Archive for the 'Fair Trade' Tag

Business with a Mission: Pangaea International Business with a Mission: Pangaea International

Pangaea (def): the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined… It’s a small world after all, and getting smaller. While international business is by no means a new concept, the concept of fair trade actually is fairly young. In fact, the Fair Trade certification is all of 12 years old. According to Inc.com, [...]

 

What is Fair Trade? What is Fair Trade?

Made in China. What does this bring to mind? Dirty factories, assembly lines, poverty-stricken workers? Unfortunately, this has been a skeleton in American’s closet in our effort to produce more and pay less. But times are changing. Enter fair trade. According to Fairtrade International Fairtrade is an alternative approach to conventional trade and is based [...]