How Fair is Fairtrade?

When:
March 3, 2016 @ 6:30 pm
2016-03-03T18:30:00+00:00
2016-03-03T19:00:00+00:00
Where:
Blue Boar Lecture Theatre, Christ Church
Christ Cathedral
St Aldate's, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 1DP
UK
Contact:
Emily Silcock

Fairtrade Fortnight is 29th February – 13th March. But how fair is Fairtrade? Does it bring extra income to the worst off? Or does it create more divisions?

Speakers:
– Barbara Crowther – Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Fairtrade Foundation
– Peter Griffiths – author of ‘Ethical Objections to Fairtrade’
– Matthew Anderson – Senior Lecturer in Business Ethics, Portsmouth Business School
– Dominic O’Hagan – People & Planet
– Carol Wills – Oxford City Council Fair Trade