Special Report: Fair Trade 

Special Report: Fair Trade

The failure of the Cancun ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has highlighted the need for genuine pro-poor policies and the importance of making trade sustainable. In the Fair Trade supplement to the CSR Magazine, you can read about the Commission's views on fair trade, the pros and cons of the fair trade model as explained by the European Fair Trade Association (EFTA), and various fair trade initiatives.

In the September 2003 issue of the CSR Magazine, you may also read about:

• the Italian Presidency conference on CSR
• European supplier diversity;
• the European Multi Stakeholder Forum on CSR;
• the results of CSR Europe's online survey on fair trade;
• Corporate reputation measurement and management;
• Corporate governance and sustainability reporting;
• the future and implications of CSR;
• CSR Europe's CSR Campaign activities.

To read more on Fair Trade in the September 2003 edition of the CSR Magazine, please visit the

CSR Europe website