Comments on: Rainforest Alliance is Not Fair Trade

By: Mike Biden

Mike Biden — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 08:42:52 +0000

If I read the statements from the organisations correctly Nestle will be increasing the cost of their cocoa supplies. they just aren’t going to pay farmers to grow cocoa but to look after the rain forest as well. Same development as in Europe where we stopped paying farmers to produce wine lakes and butter mountains and paid them to look after the countryside. This is about saving our planet by preserving habitats and loss of species. Farmers will be receiving MORE money for doing different things.

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 14:51:30 +0000

I am not sure if this tells the whole story. From next season onwards companies HAVE to pay $400 premium on market prices to farmers in Ghana and Ivory Coast (2/3 of global cocoa production) due to the cartel of the two countries being formed in 2019. So the premium that they pay at present through Fair Trade is only $240. They also are joining the Rainforest alliance which have a different concept and are more focused on a multi stakeholder approach inc. more focus on the environement.

By: Linda Bate

Linda Bate — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 08:52:02 +0000

Please please continue with Fairtrade.

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 13:42:42 +0000

Agree with Julie above, large companies like Nestle can afford to make at least some of their range Fairtrade, that theyve backtracked on this to keep more of the profits in their own pockets, rather than give it to where it is most deserved the cocoa and sugar farmers, without whom their products would not exist, and in the middle of a global pandemic is appalling. Our only hope is that with public pressure and awareness of this issue, they will reconsider. For once do the right thing Nestle!

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 22:38:30 +0000

Companies as large and prosperous as Nestle, should be inclined to set an example to the rest of the industry about fair trade practices. Nestle could stand out as a beacon of fairness by providing good prices to cocoa farmers to ensure that they can afford healthcare and education and rise up out of poverty. How can leadership sleep at night knowing that they can only measure their own fortune and not be concerned about the welfare of the labor force that make their products possible. Stand up for the right thing and make all of your products fair trade. Rainforest Alliance is nothing but a green stamp – it has zero meaning.

By: Gill Williams

Gill Williams — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 11:40:48 +0000

I havey signed the petition to ask Nestle to reconsider . I saw their use of Fairtrade for KitKat as a sign of hope that they would find they could make a fair profit whilst adopting Fairtrade principles. I will stop buying KitKat when I see that Nestle no longer source their cocoa and sugar from Fairtrade producers.

By: Joseph Dangelo

Joseph Dangelo — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 01:43:04 +0000

a big company like you and you just can’t seem to do the right thing!!!!!!! GO FAIR TRADE!!!!

By: Jody Perrecoen

Jody Perrecoen — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 20:38:40 +0000

Do not become the Walmart of the cocoa industry. Be fair. Be responsible. I will not remain your customer if fair wages are stripped from these workers.