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Article

25 Feb 2008

Author:
Martin Hickman & Karen Attwood, Independent [UK]

Fairtrade sales double to £500m as supermarkets join trend [UK]

The movement to help poor farmers abroad...is now starting to have a "significant" impact on commerce, according to the Fairtrade Foundation... Sainsbury's and Waitrose's decision to stock only Fairtrade bananas were notable successes, and the fruit overtook coffee as the biggest-selling Fairtrade item... British companies are being urged to remember the human rights of workers throughout the whole supply chain... Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Debenhams and Next, who are all signed up to the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), all recently banned cotton from Uzbekistan ...following evidence that child and forced labour was being used to produce it.The International Development minister Gareth Thomas ...called on the industry to "...ensure that suppliers pay a living wage to its workers"...[also refers to Tate & Lyle]