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Fairtrade
Fairtrade pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages in overview. Pros and Cons List
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All are paid fairly
Partly falsified labeling
Child labor is not supported
Makes farmers dependent
Environmentally friendly
More expensive than normal products
helps the poor
only part of the money reaches the producers
Working conditions are significantly better
The seal is also awarded if only part of the production meets the conditions of fairtrade.
...Health and education for the poor
Organic is waste for me.
Fairer prices
no regional products
Ensured social standards
limited choice of products
hard working people should earn more than politicians who own shares in corporations (see Banana Eccuador)
Sometimes difficult to trace if it is really Fairtrade e.g. wool from Fairtrade but the T-shirt was produced under normal conditions.
...Justice
depending on the world market price
Class instead of mass.
Where exactly the costs go is unknown
Body protection is provided for fair trade farmers so safety is ensured
tastes different, not better
social working conditions
farmers make themselves dependent on certain traders through the price guarantee
...Prescribed environmental standards
To get the Fairtrade seal a product must consist of only 20% fair trade products
secure jobs
The coffee is shit
Child and forced labor are taboo at Fairtrade!
Farmers become dependent on fair trade
Partly organic
Guarantee that the farmer gets his money is missing
...More conscious consumer behavior
Mass instead of class
Rural development and training
Environmental destroyers do not want environmentally friendly articles
Chocolate is destroyed
Long transport routes
Premium for social, infrastructure and education in addition to the minimum prices.
I do not like it
...more equality in trade in developing countries
does not appeal to many
Environmental awareness
Farms become dependent on FairTrade and usually produce only one product, which can lead to overproduction.
No illegal machinations
uneconomical
Intermediary trade is eliminated and production is completed exclusively in the country of production, if possible.
Farmers without Fair Trade have greater economic problems
...there are no disadvantages except the prices
limited selection of products (e.g. no fair trade toys)
Environmentally friendly, since Fair Trade contracts regarding the absence of pesticides and chemical pesticides.
why should you pay what for more money, if you do not know 100% if that is really fair and you can buy that cheaper?!
against forced and child labor
Certification by seal is very expensive for companies
this is a very fair trade
Rights of migrant workers and also temporary workers are not protected
...Producers can take out loans and credits more easily through fair trade
Who defines fair distribution?
Workers are paid a salary commensurate with the amount of work they perform.
utz is NOT a fairtrade certificate
Securing human rights
The products are mostly more expensive
Fair prices
Damage to the domestic landscape
...no forced labor
rather economic interests of FairTrade in the foreground
Premiums to improve infrastructure and education alongside higher wages!
Besseres Schweinefleisch
against poverty in developing countries
No variety of products
Respect ! Solidarity ! Partnership ! Justice ! Sustainability ! Social ! Responsibility !
no guarantee that the farmer will get his money
...great transparency - you can trace the product back to the producer
Smells like garbage and scratchy
Fairtrade makes the world a little better
Primark is cheap and good.
Less destruction of the rainforests
Just additional tax payment for unnecessary aid crap
Because the bananas taste good
Very expensive
...not so many intermediaries
Sellers earn nothing or almost nothing
Abolish inhumane working conditions
For higher price, no better quality
works against exploitation , arbitrariness of buyers, inequality between rich and poor !
Fairtrade blended products may include quantity compensation. This means, for example, that fair trade sugar is mixed with normal sugar.
secure social rights
You do not know what is behind the scenes
...Equity in international trade
Long transport routes - food miles
No corruption!
You can not be 100% sure where the money goes in the end, because usually a part also goes to the organization that issues the seal.
Dialogue, transparency
pay more and tastes like shit for it
Tastes better
The organizers of the FairTrade finance their own standard of living through the income according to their ideas
...High quality of the products
has long transport routes e.g. from Africa
be fair
the seal is ugly
Fairtrade assures fixed standards, e.g. a minimum wage or help in building hospitals, schools, etc.
for a higher price you get less product .
high quality products
Fairtrade cannot prove itself against "normal" goods at the current time
...against living at the subsistence level
Even Fairtrade cannot say 100% that what comes from Africa, for example, is certainly grown and mined without child labor.
environmentally friendly cultivation methods up to organic cultivation
Good & Cheap but tastes better
Fair trade is absolutely fair!
costs more money
a globally organized system
Manufacturers are obliged to pay certification fees to FairTrade
...Chocolate pizza tastes only from fairtrade
For most deterrent by the high price
No child labor
Often only 20% of the conditions have to be fulfilled to receive a Fairtrade seal.
People do not have to fight for their lives
The price for the FairTrade products is unfortunately much too high. This leads to the fact that most prefer to buy conventional chocolate.
Taking responsibility for others
In the past, the cows drank directly from the udder and today people complain that the milk has not been boiled and tested 10 times.
...Fairtrade is good because farmers are independent of the current world market price.