World Fair Trade Day (14/05)

World Fair Trade Day is celebrated annually on the second Saturday of May, and May is considered Fair Trade Month.

Led by the World Fair Trade Organization, the Day allows approximately 355 producer groups and trade organizations from 70 countries to declare their participation in fair trade.

Among the events traditionally organized on this day are — exhibitions, seminars, conferences in which manufacturing companies from around the world take part, promoting the principles of fair trade, which must comply with international standards.

In addition, these activities are aimed at creating a negative social attitude towards slave labor and attracting people's attention to the environmental conditions of commodity production.

World Fair Trade Day — is an inclusive global celebration of the contribution of fair trade to the fight against poverty, human exploitation and climate change.

Fair Trade (English. Fair trade) — is a social movement designed to uphold international standards and public policies regarding labeled and unlabeled goods. It focuses on goods exported from developing to developed countries.

Fair trade goods can include foods such as tea, coffee, cocoa, bananas, as well as handicrafts and clothing. The main thing is that they are produced without the use of slave and child labor.

Thus, the topics of the Day over the years were the words: Fair trade + Ecology (calling on manufacturers to produce environmentally friendly and safe products), Trade for people: fair trade — your world (TRADE FOR PEOPLE — Fair Trade your world).

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