Many companies are trying to improve their workers' lives and living standards. The Fairtrade movement has benefitted many people. Can you name any companies which claim to be 'fairtrade'?
Watch these videos on different opinions of the Fairtrade movement.
This video is about the positive side of fairtrade.
This report looks at the other side of the movement.
Would you still buy Fairtrade?
Some useful vocabulary
conscience (noun) - a sense of what is right and wrong
ethically sourced (adj.) - when products and services from each point of a business's supply chain are obtained in an ethical way
sustainable (adj.) - able to be maintained at a certain rate or level
mass produced (adj.) - made in very large quantities
minumim wage (noun) - the lowest pay permitted by law
