- to engage in effective trading partnerships according to fair trade standards
- to choose trading partners who work with the most disadvantaged producers
- to assist producers to move from poverty to self-reliance.
Change:
- to increase awareness of trading injustices and its impact on our trading partners
- to campaign for change to unjust trading systems
- to promote fair trade as a positive alternative.
Sustainability:
- to maximise sales of fair trade product
- to trade in such a way that the Trade Aid Movement and its partners are financially sustainable.
Guiding Principles
We will:
- respect and support trading partners and their aspirations
- understand the broader issues that affect our trading partners
- provide healthy and safe workplaces in which staff and volunteers are valued and respected
- work cooperatively and encourage participation at all levels of the movement
- honour the Treaty of Waitangi, respect the environment, and support gender equality.
