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Sam's Club introduces new fair trade certified coffee from Brazil
Warehouse retailer Sam’s Club converted its ground coffee to be Fair Trade Certified ™. The first nationally available, private-label Fair Trade Certified ground coffee developed to appeal to mainstream customers, Member’s Mark Premium Ground is expected to become a leader in national sales of Fair...
Starbucks™ Shared Planet™ commitment to ethical sourcing
The Fairtrade Foundation UK and Fairtrade Mark Ireland are members of Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO) which joins Conservation International (CI) and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) as partners in the Starbucks™ Shared Planet™ commitment to ethical sourcing.
Fairtrade Cadbury Dairy Milk goes global as Canada, Australia and New Zealand take Fairtrade further into mainstream
Cadbury extended its commitment to Fairtrade by confirming that three more markets had recieved Fairtrade certification for the flagship Cadbury Dairy Milk brand in 2010. This move in Canada, Australia and New Zealand brought the independent Fairtrade Mark into millions more homes in five of...
UK first as Cadbury Dairy Milk takes Fairtrade further into mainstream
Cadbury Dairy Milk launched its new Fairtrade-certified chocolate bars, becoming the first mass market chocolate to gain certification from the Fairtrade Foundation.
Unilever helps fight blindness in Nigeria
Unilever is collaborating with Sightsavers International and the Sokoto State Ministry of Health to support trachoma control and prevention project in Nigeria.
Tropical Fruit Juice Project Helps to Spur Economic Revival in Ethiopia
In April 2009, africaJUICE Tibila Share Company, a joint venture between africaJUICE BV of the Netherlands and the Ethiopian government, took operational control of Tibila Farm in Ethiopia’s Upper Awash Valley.
Cadbury Dairy Milk commits to going Fairtrade
Cadbury and the Fairtrade Foundation announced plans to achieve Fairtrade certification for Cadbury Dairy Milk, the UK’s top selling chocolate bar, in March 2009 and have since achieved that goal.
Siemens helps to create a portable water filtration unit
Natural disasters often affect water infrastructure leading to contaminated drinking water and outbreaks of water born disease. As a part of their Siemens Caring Hands programme Siemens collaborated with SkyJuice Foundation to create SkyHydrant a portable water filtration unit.
Unilever supports recycling initiatives in Ghana
Unilever Ghana's factory in Tema supports a recycling initiative that reduces waste and provides income for local people.
ALEB provides technical assistance for Egyptian food processing companies
ALEB (Agricultural-Led Export Businesses), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is a central component of the Growth through Globalization strategy supporting Egypt's private sector.
The Glass Power Campaign improves earthquake safety
In earthquake prone areas, broken glass window panes can cause serious damage and render evacuation shelters unusable. The Asahi Glass Company has developed laminated glass, a product which stays in the windowpanes when broken. The Glass Power Campaign was then developed to educate the community...
Fighting poverty through micro-credit
Mr Wolfonsohn said micro-finance had made a powerful impact on improving poor people's livelihood and was crucial in reducing poverty in poor countries.
Danone focuses on providing and promoting affordable dairy products in India
Since 2009, Groupe Danone, the $18-billion French dairy company, has been developing strategies for India by leveraging on its experience, involving easily affordable dairy products, in Bangladesh.
Cargill provided aid to those suffering from the earthquake in Haiti
In 2010, as a global food company, Cargill worked with its nonprofit partners to provide aid on the ground to help in Haiti after the earthquake.
Tupperware Suisse SA Acts to Helps Children Grow up with Respect for their Physical Integrity.
Tupperware Switzerland SA supports Terre Des Hommes’(Tdh) projects by being active on behalf of those children who should have the right to grow up with respect for their physical integrity.
Grameen Danone creates a social dairy business enterprise in Bangladesh
Grameen Danone Foods, popularly known as "Grameen Danone" is a social business enterprise which, launched in 2006, has been designed to provide children with many of the key nutrients that are typically missing from their diet in rural Bangladesh.
Procter & Gamble partners with Fondation de France to provide financial and logistical support for children “without a roof”' campaign
Procter & Gamble France supports the housing program of the Fondation de France through Operation SOS Enfance Mal Logée( SOS Childhood Poorly Housed). This program helps families affected by poor housing.
Successful collaboration between WWF and Canon Europe
Canon Europe became the first Conservation Partner for WWF in 1998, and since that time has worked with WWF to specifically tackle global warming and the extinction of endangered species.
Partnering with Mercy Corps, Nike is helping to build better, healthier communities.
Nike has been working closely with Mercy Corps, aiding in their efforts to use sports - particularly soccer - as a method of community rebuilding and to bring hope to the world's youth.
Partnering with WaterAid, Mira Showers provide water and sanitation through the Eco Showerhead
Mira Showers has partnered with WaterAid on a new water saving showerhead.