Fairtrade

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Fairtrade pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages in overview. Pros and Cons List

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1/195 All are paid fairly

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2/195 Child labor is not supported

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3/195 Environmentally friendly

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4/195 helps the poor

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5/195 Working conditions are significantly better

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6/195 Health and education for the poor

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7/195 Fairer prices

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8/195 Ensured social standards

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9/195 hard working people should earn more than politicians who own shares in corporations (see Banana Eccuador)

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10/195 Justice

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11/195 Class instead of mass.

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12/195 Body protection is provided for fair trade farmers so safety is ensured

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13/195 social working conditions

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14/195 Prescribed environmental standards

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15/195 secure jobs

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16/195 Child and forced labor are taboo at Fairtrade!

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17/195 Partly organic

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18/195 More conscious consumer behavior

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19/195 Rural development and training

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20/195 Chocolate is destroyed

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21/195 Premium for social, infrastructure and education in addition to the minimum prices.

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22/195 more equality in trade in developing countries

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23/195 Environmental awareness

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24/195 No illegal machinations

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25/195 Intermediary trade is eliminated and production is completed exclusively in the country of production, if possible.

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26/195 there are no disadvantages except the prices

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27/195 Environmentally friendly, since Fair Trade contracts regarding the absence of pesticides and chemical pesticides.

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28/195 against forced and child labor

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29/195 this is a very fair trade

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30/195 Producers can take out loans and credits more easily through fair trade

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31/195 Workers are paid a salary commensurate with the amount of work they perform.

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32/195 Securing human rights

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33/195 Fair prices

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34/195 no forced labor

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35/195 Premiums to improve infrastructure and education alongside higher wages!

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36/195 against poverty in developing countries

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37/195 Respect ! Solidarity ! Partnership ! Justice ! Sustainability ! Social ! Responsibility !

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38/195 great transparency - you can trace the product back to the producer

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39/195 Fairtrade makes the world a little better

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40/195 Less destruction of the rainforests

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41/195 Because the bananas taste good

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42/195 not so many intermediaries

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43/195 Abolish inhumane working conditions

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44/195 works against exploitation , arbitrariness of buyers, inequality between rich and poor !

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45/195 secure social rights

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46/195 Equity in international trade

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47/195 No corruption!

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48/195 Dialogue, transparency

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49/195 Tastes better

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50/195 High quality of the products

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51/195 be fair

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52/195 Fairtrade assures fixed standards, e.g. a minimum wage or help in building hospitals, schools, etc.

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53/195 high quality products

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54/195 against living at the subsistence level

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55/195 environmentally friendly cultivation methods up to organic cultivation

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56/195 Fair trade is absolutely fair!

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57/195 a globally organized system

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58/195 Chocolate pizza tastes only from fairtrade

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59/195 No child labor

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60/195 People do not have to fight for their lives

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61/195 Taking responsibility for others

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62/195 Fairtrade is good because farmers are independent of the current world market price.

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63/195 Trade partnership

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64/195 gegen Manipulation

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65/195 fair trade is mainly active in developing countries

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66/195 Support for producer families through fair loans

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67/195 The farmers get commissions from the Fairtrade organization

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68/195 Pork is delicious

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69/195 Protecting producers from price pressure

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70/195 no illegal machinations

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71/195 fair payment and fair production and environmental protection

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72/195 The fair trade cookies taste.

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73/195 Better living conditions

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74/195 Change world fair

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75/195 good quality

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76/195 More money for good quality with a good conscience !

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77/195 Higher quality (for example) clothing )

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78/195 Children learn to live in an environmentally conscious way and to handle food accordingly.

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79/195 Macht Bauern abhängig

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80/195 You can eat the products with a clear conscience.

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81/195 Hunger and poverty in the developing countries can be limited

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82/195 One does not support the exploitation of manufacturers

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83/195 Products taste good, because you do not have to feel bad.

