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Title extended for another two years – commitment spanning a decade
Fairtrade District title has been renewed for another two years. This means the district has now been part of the worldwide Fairtrade Towns campaign for ten years and was the second district in Hesse to receive this distinction in 2015. District Administrator Thomas Will presented the updated certificate to the district's Fairtrade Officer, Stefan Leimbach.
The district is committed to Fairtrade in order to support producer groups in developing countries. Fairly traded products – such as those bearing the Fairtrade , GEPA , or El Puente – ensure better working conditions and incomes for smallholder farmers and plantation workers. At the same time, forced and child labor are combated, and environmentally friendly farming methods without pesticides, artificial fertilizers, or genetically modified organisms are promoted.
District Administrator Will emphasizes: "Fair trade is an important instrument for combating poverty and for ecologically sustainable production standards – and it also contributes to regional economic development."
A key objective remains to regularly raise public awareness of the importance of fair trade products and to encourage their purchase. The district's
shopping and dining guide https://www.kreisgg.de/umwelt/fairer-handel-im-kreis-gross-gerau/gastronomie-und-einkaufswegweiser
The district places great emphasis on cooperation in the Fairtrade sector. Together with the Fairtrade towns of Bischofsheim and Büttelborn , and as a member of RheinMainFair eV, additional opportunities for action arise. For example, the Supply Chain Act initiative in the Groß-Gerau district with trade unions, churches, municipalities, the district adult education center, and other partners to raise awareness of exploitation and unfair production conditions both in the Global South and domestically.
also implements Fairtrade principles
its municipal procurement center social, ecological, and innovative requirements, as well as adherence to collective bargaining agreements and minimum wages, are among the criteria, along with environmental friendliness, resource conservation, and waste prevention. Twelve municipalities within the district are collaborating on this initiative.
Fairtrade steering group plays a central role . It coordinates activities, recruits new partners, designs public relations, plans events, and initiates educational programs related to Fair Trade.
(Gross-Gerau-Red/PSGG)
Featured image: Those present at the last steering committee meeting were (seated from left) Claudia Weller (for the Büttelborn steering committee), Wolfgang Bleith (for the Bischofsheim steering committee), Barbara Reis (Chairwoman of the One World Partnership – Dornheim 1980 e. V., operator of the Dornheim Fair Trade Shop), Else Trumpold (Chairwoman of the Church Council of the Evangelical Church Parish of Büttelborn), Karin Wehner (Fairtrade Officer for Bischofsheim), Marta Wachowiak (Head of Climate Protection Services, Groß-Gerau District), standing on the left Stefan Leimbach (Fairtrade Officer for the Groß-Gerau District) and District Administrator Thomas Will with the certificate of title renewal. Photo: District Administration
