Fair Trade

FAIR TRADE EASTER SALE

Once again, our Parish Fair Trade Easter Sale has to be cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This event has been part of our Global Solidarity Initiative to confront poverty around the world for almost 15 years. So, we invite you to make your purchases of delicious Fair Trade Easter chocolate eggs and colorful papier-mâché gift boxes online and they will be shipped directly to you:

Easter Fair Trade Chocolate
https://www.serrv.org/category/chocolate

Easter Gift Boxes
https://www.serrv.org/category/easter-gifts

Fair Trade products are made without the use of forced child labor and child trafficking and adhere to the Principles of Fair Trade. By purchasing Fair Trade chocolate and gift boxes for Easter, you will be helping disadvantaged workers in developing countries to earn a fair price for their labor and much, much more.

Through your generous support of CCOP’s 2021 Fair Trade Program, our partner SERRV International was able to provide much needed eye-care and glasses to over 2000 artisans. Read more at: https://www.serrv.org/product/12597/blog#blog-content

As always, thank you for your generous support.

Sponsored by the Social Justice Committee. For questions and comments please email us at socialjustice@catholicsofpleasanton.org
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​Look for these Fair Trade logos on products at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods Markets 
Ten Principles of Fair Trade
The World Fair Trade organization has outlined ten key principles that Fair Trade Organizations must follow in their day-to-day work and carries out monitoring to ensure these principles are upheld.

  • Creating opportunities for economically disadvantaged producers – Fair Trade is a strategy for poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Its purpose is to create opportunities for producers who have been economically disadvantaged or marginalized by the conventional trading system.
  • Transparency and Accountability – Fair Trade involves transparent management and commercial relationships that deal fairly with trading partners.
  • Capacity Building – Fair Trade is a means to develop producers’ independence. Fair Trade relationships provide continuity, allowing producers can improve their management skills and access to new markets. 
  • Promoting Fair Trade – Fair Trade Organizations raise awareness of Fair Trade and the possibility of greater justice in world trade.
  • Payment of a Fair Price – A fair price is one that has been agreed to dialogue and participation. It covers not only the cost of production but enables production that is socially just and environmentally sound.
  • Gender Equality – Fair Trade means that women’s work is properly valued and rewarded according to the principle of equal pay for equal work by women and men.
  • Working Conditions – Fair Trade means a safe and healthy working environment for producers.
  • Child Labor – Fair Trade Organizations respect the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as local laws and social norms to ensure that the participation of children (if any) in production processes does not adversely affect their well-being, security, educational requirements and need for play.
  • The Environment – Fair Trade actively encourages better environmental practices and the application of responsible methods of production.
  • Trade Relations – Fair Trade Organizations trade with concern for the social, economic and environmental well-being of marginalized small producers and do not maximize profit at their expense. They maintain long-term relationships based on solidarity, trust and mutual respect.

Sponsored by The Social Justice Committee and The Youth & Confirmation Ministry