Why buy Fairtrade products at work?

Imagine starting your working day with a cup of Fairtrade tea…. With this simple action, you are enabling tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka to buy an ambulance, something that is vital for the health of the whole community.

The concept of Fairtrade means more than “fair” prices for the farmers. It also includes Fairtrade bonuses or social benefits, which can in turn finance development projects. The workers decide themselves about how this additional money can be used within their communities. It can range from education, construction of water systems, health care and/or other life-essential utilities.

Thanks to Fairtrade, farmers in developing countries have managed to gain direct access to markets in developed countries, in many cases for the first time in their lives. It ensures better profits for the farmers and longer and better quality education for their children.

Fairtrade products demonstrate in a concrete way respect and appreciation of other peoples’ labor, regardless of whether they are Czech workers or farmers and their families on the other side of the world. Purchase of Fairtrade products has been known to raise the morale at workplaces and to foster a better work environment.