IMO "Fair for Life"
Ben Ripple mention IMOs ( Institute for Marketecology ) Social for Life (it's actually Fair for Life). I thought it useful to break out the comment stream into its own discussion.
From the home page of the site.
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Our quality guarantee
IMO Social & FairTrade Certification guarantees that human rights are guaranteed at any stage of production, that workers enjoy good and fair working conditions and that smallholder farmers receive a fair share."
Our quality guarantee
IMO Social & FairTrade Certification guarantees that human rights are guaranteed at any stage of production, that workers enjoy good and fair working conditions and that smallholder farmers receive a fair share."
I downloaded the certification guidelines document and found it to be typical of all such systems - one way. There is absolutely NO discussion of the procedures in place that enable IMO to back its guarantee that it guarantees "... that smallholder farmers receive a fair share."
Any thoughts on how this works, Ben?