The Scottish Government

Fair Trade: The steps Scotland needs to take

Fair Trade Nation - Scottish/Welsh joint criteria

Aims

• To increase awareness of Fair Trade and surrounding issues
• To increase the sale of Fair Trade products
• To contribute to greater trade justice
• To engender a meaningful commitment to Fair Trade from Parliament and executive bodies

Measurable Countrywide Criteria

• 100 per cent of counties/local authorities have active Fair Trade groups working towards Fair Trade status
• 55 per cent local authority areas with Fair Trade status with 10% annual increase in following years
• 100 per cent of cities with Fair Trade status
• Minimum 55 per cent of towns (Based on GROS figures of towns with population of 5,000 or more at 2001) have active Fair Trade groups working toward Fair Trade status
• 60 per cent of HE institutions to have active Fair Trade groups working towards Fair Trade status
• Increase by 5 per cent each year the proportion of the population who know about Fair Trade (initial target of 50 per cent, ultimately to reaching 75 per cent)
• 75 per cent of people to buy a Fair Trade product every year
• 40 per cent of people regularly buy Fair Trade products

Parliament

• Annual statement of opinion in support of Fair Trade
• Use and promote Fair Trade products internally including Fair Trade tea / coffee / sugar / biscuits at all meetings
• Ensure Fair Trade available at all catering outlets
• Actively promote Fair Trade fortnight each year

Government

• Use and promote Fair Trade products internally including Fair Trade tea / coffee / sugar / biscuits at all meetings
• Ensure Fair Trade available at all catering outlets
• Actively promote Fair Trade fortnight each year
• Annual public report on progress of Fair Trade country campaign
• Actively support the promotion and development of Fair Trade including:

Seek to develop pro fair trade public sector procurement guidance and promote fair trade public sector procurement wherever possible.

Promote Fair Trade in schools through the curriculum, procurement and any other means possible

• Promote Fair Trade at an international level (Where appropriate, a nation should also seek to promote Fair Trade through its international trade agreements)
• Acknowledge the role of Fair Trade in economic development policies

Other Desirable Objectives

These are targets which are not easily measurable but which should also be promoted and where possible measured as part of the Fair Trade Nation campaign.

• Resolutions in support, and pledge to use and promote Fair Trade from major faith groups across the country
• Schools and FE Institutions across the country to sign Fair Trade pledge or become Fair Trade Organisations and pledge to promote and use Fair Trade internally
• Trade unions to support and pledge to use and promote Fair Trade internally and to members
• Resolutions of support from Chambers of Commerce or business networks to include pledge to use and promote Fair Trade
• Resolutions in support, with pledge to use and promote Fair Trade from youth organisations across the country
• Voluntary organisations resolve to use and promote Fair Trade internally
• National Festivals
• A good number of BAFTS or World shops
• A good number of Fair Trade or BAFTS suppliers