An Easy Way to Make a Difference
All of us shop - it is part of our everyday lives. You have choices when you shop and what you choose can have a big impact. By supporting Fair Trade goods and businesses you have an opportunity to make a difference in someone's life each time you reach for your wallet - something you do every day.
Hope For Women's Fair Trade Principles
Hope For Women supports Fair Trade by:
- ensuring that every woman is paid a fair, livable wage in the local context
- providing safe and healthy working conditions
- providing opportunities for upward mobility
- creating and nurturing long-term trade relationships with our partners
- promoting environmentally sustainable practices
- providing financial and technical assistance to producers whenever possible
Hope For Women Membership Organizations
Hope For Women is a proud member of the Fair Trade Federation. The Fair Trade Federation (FTF) is an association of fair trade wholesalers, retailers, and producers whose members are committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide.
Hope For Women is a member of Co-Op America. Co-op America’s mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, businesses and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.
We are also a member of the Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR). VBSR's mission is to advance a business ethic that values multiple bottom lines: economic, social, and environmental.