Improving sustainable chain management through fair trade.

From: Greener Management International | Date: September 22, 2003| Author: Auroi, Claude | Copyright information

The international fair-trade movement is expanding slowly but steadily. Fair trade principles can be considered as important elements in the discussion about the more sustainable management of value chains. They are aimed at, and often succeed in, redistributing income more equitably between the various actors involved. Within the globalisation processes of the world economy, fair trade has the potential to make a valuable contribution as an example of good practice, proving that p...

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