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OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fair Trade USA, the leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States, today unveiled a newly redesigned certification label and significant revisions to its Multiple Ingredients Product Policy. The changes will better serve the needs of farmers, businesses and consumers that look to the Fair Trade Certified label to ensure that rigorous standards, transparency and efforts to provide the greatest impact...

U.S. Gov Spends Billions Each Year on Secondary Products Like Chocolate and Uniforms Potentially Made with Exploitative Child Labor; Groups Seek to Close Loophole and Prevent Contractors From Potentially Selling Goods Made with Forced Child Labor to the Government WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week a coalition of twenty-four organizations representing organized labor, religious communities, socially responsible businesses, and consumers shared with the...

LONDON and SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today announced that Fairtrade International, the international non-profit that tackles poverty and injustice through trade, is implementing NetSuite OneWorld, the first and only cloud-based system to deliver real-time global business management to enterprises with multinational and multi-subsidiary operations....

According to new research, compiled by British charity Oxfam, soaring wheat prices stemming from extreme weather events that shook the world in the past year have endangered food security in many places around the world. Past extreme weather could be a “grim foretaste” of what lies ahead when climate change puts even more strain on the global environment; and the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is warning that extreme weather events are likely to increase in frequency and...

Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald join Oxfam to raise awareness of ongoing crisis in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia BOSTON, Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NFL superstar wide receivers Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald are teaming up once again on a mission to bring attention to the ongoing drought in East Africa. (Logo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080221/DC14723LOGO</font>) Boldin and Fitzgerald call on football fans and...

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International relief and development agency Oxfam America teams up with eBay once again to benefit Oxfam's poverty relief and advocacy efforts around the world. November 16 through November 23 fans can bid on the chance to meet Academy Award Winner and Oxfam Ambassador Colin Firth, and attend the Hollywood premiere of his new film, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy!," a Focus Features' film based on the bestselling novel by John le Carre....

BOSTON, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International relief and development organization Oxfam America launched its 2011 Unwrapped holiday gift-giving campaign today taking a humorous look at some traditional gift-giving missteps and urges holiday shoppers to gift better this season. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080221/DC14723LOGO) "Smart, philanthropic gift-givers can skip standing in lines to purchase a sweater that will never be worn or a fruitcake that will...

Inequalities in the Global Food System Highlighted at Events and in New Documentary WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International relief and development organization Oxfam America is marking World Food Day with more than 300 events across the United States aiming to bring the inequalities of the global food system to the kitchen table conversation as part of Oxfam's GROW campaign. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080221/DC14723LOGO) Using specially designed...

OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrate Fair Trade Month this October with a delicious cup of Numi Organic Tea (www.numitea.com), recently named the leading brand importer of Fair Trade Certified teas and teasans in the United States for 2010. Numi's Fair Trade Certified teas are certified by Fair Trade USA, which guarantees that farmers are paid a fair wage for their labor and receive a community development premium which they can collectively invest in programs including...

OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- This October, conscious consumers and ethically-minded brands will unite to celebrate the eighth annual Fair Trade Month in the United States. The month will be marked by education events, in-store sampling programs and online initiatives designed to increase awareness and sales of Fair Trade Certified products, ultimately leading to greater impact for farmers and workers in developing countries. The theme for the national awareness effort is...