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Hi everyone,
I'm compiling a list of retailers that participate in using socially aware ethics within their business. Below is the email I sent out to many retailers. Please let me know if anyone can think of any belly dance related business that utilizes any of the following practices (including veganism). Also, I'm monerator of the tribe Putting Movement in the Movement if anyone is interested.
tribes.tribe.net/dancism
Thanks,
Sugati
<<Hello,
I am accumulating a list (for a growing number of dancers which are looking for socially aware merchandise) of belly dance vendors that sell items that are considered conscious in any of the following ways:
Locally made (specific to your area)
Fairly-traded*
Involving no sweatshop or child labor
Usage of natural or recycled materials
Packaged environmentally
Percentage of profits donated to charity
Avoidance of petroleum products (such as plastics, polyester, acrylic and nylon)
Vegan (no animal products; such as wool, silk, shells, leather and fur)
If your business does employ any these characteristics as criteria for your business practices, please let me know (citing specific ways that your business complies) so that it may be included. If not, please think about investigating the standards of labor and the materials that are involved in the products that you sell.
Thank you,
S. Phillips
hiyagaia@ecoisp.com
*To be certified as fair trade, producer organizations (cooperatives, associations, companies relying on hired labor) have to show that:
• Fair Trade revenue will promote social and economic development of its members or workers
• For cooperatives, the majority of members are small producers and produce the products themselves and that the cooperative has democratic structure and is controlled by its members
• There is no discrimination based on sex, gender, religion, color, political views, etc.
• Producers or the company has the ability, logistics, technical means to bring the products to market.
• They are protecting the environment and make environmental protection part of their production management - minimize use of fertilizers, pesticides and move towards organic fertilizers. Certain pesticides are not allowed to be used at all.
• There is no forced or child labor.
• Workers/members can join independent associations and/or form unions
• Fair wages are paid to producers/workers in line with minimum and national wages.
• Safe working conditions - workplaces, machinery and equipment are safe and without risk to health.
Links: www.sweatshopwatch.org/index.php
www.worldcentric.org/store/fairtrade.htm
I'm compiling a list of retailers that participate in using socially aware ethics within their business. Below is the email I sent out to many retailers. Please let me know if anyone can think of any belly dance related business that utilizes any of the following practices (including veganism). Also, I'm monerator of the tribe Putting Movement in the Movement if anyone is interested.
tribes.tribe.net/dancism
Thanks,
Sugati
<<Hello,
I am accumulating a list (for a growing number of dancers which are looking for socially aware merchandise) of belly dance vendors that sell items that are considered conscious in any of the following ways:
Locally made (specific to your area)
Fairly-traded*
Involving no sweatshop or child labor
Usage of natural or recycled materials
Packaged environmentally
Percentage of profits donated to charity
Avoidance of petroleum products (such as plastics, polyester, acrylic and nylon)
Vegan (no animal products; such as wool, silk, shells, leather and fur)
If your business does employ any these characteristics as criteria for your business practices, please let me know (citing specific ways that your business complies) so that it may be included. If not, please think about investigating the standards of labor and the materials that are involved in the products that you sell.
Thank you,
S. Phillips
hiyagaia@ecoisp.com
*To be certified as fair trade, producer organizations (cooperatives, associations, companies relying on hired labor) have to show that:
• Fair Trade revenue will promote social and economic development of its members or workers
• For cooperatives, the majority of members are small producers and produce the products themselves and that the cooperative has democratic structure and is controlled by its members
• There is no discrimination based on sex, gender, religion, color, political views, etc.
• Producers or the company has the ability, logistics, technical means to bring the products to market.
• They are protecting the environment and make environmental protection part of their production management - minimize use of fertilizers, pesticides and move towards organic fertilizers. Certain pesticides are not allowed to be used at all.
• There is no forced or child labor.
• Workers/members can join independent associations and/or form unions
• Fair wages are paid to producers/workers in line with minimum and national wages.
• Safe working conditions - workplaces, machinery and equipment are safe and without risk to health.
Links: www.sweatshopwatch.org/index.php
www.worldcentric.org/store/fairtrade.htm
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