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84/195 In addition, the participants are encouraged in their actions. They learn to take things into their own hands and are thus not dependent on donations.

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85/195 good conscience

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86/195 Sexy

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87/195 the conditions for the workers are clearly better than others

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88/195 Better life for farmers

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89/195 Environment is protected

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90/195 Support against child labor

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91/195 Fair trade is the term used to describe controlled trade in which producers are compensated for the products or product components traded.

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92/195 Fair Trade is Fair Trade, and that has to mean something.

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93/195 Children can go to school (good education)

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94/195 Worldwide connections.Worldwide communications

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95/195 Fairness and justice is the most important thing!

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96/195 tastes

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97/195 Small farmers are supported and are no longer dependent on the world market. They have the chance to give their children a good education.

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98/195 No child labor

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99/195 You workers do not have to work overtime

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100/195 No more absolute poverty

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101/195 Fair chocolate tastes better than Milka and is cheaper

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102/195 Good conscience when you know you have done something good.

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103/195 No slaves and child laborers

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104/195 My mother always buys this, so it must be good

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105/195 My teacher is great  always wears fairtrade clothes and eats fairtrade chocolate which makes her much more likeable.

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106/195 Is a good feeling to wear fair trade

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107/195 There were FairTrade clothes at Fashionweek, so they cant be ugly.

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108/195 there are over 500 Fairtrade products

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109/195 Fairtrade is reasonable

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110/195 Fair Trade is the best thing that can happen to the planet Earth after the total extinction of mankind.

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111/195 Long-term supply and purchase contracts support smallholders.

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112/195 Fair Trade makes you feel good on your skin!

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113/195 reasonable working hours!

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114/195 Protects the environment

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115/195 Farmers get a higher wage and safety standards are met

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116/195 Gives plantations workers more money

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117/195 Promotes environmental protection

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118/195 more payment

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119/195 Environmental protection - sustainable cultivation methods

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120/195 one has a good feeling afterwards

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121/195 no discrimination (race, origin, religion)

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122/195 There is no child labor in the products

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123/195 But the chocolates usually taste good

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124/195 More and more buy Fairtrade, forcing big companies to pay better wages

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125/195 Is better for the workers

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126/195 Medical care for farmers

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127/195 Give the poor children more money and better jobs

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128/195 Good feeling

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129/195 Working conditions much better than before

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130/195 No child labor, high quality, environmental protection

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131/195 Fairtrade is good for the environment!

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132/195 There are fair working conditions for the producers of the fair trade products

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133/195 C02 emissions reduced

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134/195 Tastes good

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135/195 Workers are in communities and learn from each other.

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136/195 There is no use of dangerous pesticides

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137/195 Child labor is abolished

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138/195 Better planning of income through the minimum price

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139/195 Trainings and consultations for the farmer

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140/195 Fair trade is better for everyone involved.

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141/195 CO2 is emitted on the way, but this is also the case with non-Fairtrade products.

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142/195 Working conditions are much better and workers can feed their families

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143/195 Representation is always good

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144/195 Working conditions of seamstresses significantly better

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145/195 one is environment conscious and has made a big difference with a small part

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146/195 The workers get a fair price for the products

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147/195 it is delicious and fair that it costs more does not matter

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148/195 The environment is damaged as little as possible

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149/195 No more child labor

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150/195 Supports the environment among others

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151/195 Triggers sustainable development

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152/195 Protects the environment

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153/195 made under fair conditions

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154/195 Safe workplaces - no fear of losing your job

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155/195 it is good because the farmers then have a secure basic income

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156/195 The food tastes delicious and it is organic

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157/195 Developing countries are given opportunities to improve.

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158/195 You know where things come from

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159/195 Fairtrade products e.g. T-shirts do not affect health due to chemicals

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160/195 Better quality through environmentally friendly cultivation methods

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161/195 Lives can be saved for a few cents more

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162/195 The workers get better wages and have a better future

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163/195 Secure job and can not be fired so easily

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164/195 Fairness for the farmers (that they get more money for their hard work).

