Stichting Max Havelaar

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Not to be confused with Max Havelaar-Stiftung (Schweiz).
Fairtrade Nederland
Key people
Peter d'Angremond, Director since july 2009
Websitewww.fairtradenederland.nl

Fairtrade Nederland formerly known as Max Havelaar Stichting Archived 2022-08-16 at the

Fairtrade certification producer and labelling initiatives across Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand
.

The Fairtrade label, the world's first

worldshops
and, for the first time, to mainstream retailers across the Netherlands.

Today, Fairtrade products are available in many shops throughout Europe, i.e. in the

supermarkets across the Netherlands and online at MUD Jeans, the Dutch fair trade certified denim brand.[2]

In 2006, Fairtrade labelled sales in the Netherlands amounted to €41 million, a 12% year-to-year increase.[3]

Court case against the province of Groningen

The Dutch province of Groningen was sued in 2007 by Dutch coffee supplier Douwe Egberts for explicitly requiring its coffee suppliers to meet fair trade criteria set by Stichting Max Havelaar, most notably the payment of a minimum price and a development premium to producer cooperatives. Douwe Egberts, which sells a number of coffee brands under self-developed ethical criteria, believed the requirements were discriminatory. After several months of discussions and legal challenges, the province of Groningen prevailed in a well-publicized judgement in favor of the province. Coen de Ruiter, director of Stichting Max Havelaar, called the victory a landmark event: "it provides governmental institutions the freedom in their purchasing policy to require suppliers to provide coffee that bears the fair trade criteria, so that a substantial and meaningful contribution is made in the fight against poverty through the daily cup of coffee".[4]

References

  1. ^ "Max Havelaar | Max Havelaar". Archived from the original on 2007-09-01. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
  2. ^ Zibb.nl (2006). Plus verslaat AH met bio-assortiment Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine URL accessed on November 8, 2006.
  3. ^ Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (2007). Figures Archived 2006-11-13 at the Wayback Machine. URL accessed on October 9, 2007.
  4. ^ Max Havelaar Foundation (2007), [85.82.218.199/fileadmin/Bruger_filer/Dokument_database/IKAvaerktoej/EU_siden/Max_Havalaar.pdf Dutch Province of Groningen wins summary brought by Douwe Egberts and can continue specifying fair trade coffee] [dead link]

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