{"id":397,"date":"2015-05-03T05:02:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T05:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.haenow.com\/content\/?page_id=397"},"modified":"2023-05-12T22:32:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T22:32:07","slug":"ftc-q-a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.haenow.com\/content\/ftc-q-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Trade Certified Qs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is the Fair Trade Certified Apparel program?<\/strong>
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Fair Trade USA’s<\/a> ‘Fair Trade Certified’<\/strong>
\nlogo has become a well-recognized and respected symbol of assurance for ethically minded consumers. Widely seen on coffee, grocery and cosmetic brands,
\nthere was no such program for apparel up until 2010, mostly due to the complexities of certifying supply chains as it moves from farms to ginning and spinning
\nfacilities to dyeing mills to cut\/stitch factories. After more than three years of research, exploring models of fair trade, consulting with workers and workers’
\nrights NGOs, drafting rigorous standards, identifying and auditing pioneering partners, Fair Trade USA launched a program <\/a>to certify apparel in July 2010. HAE Now was the first company<\/strong>\u00a0to be approved under this program, and is one of a few sources of fair trade certified t-shirts and apparel in USA.
\nHow do I participate? <\/strong><\/p>\n

When you place your wholesale order online you will see an option to add Fair Trade Certification. Leave the box checked to participate, uncheck to exclude your order. The cost varies between $0.17 pp -$0.45 pp, please see the blue bar in Price Matrix for details. The total certification cost will automatically be calculated for your order. This amount covers the factory workers welfare fund contribution and Fair Trade USA’s license fee.<\/p>\n

What is the difference between a Fair Trade CertifiedTM <\/sup>shirt and non-certified shirt ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

While there is no physical difference between the shirts, please read below for the advantages of certification.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Consumer participation in fair trade<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Fair Trade CertifiedTM<\/sup> shirts<\/b><\/div>\n
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Consumer directly supplements mill workers wages.<\/strong> Each product sold as ‘Fair Trade Certified\u2019 contributes an additional 4% of the production cost to a mill workers fund set up specifically to supplement wages or invest in community betterment programs. Workers choose democratically how Fair Trade Premium funds are allocated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Non FTC shirts<\/b><\/div>\n
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No additional contribution to worker wages. Mill adheres to general standards for wage and benefits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Confidence from third party verification<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Fair Trade CertifiedTM<\/sup> shirts<\/b><\/div>\n
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Each product may claim to be \u2018Fair Trade Certified\u2019<\/strong> and use the FTC logo <\/strong>to show independent certification by Fair Trade USA. It gives confidence to the end user that products are ethically made.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Non FTC shirts<\/b><\/div>\n
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No certification available as proof of being fair trade. Any company can claim to offer ‘fairly traded\u2019 and \u2018fair trade\u2019 products, as there are no standards for the use of these terms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Licensed marks available<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Fair Trade CertifiedTM<\/sup> shirts<\/b><\/div>\n
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Use of FTC logo, verbiage ‘Fair Trade Certified’TM<\/sup> or approved text is included. FTC hangtags available at a charge<\/strong>. Certification allows use of the\u00a0FTC logo<\/a>\u00a0on each product, and the text ‘Fair Trade Certified’TM<\/sup>\u00a0on the shirts (may be printed directly or attached to it), as well as points of sale and\/or packaging. The logo is a trademark of\u00a0Fair Trade USA<\/a>\u00a0who audits the mill and certifies the products (see Use Guide below).Approved verbiage that may be used for product at point of sale: \u201cYour purchase of this Fair Trade Certified\u2122 item supports better working conditions for the cotton farmers and factory workers who made it. And for each product sold, they earn a premium to invest in social development projects and to fight poverty in their communities.\u201d FTC hang tag available: An optional FTC hang tag is available for 5 cents pp. It accompanies the order and may be attached after printing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Non FTC shirts<\/b><\/div>\n
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May be promoted and sold as ‘fair trade’, not \u2018Fair Trade Certified\u2019. Use of FTC logo and materials not available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0More resources:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The ‘Fair Trade Certified’ hang tag:<\/p>\n

\"FTCHangtag\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If you opt for Fair Trade Certification and wish to print the logo on shirts or promotional material please refer to this FTC Use Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the Fair Trade Certified Apparel program? Fair Trade USA’s ‘Fair Trade Certified’ logo has become a well-recognized and respected symbol of assurance for ethically minded consumers. Widely seen on coffee, grocery and cosmetic brands, there was no such program for apparel up until 2010, mostly due to the complexities of certifying supply chains […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/no-sidebar.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-397","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haenow.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haenow.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haenow.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haenow.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haenow.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":83,"href":"https:\/\/www.haenow.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2364,"href":"https:\/\/www.haenow.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397\/revisions\/2364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haenow.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}