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165/195 No child labor

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166/195 Gender equality

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167/195 no human rights are despised

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168/195 all employees are treated fairly and have enough money to provide for their families.

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169/195 Quality instead of quantity

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170/195 the quality of the products is good

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171/195 Fair social conditions

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172/195 One helps the small farmer to survive next to the big companies.

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173/195 few stores sell sustainable fashion locally - mostly only available online, as demand is not very high

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174/195 The companies can not lie about its fair trade products, because then there is a big penalty.

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175/195 Possibility of a better life

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176/195 You could invent better things

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177/195 Fair wages are paid

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178/195 better quality

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179/195 Ethical purchasing

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180/195 Fair production, no child labor

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181/195 Farmers receive additional Fairtrade premium ( electricity running water, renovation of schools)

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182/195 secure income

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183/195 The environment is not so polluted

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184/195 You value small things (that you buy) more and have a more conscious consumer behavior

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185/195 it tastes better than some chocolate from Germany.

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186/195 There is fair treatment in the workplace

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187/195 living and working conditions of the closer improve significantly

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188/195 Even if it is extremely expensive, you do something good for the environment and the farmers. One does not support child labor and is much more conscious with the products around

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189/195 Disabled people become socially integrated

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190/195 Fairtraid is good for fair trade

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191/195 The higher price pays the workers with a fair wage.

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192/195 If you buy Fairtrade you do nothing wrong!

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193/195 Purchase for further development and improvement

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194/195 Is simply better

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195/195 I like the fair trade cucumbers better

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1/174 Partly falsified labeling

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2/174 Makes farmers dependent

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3/174 More expensive than normal products

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4/174 only part of the money reaches the producers

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5/174 The seal is also awarded if only part of the production meets the conditions of fairtrade.

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6/174 Organic is waste for me.

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7/174 no regional products

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8/174 limited choice of products

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9/174 Sometimes difficult to trace if it is really Fairtrade e.g. wool from Fairtrade but the T-shirt was produced under normal conditions.

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10/174 depending on the world market price

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11/174 Where exactly the costs go is unknown

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12/174 tastes different, not better

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13/174 farmers make themselves dependent on certain traders through the price guarantee

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14/174 To get the Fairtrade seal a product must consist of only 20% fair trade products

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15/174 The coffee is shit

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16/174 Farmers become dependent on fair trade

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17/174 Guarantee that the farmer gets his money is missing

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18/174 Mass instead of class

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19/174 Environmental destroyers do not want environmentally friendly articles

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20/174 Long transport routes

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21/174 I do not like it

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22/174 does not appeal to many

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23/174 Farms become dependent on FairTrade and usually produce only one product, which can lead to overproduction.

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24/174 uneconomical

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25/174 Farmers without Fair Trade have greater economic problems

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26/174 limited selection of products (e.g. no fair trade toys)

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27/174 why should you pay what for more money, if you do not know 100% if that is really fair and you can buy that cheaper!

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28/174 Certification by seal is very expensive for companies

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29/174 Rights of migrant workers and also temporary workers are not protected

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30/174 Who defines fair distribution

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31/174 utz is NOT a fairtrade certificate

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32/174 The products are mostly more expensive

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33/174 Damage to the domestic landscape

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34/174 rather economic interests of FairTrade in the foreground

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35/174 Besseres Schweinefleisch

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36/174 No variety of products

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37/174 no guarantee that the farmer will get his money

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38/174 Smells like garbage and scratchy

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39/174 Primark is cheap and good.

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40/174 Just additional tax payment for unnecessary aid crap

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41/174 Very expensive

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42/174 Sellers earn nothing or almost nothing

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43/174 For higher price, no better quality

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44/174 Fairtrade blended products may include quantity compensation.  This means, for example, that fair trade sugar is mixed with normal sugar.

