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Fairtrade Fortnight 2022

  • Submitted by: Clare Adamson, Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
  • Motion type: Members' Business Motion
  • Motion reference: S6M-03254
  • Current status: Fallen

That the Parliament marks Fairtrade Fortnight 2022; understands that Fairtrade Fortnight is an annual initiative, coordinated by the Fairtrade Foundation, which aims to raise awareness of Fairtrade products and encourage a societal shift in the way that people consume in order to improve the lives of farmers and producers; further understands that Fairtrade Fortnight sees thousands of individuals, companies and groups come together to share the stories of the people who produce the food that people eat, mine the minerals that people use, and grow the materials for people's clothes, and highlight that these roles are often underpaid and rife with exploitation; understands that the first Fairtrade Fortnight took place in Scotland, directed by Barnaby Miln, and campaigned to get every supermarket in Scotland to stock Fairtrade products, and that the initiative is now celebrated internationally; acknowledges what it sees as the importance of the Fairtrade standards, which are designed to tackle poverty and empower producers, which include economic criteria such as a minimum pricing safety net, environmental criteria such as emphasising ecologically and agriculturally sound practices and the promotion of organic production, and social criteria such as requirements for democratic self-organisation, collective bargaining, fair employment practices, women’s empowerment and prohibitions on forced and child labour; believes that, by learning about how everyone is connected through the things that people eat, drink and wear, everyone is better equipped to shape a more compassionate and sustainable world, and wishes everyone involved with Fairtrade Fortnight every success.


Supported by: Willie Rennie, Mark Ruskell