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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