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45/174 You do not know what is behind the scenes

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46/174 Long transport routes - food miles

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47/174 You can not be 100% sure where the money goes in the end, because usually a part also goes to the organization that issues the seal.

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48/174 pay more and tastes like shit for it

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49/174 The organizers of the FairTrade finance their own standard of living through the income according to their ideas

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50/174 has long transport routes e.g. from Africa

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51/174 the seal is ugly

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52/174 for a higher price you get less product .

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53/174 Fairtrade cannot prove itself against normal goods at the current time

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54/174 Even Fairtrade cannot say 100% that what comes from Africa, for example, is certainly grown and mined without child labor.

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55/174 Good  Cheap but tastes better

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56/174 costs more money

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57/174 Manufacturers are obliged to pay certification fees to FairTrade

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58/174 For most deterrent by the high price

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59/174 Often only 20% of the conditions have to be fulfilled to receive a Fairtrade seal.

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60/174 The price for the FairTrade products is unfortunately much too high. This leads to the fact that most prefer to buy conventional chocolate.

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61/174 In the past, the cows drank directly from the udder and today people complain that the milk has not been boiled and tested 10 times.

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62/174 Chinese are exploited. Has nothing to do with it, but it had to be said.

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63/174 The Fair Trade seal can be imitated

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64/174 does not taste

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65/174 Only one in ten workers benefits from the money spent on fair trade products.

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66/174 prevents social advancement

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67/174 One does not support the exploitation of manufacturers!

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68/174 Still low pay.

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69/174 The fair trade chocolate is not a good chocolate, it is not sweet enough and you do not know what is in it

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70/174 it costs a lot of money to join fair trade organizations.

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71/174 Uncertainty as to whether additional costs will reach the seamstresses.

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72/174 Free, Social, National

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73/174 Businesses can exploit it for appearances to attract customers

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74/174 it limits the selection

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75/174 Consumption alone cannot save the world

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76/174 It only brings something when the masses join in

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77/174 Monocultures to be able to guarantee product manufacturing.

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78/174 Limited selection

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79/174 Sometimes big companies mean better working conditions

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80/174 Fairtrade floods the market with products even when there is already too much of it

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81/174 No new work for former workers

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82/174 With fair trade products there are no applications or lettering

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83/174 Different standards of Fairtrade

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84/174 Fair Trade is a rip-off for me

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85/174 Fairtrade condom scratched

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86/174 Farmers earn less than normal farm workers

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87/174 the selection becomes smaller

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88/174 Existing corruption in developing countries is increased - decision makers of Fairtrade organizations take advantage of their high position.

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89/174 While the products are delivered from far away countries, a lot of CO is released  bad for the environment...

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90/174 but what about the skilled workers for cotton logistig

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91/174 Only 20% FairTrade content is required to obtain the seal.

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92/174 Young people do not have so much money to buy the expensive Fairtrade products.

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93/174 people prefer to have it cheap

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94/174 No strict controls

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95/174 natural beauties are exploited

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96/174 fair prices

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97/174 Banana juice

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98/174 are not everywhere

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99/174 Faritrade can not promise 100% that the products are free from child labor .products will be more expensive( bad for us, good for them)

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100/174 normal clothes often look better than fair ones.

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101/174 hard work

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102/174 No one knows if the working conditions are really supposed to be better

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103/174 You dont know if FairTrade is better

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104/174 The prices of fair clothing can go far up. What do people who do not have so much money.

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105/174 Example apples without worms.

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106/174 Seal could be simply hypocrisy, so that the companies earn more money

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107/174 Through Fairtrade, many farmers who have traded fairly up to now are no longer supported and their existence is at stake.

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108/174 Relatively expensive and it is not worth spending more money on these products than on normal products.

