WANT MORE FAIRTRADE CHOCOLATE IN YOUR CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE?
Make it happen! Print out some:
‘BETTER CHOC PLEASE’ COUPONS
Hand them to your local retailers the next time you go shopping.
Also Available: ‘MORE fair trade chocolate please’ coupons!
To be given to retailers who you feel could offer more when it comes to Fair Trade Chocolate. – click here
If customers want child labour-free chocolate, then retailers will provide them with it…. but they need to know what you will and won’t buy! Give them some feedback! click here for a printable sheet of ‘BETTER CHOC PLEASE’ coupons.
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WHAT FAIRTRADE CHOCOLATE IS AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA?
Here are some Fairtrade approved brands that we have found:
Cocolo
Alter Eco
Scarborough Fair
Oxfam
Endangered Species
Chocolatier Australia
Cacao Power – Organic
Heritage Fine Chocolate
Lindsay & Edmunds
Green & Blacks (Owned by Cadbury)
To see World Visions Good Chocolate Guide click here
If in doubt, contact Fair Trade Association Australia & New Zealand who have listings of all Fairtrade businesses opperating In Aus and NZ click here
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WHERE CAN I BUY IT?
Here is a few tricks we found up our sleeves:
Fair Trade Association Australia & New Zealand LOCATOR
- search for Fairtrade products by Location, Product and Supplier Type using their handy locator site click here
Alter Eco’s WHERE TO BUY page can be helpful click here
Oxfam sell a range of Fairtrade products online and from their many stores click here
Consumption Rebellion – this blogger with a conscience has a list of her favourites and where to find them click here
Green Collective sells Fairtrade chocolate from their shops in Brunswick and Yarraville click here
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I WANT TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION!!
World Vision has some good ideas:
Contact Nestle Australia – World Vision has a pre written letter which you can send in seconds and a link to Nestle’s Consumer Services Department online – click here
Sign the Don’t Trade Lives Petition – ‘Human Trafficking, Not in our Neighbourhood!’ is a petition started by World Vision that addresses many forms of human trafficking and slavery, including indirect participation in exploited labour. To sign click here
Demand Ethical Chocolate – phone numbers and email addresses of major supermarkets in Australia. Let them know what you will and won’t buy – click here
Contact your MP – points for emailing, writing to or calling your MP - click here
Here’s some things you can do through Stop the Traffik:
Stop the Traffik through their ‘WHAT ARE YOU DOING NESTLE?’ Campaign also offer help with contacting Nestle. This link holds:
- A Background sheet of the issue before calling
- A call script to assist you with what to ask Nestle
- A tricky questions sheet
- A detailed letter for posting or emailing
- A 2nd letter for dealing with their response
- A child friendly letter for the young ones
- Links to Nestle offices world wide
click here for the above
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