Kingston Fairtrade Group
WHY A FAIRTRADE BOROUGH?
What is Fairtrade? - and 'fair trade'?
This section gives a summary of Fairtrade, the Fairtrade Mark, and the two organisations behind Fairtrade in the UK, FLO and the Fairtrade Foundation. It also explains how fair or ethical sourcing differs from Fairtrade.
Fairtrade
Fairtrade (Capital F, all one word), see above trademark. The Fairtrade trademark denotes that the product has been subject to the CERTIFICATION SCHEME operated by the Fairtrade Foundation. This applies to products from developing countries, which are independently monitored and guaranteed by the Fairtrade Foundation, a member of the International Fairtrade Labelling Association (FLO).
For the farmers and workers, Fairtrade means a stable price which covers production costs and pays a premium to the community that it can decide to use in whatever way it chooses. It might invest in business development, or in social and environmental schemes that will benefit the wider community. Many farmers in the developing world have to contend with fluctuating prices that may not even cover the costs incurred in producing their crop. For farmers fortunate enough to be able to sell some of their produce into the scheme, Fairtrade makes a big impact on their day-to-day life and their families' future.
To find out about some products and how individual producers and their communities have benefited from Fairtrade visit the Fairtrade Foundation's
Fairtrade is based on a clear set of internationally agreed criteria, which are independently assessed and monitored. The whole system is open and transparent. It operates in 59 developing countries and the Fairtrade certified goods are sold in 22 countries.
Fairtrade standards stipulate that traders must:
pay a price to producers that covers the costs of sustainable production and living;
pay a "Fairtrade premium" that communities can invest in ways that they choose themselves;
for instance, they may invest in health clinics, schools, better roads to get their produce to market, etc;
make partial advance payments when requested by producers;
sign contracts that allow for long-term planning and sustainable production practices.
Fairtrade labelling was created in the Netherlands in the 1980s. Max Havelaar launched the first Fairtrade consumer guarantee label in 1986 on coffee sourced from Mexico.
The Fairtrade Foundation
The Fairtrade Foundation is the UK agency responsible for administering the FAIRTRADE Mark and increasing consumer awareness of Fairtrade in the UK. The Fairtrade Foundation was set up by CAFOD, Christian Aid, New Consumer, Oxfam, Traidcraft Exchange and the World Development Movement to award the Fairtrade mark to products from developing countries that meet certain criteria. The founding organisations were later joined by Britain's largest women's organisation, the Women's Institute.
The Fairtrade Foundation website has more details on national Fairtrade issues along with information on Fairtrade products. There are also fascinating stories from the people who benefit most from Fairtrade.
Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO)
FLO is the worldwide body, comprising the Fairtrade Foundation and its partner organisations in other countries, that has overall responsibility for developing Fairtrade criteria and managing producer registers. There are now 21 organisations in different countries, including the Fairtrade Foundation, that run this international standard setting and monitoring body.
FLO enables about seven and a half million producers, workers and their dependents in 59 countries to benefit from Fairtrade labeling. FLO guarantees that products sold anywhere in the world with the Fairtrade label conform to Fairtrade standards and contribute to the development of their producers.
The FAIRTRADE Mark
The Fairtrade Mark above is the "seal of approval" which appears on products meeting the Fairtrade standards described above.
FLO, with support from the European Commission, harmonised the Fairtrade labels from different countries into this international image.
The FAIRTRADE Mark is the only independent consumer guarantee of fair trade. Over 70% of the British adult population now recognize the FAIRTRADE Mark.
Fairtrade Products
There are now over 4,500 products that carry the FAIRTRADE Mark. The product range includes tea, coffee, chocolate, sugar, bananas and other fresh fruit, juices, honey, cakes, biscuits, cereal bars, jams, sauces, nuts, ice cream, wine, herbs and spices, skincare products, sports balls, flowers and cotton goods, including clothing and household linen.
Between 2008 and 2009, Fairtrade labeled sales in the UK grew by 12%%, despite the recession, now being worth over £799 million pa. Nearly 20% of the roast and ground coffee market is certified Fairtrade, and 1 in 4 of all bananas sold in the UK are Fairtrade.
