Bishop’s University now a Designated Fair-Trade Campus

Bishop’s University announced that it is now recognized as a fairtrade campus and received the designation from Loïc de Fabritus Gautier, a representative of FairTrade Canada. This designation is part of the actions prescribed by the University’s sustainable development plan. The FairTrade Campus designation aims to recognize, through official status, educational institutions committed to supporting fair trade.

Bishop’s University’s Office of Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Working Committee have work together to meet the three key requirements for FairTrade Canada’s fair trade campus designation:

• Since October 2021, Bishop’s has set up a steering committee made up of active volunteers and members of the administration who meet on a regular basis.
• Foodservice locations under campus control offer a range of FairTrade certified products, such as coffee, tea, hot chocolate, chocolate bars.
• The Bishop’s Sustainable Development Office supports the student-run Environmental club, which organizes events and activities to increase the visibility of fair-trade products available on campus and to raise community awareness of fair-trade issues

Fair Trade Campus designation

Trade in fair trade certified products is growing all over the world. The “fair trade” certification of these products, created towards the end of the 1980s, facilitated access to products from this alternative trade. This is a sustainable development approach integrating social development, environmental protection, and fair remuneration criteria.

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