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6 Jul 2009

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OneWorld.net

Beauty Products Get Fairtrade Makeover [UK]

Five companies [Boots, Bubble & Balm, Essential Care, Lush, Neal's Yard] recently released the first line of Fairtrade-certified beauty products in the United Kingdom…“Fairtrade enables us to help ourselves and to support each other," said Nana Yago, a Fairtrade shea nut producer from Burkina Faso…[D]isadvantaged producers of beauty product components...will be able to grow their markets and invest greater resources in the well-being of their families and communities...In March…Cadbury announced plans to achieve Fairtrade certification for its famous chocolate bars…Last week, Starbucks Coffee announced plans to strengthen the company's ties to Fairtrade.