Learning from the Fairtrade Towns movement

Professor Anne Tallontire reflects on the International Fair Trade Towns network, which hosted its annual event in the UK this year.

Fairtrade is a familiar concept, most people recognise the green and blue logo on tea and coffee and other products in our supermarkets and on campus. After all, the University has been a proud supporter of Fair Trade for twenty years.

Through the work of the Sustainability Service and the Sustainable Curriculum programme, we’ve been highlighting the links between Fair Trade and the Sustainable Development Goals. But what do people know of the movement and the part that we can play beyond promoting the Fairtrade label?

Read the full blog by Anne Tallontire.