Patagonia pays a premium for every Fair Trade Certified™ item that carries their label. That extra money goes directly to the factory workers and they decide how to spend it. That’s not all though. The Fair Trade Certified™ program promotes health, safety and social and environmental compliance in the workplace. It also encourages dialog between management and workers which is a step towards raising wages and makes good business sense in the long term. In 2014 Patagonia offered 10 Fair Trade styles from 1 factory. In spring 2017 they’re making 287 styles across 10 factories and you’ll find lots of them here at countryside.co.uk.
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