According to the Fairtrade Organization website http://www.fairtrade.net/ “Not all trade is fair! Farmers and workers at the beginning of the chain don’t always get a fair share of the benefits and Fair Trade provides a tool whereby consumers can put this right. It is based on a partnership between producers and consumers by offering producers, at the start of the chain, a better deal to allow them the opportunity to improve their lives. While Fair Trade also offers consumers a powerful way to reduce poverty through their every day shopping.”
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Fair Trade Pearls, in the context of the Fairtrade definition, is providing improved opportunity for the very poor traditional pearl farmers, at the start of the pearl supply chain, and the Indonesian workers employed on large foreign owned pearl farms surviving on less than $200 per month.
Currently there are no Fair Trade standards applicable to Pearls. The companies working in this field are not yet able to gain recognition for there contributions in assisting the people and communities at the beginning of the pearl supply chain. Our company is pushing for standards to be introduced, so that the people living in poverty in the pearl farming communities around the Indonesian archipelago, can have a opportunity for receiving improved benefits.
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We are proud of the fact that our company practices the principles and concepts of Fair Trade Pearls, in all trade that we undertake with the people and communities at the start of the pearl supply chain. Our profit margins are much lower than other less ethical organisations, but we are satisfied being able to contribute to a better life for the communities surviving on the pearling industry.
