10 Facts About Traidcraft

1.

Traidcraft has a policy unit based in London, taking the staff total to over 140.

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2.

Traidcraft has overseas offices in Nairobi, Kenya; Hyderabad, India and Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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3.

Traidcraft is a founder member of the European Fair Trade Association.

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4.

Traidcraft helped establish the Fairtrade Foundation with CAFOD, Christian Aid, New Consumer, Oxfam and World Development Movement in 1992.

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5.

Traidcraft plc aims to tackle poverty by creating a market for fair trade producers and to show the commercial viability of the fair trade model.

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6.

Traidcraft Exchange is the charitable arm of the Traidcraft organisation.

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7.

Traidcraft Exchange was awarded the 1999 Worldaware Award for Not-for-Profit Organisations in recognition of its positive work.

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8.

Traidcraft was the first public limited company in the United Kingdom to produce a set of social accounts and has been doing so every year since 1993.

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9.

Traidcraft has run trips to visit fair trade producers for over 20 years.

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10.

Traidcraft Meet the People tours were highly commended in a sustainable travel agency's award for Best Tour Operator in 2005.

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