ethics

January 2009: Goods for development

Submitted by globaladmin on Thu, 01/08/2009 - 13:57.
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“Yes, but is it ‘Good for Development’?”

Karen Ellis and Jodie Keane, researchers at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), are hoping that becomes a question on the lips of supermarket shoppers around the globe with their proposal of a ‘Good for Development’ label for produce. Their November 2008 review of a basket of existing labels – including Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, and the GlobalGAP among others – indicated that there may be a market niche for just such a label.