Our Fair Trade Nation Criteria

Why become a Fair Trade Nation?

In July 2006, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Scottish Executive agreed a set of groundbreaking criteria to work toward to become the world's first Fair Trade Nations. They are the beginning of a long process, not a tick-box exercise, and we will work to make Fair Trade Nation status a genuine achievement that shows attitudes and habits have changed because of better widespread awareness and understanding that the way we in Scotland live can have a positive impact on people in the developing world whom we may never even meet.

The Aims of this campaign are: 
 To increase awareness of Fair Trade and surrounding issues
 To increase the sale of Fair Trade products
 To contribute to greater trade justice
 To engender a meaningful commitment to Fair Trade from Scottish Parliament
   and executive bodies

 1. The following must be achieved in order to become a Fair Trade Nation:

• 100% of Local Authorities have Fair Trade groups working toward Fairtrade Zone status
• 55% of our Local Authorities having achieved Fairtrade Zone status. In following years, this must increase 10% per year until all 32 are Fairtrade Zones.         
• 100% of cities have achieved Fairtrade City status         
• At least 55% of towns have Fair Trade groups working toward Fairtrade Town status    
• 60% of universities have active Fair Trade groups working toward Fairtrade status 
• People who know about Fair Trade increasing 5% every year to reach 75%         
      - 75% of those people to buy a Fairtrade product every year    
      - 40% of those people to regularly buy Fairtrade products

2. Scottish Parliament

• Produces an annual statement in support of Fair Trade
• Uses and promotes Fairtrade products internally including Fairtrade tea / coffee / sugar / biscuits at all meetings
• Ensures Fairtrade is available at all catering outlets
• Actively promotes Fairtrade Fortnight each year

 3. Scottish Government resolution

• Uses and promote Fairtrade products internally including Fairtrade tea / coffee / sugar / biscuits at all meetings
• Ensures Fairtrade is available at all catering outlets
• Actively promotes Fairtrade Fortnight each year
• Produces an annual public report on the progress of the Fair Trade Nation campaign
• Actively supports the promotion and development of Fair Trade including:
    - Seeks to develop pro-Fair Trade public sector procurement guidance and promote Fair Trade public sector procurement wherever possible.
    - Promotes Fair Trade in schools through curriculum, procurement and any other means possible
• Promotes Fair Trade at an international level and through international trade agreements, where appropriate.
• Acknowledges the role of Fair Trade in economic development policies