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Asociación del Sello de Productos de Comercio Justo

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Founded
  
2005

Type
  
Nonprofit organization

Headquarters
  
Madrid, Spain

Asociación del Sello de Productos de Comercio Justo httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenaaaFai

Key people
  
Pablo Cabrera, Director

Website
  
www.sellocomerciojusto.org

Similar
  
Fairtrade Labelling Organizat, The Fairtrade Foundation, Gepa The Fair Trade Company, Stichting Max Havelaar, Association Max Havelaar

The Asociación del Sello de Productos de Comercio Justo (ASPCJ) is the Spanish member of FLO International, which unites 23 Fairtrade producer and labelling initiatives across Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

The ASPCJ was established in 2005 by the Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo, Fundación ETEA para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación, Fundación Intermon-Oxfam, Federación SETEM, IDEAS (Iniciativas de Economía Alternativa y Solidaria), Alternativa 3, Cáritas Española, CECU (Confederación de Consumidores y Usuarios) and the CECJ (Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo).

The two key activities of the ASPCJ are:

  • licensing the International Fairtrade Certification Mark in Spain;
  • raising awareness about Fairtrade certification in an effort to boost sales of Fairtrade products;
  • There are currently four Fairtrade certified products available in Spain: coffee, sugar, cocoa and tea.

    References

    Asociación del Sello de Productos de Comercio Justo Wikipedia