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109/174 Organic is waste for all of us

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110/174 sometimes crappy quality

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111/174 Reflection room

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112/174 FairTrade products with predominantly fair and traceable conditions and those with only partial fairness are lumped together.

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113/174 Not all of the profit goes back to the workers or bosses

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114/174 Unfortunately, this only works if everyone or many people join in, but if I look at the negative contributions here (e.g. child labor must be), this will not work.

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115/174 No possibility to protest against productions because you only harm the workers

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116/174 There is too much child labor

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117/174 It does not have to be organic

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118/174 corrupt intermediaries

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119/174 The money you save when you take the cheaper product you can spend on more important things or simply save.

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120/174 Expensive

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121/174 It is often difficult to recognize and it is sometimes difficult to find what you need.

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122/174 Job loss

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123/174 The seal is also awarded only on the basis of production and not quality

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124/174 expensive and does not taste

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125/174 ripping off the rich

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126/174 All bullshit

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127/174 the children must work or should they and their families starve If you buy other things you help the children more than if you buy fair trade!

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128/174 we certainly dont have to pay more if they cant do any better

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129/174 Sometimes tastes too juicy

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130/174 FairTrade products are hard and tasteless

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131/174 Production takes a long time

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132/174 The money does not always arrive as they say, those who do most of the work sometimes get very little money. Just like with non fair trade products.

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133/174 Not everyone can afford Fairtrade

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134/174 fair payment

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135/174 No legal regulations exist, which is fair

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136/174 There are over 100 quality seals in Germany, each with different minimum requirements. So even brands that dont act fairly get seals of approval.

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137/174 Labels more market-oriented than value-oriented

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138/174 Bananas, for example, are sprayed with pesticide so that they do not get animal infestation

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139/174 Tastes not very enjoyable and I ate cat food

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140/174 Fraud risk - partly counterfeit seals

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141/174 it is usually not very fashionable and looks old

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142/174 In Fairtrade products, the ingredients do not have to be 100% fair, but it is already enough 50% fair.

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143/174 Transport route is very long.

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144/174 Partly fake labeling

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145/174 Faitraide does not have to be 100% fair

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146/174 Mixed products such as cookies have only had to be 20% fair since 2011

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147/174 Partly the seals are simply forged

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148/174 Why does everything cost more although the main carrier can not just give something to the development

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149/174 people get only 20 ct per hour

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150/174 Low development aid - attention is paid to own profit and not to the welfare of the farmers

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151/174 The wages do not always reach the workers, if at all.

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152/174 Fair trade is a trend, but for the seal initiatives such as Transfair  Co. have been hailing fair trade criticism for a while. Because although more and more consumers are turning to fair

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153/174 no information on the true country of production

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154/174 Like the cheap stores there is child labor and they get little money

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155/174 Seal can be forged

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156/174 Seal is itself questionable (not transparent)

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157/174 fair trade fashion has not as good quality as fashion from wish

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158/174 fairtrade fashion is way too expensive and the products have a very long tranzport away

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159/174 Importing pollutes the environment

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160/174 Not every seal meets the requirements of fair trade

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161/174 The minimum price is only a catch-all price. Most of the time, the market price is paid.

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162/174 Fair trade is not a uniform concept

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163/174 Fairtrade International and also other labels cooperate with large corporations

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164/174 You can hardly find FWF certified

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165/174 few stores sell sustainable fashion locally - mostly only available online as demand is not very high

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166/174 Lets face it, nobody benefits from it. Workers dont really earn from it and with Fairtrade you dont really notice differences. All a waste of money

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167/174 You cant make it fair for everyone.

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168/174 some cant afford it, not everyone comes from a household where they dont have to worry about it

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169/174 Damage to domestic agriculture

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170/174 Low development aid - it is paid attention to the own profit and not to the welfare of the farmers

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171/174 The prices of Fairtrade products are expensive

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172/174 Banana couscous does not taste

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173/174 Zu großer Hype drum

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174/174 Can also be garbage