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The 1992 created non-profit association TransFair, the official association name reads "„TransFair - association for the promotion of the fair trade with the "“third world"” registered association "“, has its seat in Cologne and assigns certifying for the fair trade in Germany.

A goal

Its superordinate goal sees TransFair in of promoting disadvantaged Kleinbauern and workers as well as their families in Asia supporting Africa and Latin America on their way to a lasting development it and of improving their conditions of work and life. TransFair acts however not even with products, but sees its task in control and observance of criteria and standards of the fair trade over continents away.

Products

Products, those so far in Germany were distinguished with the fair trade seal are coffee, dte, cocoa, drop, orange juice, honey, bananas, rice, cotton, pineapple, chocolate, flowers, sport balls and apples.

Member organizations

The work of TransFair is carried by numerous organizations from the ranges development policy, church, environment, consumer protection, women, education and social.

37 institutions (conditions 2003): Action of arms world; Federation new Germany; Casa Alianza; German world hunger assistance; Forum a world of the SPD; Friedrich Ebert donation; Heinrich Boell donation; Child help in need; Konrad Adenauer donation; NEWI; Oikocredit DACHS; terre of the hommes; UNICEF; World shop roof federation; City Neuss; Evolution fund apple tree; aej; Misereor; Bread for the world; BDKJ; CIR; DPSG; EED; House of church services of the Ev. - Luther. Regional church Hanover; KLJB; Kath. land people movement; KSJ; bath Pyrmont; FEDERATION; The consumer initiative registered association; Ev. woman's work in Germany; kfd - catholic woman Mrs. Germany; North south net of the DGB education work; Dt. cooperative and Raiffeisenverband; Frente de Cafetaleros; KAB; Kolpingwerk Germany; Committee of physicians for the third world

Successes

Meanwhile in 20.000 German supermarkets and 800 world shops products with the fair trade seal are offered, so that with TransFair sealed products since 1992 could obtain a conversion of approx. 500 million euro. It is to be marked that only a small part of the fair acted products are sealed.

4,5 million producer in 45 countries of Asia, Latin America and Africa profit at present from the fair trade. This means for example with the coffee in the past ten years direct incomes at a value of 150 million euro. That the groups of producers in the fair trade paid additional price improves thereby the very difficult living conditions of humans involved crucially.

Recently TransFair made an agreement with Lidl: Starting from June 2006 there is to be fair trade products in all 2700 branches. A large selection of 8 different products will exceed the offer of many supermarkets. The comparatively low paragraph of fair trade products in Germany is to be set in motion in such a way. In England for example the portion of coffee from fair trade amounts to over 20% in Germany only ~1% at the Gesammtabsatz. This co-operation of TransFair and Lidl is particularly because of the criticism at Lidl (black book Lidl) very disputed. (Source: Mirror Nr.14/3.4.2006)

Licensee

Gepa, official designation "“society for the promotion of the partnership with the third world ltd."”, was 1992 the first licensee of TransFair. In the meantime (September 2005) TransFair lent more than 70 enterprises the license for the use of the quality seal for the fair trade.

Internationally

Internationally the TransFair registered association with 18 further national seal organizations is together closed in the controlling body FLO international. The contraction FLO stands thereby for fair trade Labelling organizations.

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