Can Scotland still call itself a Fair Trade Nation? A report by the Scottish Fair Trade Forum JANUARY 2017 CAN SCOTLAND STILL CALL ITSELF A FAIR TRADE NATION? Scottish Fair Trade Forum Robertson House 152 Bath Street Glasgow G2 4TB +44 (0)141 3535611 www.sftf.org.uk www.facebook.com/FairTradeNation www.twitter.com/FairTradeNation [email protected] Scottish charity number SC039883 Scottish registered company number SC337384. Acknowledgements The Scottish Fair Trade Forum is very grateful for the help and advice received during the preparation of this report. We would like to thank everyone who has surveys and those who directly responded been involved, especially the Assessment to our personalised questionnaires: Andrew Panel members, Patrick Boase (social auditor Ashcroft (Koolskools Founding Partner), registered with the Social Audit Network UK Amisha Bhattarai (representative of Get Paper who chaired the Assessment Panel), Dr Mark Industry – GPI, Nepal), Mandira Bhattarai Hayes (Honorary Fellow in the Department of (representative of Get Paper Industry – GPI, Theology and Religion at Durham University, Nepal), Rudi Dalvai (President of the World Chair of the WFTO Appeals Panel and Fair Trade Organisation – WFTO), Patricia principal founder of Shared Interest), Penny Ferguson (Former Convener of the Cross Newman OBE (former CEO of Cafédirect and Party Group on Fair Trade in the Scottish currently a Trustee of Cafédirect Producers’ Parliament), Elen Jones (National Coordinator Foundation and Drinkaware), Sir Geoff Palmer at Fair Trade Wales), Fátima Ismael (General (Professor Emeritus, School of Life Sciences Manager of SOPPEXCCA, Nicaragua), of Heriot-Watt University and Honorary Henry Kalomba (Regional Manager, National President of Edinburgh and Lothians Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi – Regional Equality Council), Eliane Reid NASFAM, Malawi), James Kelly MSP (former (Operations Manager with the University of Co-Convener of the Cross Party Group Edinburgh working on their new Community on Fair Trade in the Scottish Parliament), Engagement Strategy and formerly Assistant Pamela L’Intelligent (Craft Aid, Mauritius), Chief Executive at Volunteer Scotland), Howard Msukwa (Chairman of the Farmers’ Fiona Ross MSYP (ambassador for Glasgow Association in Karonga, Malawi), Wendy Youth Council and Member of the Scottish Rowan (formerly of Divine Chocolate) and Youth Parliament Glasgow Kelvin), and Jan Kathryn Sygrove (Executive Officer at BAFTS). Tucker (Fair Trade retailer and campaigner and founder Board member of the Welsh Fair Trade Forum, now Fair Trade Wales) for taking part in the Assessment Panel. We are grateful to the team involved in the process of preparing this report: Martin Rhodes, Martin Hlusek, Deirdre Muldowney, Colleen Tait, and Meri Suokas, Forum Board members and volunteers. We would also like to thank all the organisations and individual campaigners who completed our A report by the Scottish Fair Trade Forum CAN SCOTLAND STILL CALL ITSELF A FAIR TRADE NATION? List of Abbreviations BAME Black Asian Minority Ethnic BAFTS British Association for Fair Trade Shops and Suppliers CCS Campaign Coffee Scotland CLAN Christians Linked Across the Nation COSLA Convention of Scottish Local Authorities GROS General Register Office for Scotland IDEAS International Development Education Association of Scotland IFAT International Federation for Alternative Trade JTS Just Trading Scotland MEP Member of the European Parliament MP Member of Parliament MSP Member of the Scottish Parliament NASFAM National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi NGO Non-Governmental Organisation NHS National Health Service NIDOS Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland NUS National Union of Students SCIAF Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund SCVO Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations SIGBI Soroptomist International Great Britain and Ireland SMP Scotland Malawi Partnership SQA Scottish Qualifications Authority SSN Sustainable Scotland Network STUC Scottish Trades Union Congress The Forum Scottish Fair Trade Forum VSO Volunteer Services Overseas WFTO World Fair Trade Organisation Contents 1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................1 2. Background ..........................................................................................................................3 3. History ..................................................................................................................................5 4. Scope and Purpose of this Report .......................................................................................9 5. Stakeholders ......................................................................................................................13 6. Methodology ......................................................................................................................17 7. Report on Performance and Impact ...................................................................................21 7.1 Objective 1: Maintaining the essential criteria to become a Fair Trade Nation ................22 7.2 Objective 2: Assessing achievements against the desirable criteria ...............................33 7.3 Objective 3: Assessing progress on areas identified for future development ..................42 in the 2013 Assessment Report 8. Conclusions and Recommendations .................................................................................51 9. Next Steps ..........................................................................................................................53 Assessment Panel Statement ................................................................................................55 Appendices ............................................................................................................................57 Appendix 1 – The Forum’s vision, mission & aims .................................................................57 Appendix 2 – The Forum’s member organisations .................................................................58 Appendix 3 – Consultation questionnaires .............................................................................59 Appendix 4 – Zones ...............................................................................................................63 Appendix 5 – Towns and cities ...............................................................................................64 Appendix 6 – Communities ....................................................................................................67 Appendix 7 – Universities .......................................................................................................71 Appendix 8 – Parliamentary business on Fair Trade (2006 – 2016) .......................................72 Appendix 9 – Scottish Parliament Procurement Services report on fairly traded goods .......80 Appendix 10 – List of fairly traded products within the Scottish Parliament .........................85 Appendix 11 – Polling .............................................................................................................87 Appendix 12 – International Fair Trade Visitors ......................................................................89 Appendix 13 – Religious identity in Scotland .........................................................................98 Appendix 14 – Scotland a Fair Trade Nation: What Next? .....................................................99 Appendix 15 – List of Scotland-based manufacturers using Fairtrade products ................101 (and registered with the Fairtrade Foundation) Appendix 16 – Analysis: Fair Trade Nation Survey ...............................................................102 (Individual Campaigners/Newsletter Subscribers) Appendix 17 – Presence of Fair Trade Groups/Businesses on Social Media ......................104 Appendix 18 – Fair Trade Places of Worship........................................................................106 Appendix 19 – Scottish Fair Trade Awards – Past Awardees ..............................................125 A report by the Scottish Fair Trade Forum CAN SCOTLAND STILL CALL ITSELF A FAIR TRADE NATION? 1 Introduction The Fair Trade movement in Scotland is vibrant, dynamic and growing. This report presents a summary of the evidence that Scotland continues to be a Fair Trade Nation. The report measures Scotland’s progress This report seeks to show how more against the agreed criteria and also seeks established areas and sectors have to give a flavour of the diversity of Fair maintained and strengthened their Trade activity; the breadth and depth commitment to Fair Trade while new of commitment across various sectors engagements have been fostered and of society; and growing awareness, grown in areas that were less developed understanding and purchasing of Fair Trade. at the time of the last report. It also makes recommendations for the future. The report gives evidence that the original essential criteria continue to be met and that It is the conclusion of this report that Scotland further significant progress has been made continues to be a Fair Trade Nation. on the desirable criteria. It also reports on progress made in addressing the challenges identified in the previous assessment report published in 2013. A report by the Scottish Fair Trade Forum 1 2 CAN SCOTLAND STILL CALL ITSELF A FAIR TRADE NATION? 2 Background