{"id":134,"date":"2014-10-19T17:48:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T17:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/?p=134"},"modified":"2019-01-15T09:45:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T07:45:44","slug":"feasibility-study-on-proposed-fairtrade-textile-standard-e-mail-me-and-i-send-it-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/?p=134","title":{"rendered":"Feasibility study on proposed Fairtrade Textile Standard \u2013 e-mail me and I send it to you!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, I completed a feasibility study for the German government about the planned Fairtrade Textile Standard.The report consists of close to 100 pages and focuses on the cotton supply chains, from farming to manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This standard is now being developed by Fairtrade International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will not post the 100 page report on these pages. Many have asked for the report, however, and I will e-mail it to you on request. Just e-mail me on <a href=\"mailto:j.furstenborg@bluewin.ch\">j.furstenborg@bluewin.ch<\/a> . Also do this if you have any questions or views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the way, in principle I support Fairtrade\u2019s project to develop this standard but I also do have views on how it should be done to be as useful and effective as possible. This is also in line with my overall view that we should welcome all serious and positive approached to improve conditions in global supply chains \u2013 and in this case also in small scale farming and rural communities in developing countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, the contents are roughly like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I<em>ntroduction<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Is a Fairtrade Textile and Apparel Standard needed and feasible?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fairtrade as a movement and a concept<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cotton supply chains from farms to factories<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fairtrade and cotton<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>3Freunde hooded jackets \u2013 a Fairtrade cotton approach<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fairtrade in the social responsibility landscape<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fairtrade: Human Rights and Labour Conditions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fairtrade and the elimination of child labour<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fairtrade Textile and Apparel Standard<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Applying a Fairtrade Textile and Apparel Standard<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cotton farming and its impact on the environment<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Genetically modified cotton<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Organic cotton<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fairtrade and GOTS \u2013 added value through cooperation?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Possible tasks for government<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, I completed a feasibility study for the German government about the planned Fairtrade Textile Standard.The report consists of close to 100 pages and focuses on the cotton supply chains, from farming to manufacturing. This standard is now being developed by Fairtrade International. I will not post the 100 page report on these &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/?p=134\" class=\"more-link\">Jatka lukemista<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8221;Feasibility study on proposed Fairtrade Textile Standard \u2013 e-mail me and I send it to you!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[38,31,27,37,25,26,36],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-english","tag-cotton","tag-fairtrade","tag-germany","tag-gmo","tag-supplychain","tag-sustainability","tag-un-guiding-principles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}