Other fair and ethical trading schemes
FLO and its partners have not yet been able to develop standards for many goods other than foods and drinks as this is a time-consuming and expensive process. However there are other schemes claiming to be ethically sourced, fairly traded etc, and many of these are fine. Look for membership of a reputable organisation like BAFTS (British Association of Fair Trade Shops - although being a "shop" isn't essential!) or IFAT (International Federation for Alternative Trade).
Where to buy Fairtrade products?
Local directory below internet links
Where to buy Fairtrade footballs and other sports balls?
http://www.thefaircorp.com
Many companies now sell cotton products carrying the FAIRTRADE Mark. For an up-to-date list, see Fairtrade.org.uk
Kingston upon Thames Fairtrade Directory
This directory is regularly updated so we would be grateful if you would let us know about any new products you notice in shops or catering outlets in your area of Kingston. To do this, or for more information, please contact us.
To get an idea of the range of products available in supermarkets, click below for lists of all Fairtrade items, with prices, available at Surbiton Waitrose and Sainsbury’s in February 2012.
Key to Guide
Clothes: adult. - Adult clothes, e.g. jeans, socks, t-shirts
Clothes: baby. - Baby clothes, e.g. vests, t-shirts etc
Baby Foods. - Baby foods
Skin products - Body butters, creams, scrubs, bath salts and oil, shower gel
Cakes, Biscuits. - Cakes & Biscuits: includes flapjacks, choc biscuits, ginger biscuits, choc cake
Cereal etc Bars. - Cereal bars: various
Clothes: child. - Childrens clothes, e.g. t-shirts, trousers, etc
Choc Bars. - Chocolate bars, various
Cocoa/Choc drink. - Cocoa/chocolate drink
Confectionery. - Confectionery, e.g. chocolate mints, chocolate mango slices, etc
Cotton goods. - Cotton goods, e.g. bedlinen, table linen, towels, bags
Cotton wool. - Cotton wool pads
Dessert, frozen- Dessert, frozen
Flowers. - Flowers, various including roses and carnations
Fruit juice. - Fruit juices, various
Key to Guide
Fruit. - Fruit: bananas &, in season, mangos, pineapples, oranges, lemons, etc
Ground Coffee. - Ground coffee, may be many types including decaffeinated
Honey. - Honey
Ice cream. - Ice cream, e.g. vanilla and vanilla toffee crunch
Instant Coffee. - Instant coffee, may be many types including decaffeinated
Muesli. - Muesli
Olive products. - Olive products including olives and olive oil
Prepared foods - Prepared foods, e.g nut cutlets, ready meals
Preserves/sauces. - Preserves, e.g. jams, marmelade; sauces, e.g.apple, chocolate
Rice. - Rice, e.g. white rice, basmati rice etc
Spices. - Spices, e.g. ginger, vanilla, cinnamon, tumeric, cloves, pepper
Sugar. - Sugar: may be white, brown and/or demarera
Tea. - Tea, various, e.g. ordinary teas, herbal, green, rooibos
Dried fruit/Nuts. - Various, e.g. brazil nuts, mango slices, peanut butter, etc
Wine. - Wine: red and white, from South Africa and South America
Search Result
Accessorise (Kingston Town)Address:
Market Place
Products: Cotton goods.
All Saints parish church (Kingston Town)
Address:
Market Place KT11JP
Products: Instant Coffee. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea.
Asda (Kingston Town)
Address:
142 London Road
Products: Wine. Fruit. Choc Bars. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee. Preserves/sauces.
Bentalls (Kingston Town)
Address:
Wood Street
Products: Confectionery. Wine. Choc Bars. Cotton goods.
Bentalls: Illy Expresso bar, third floor (Kingston Town)
Address:
Wood St
Products: Sugar. Tea.
Best One Supermarket (Kingston Town)
Address:
Thames St
Products: Ice cream.
Better Price (Kingston Town)
Address:
168 Tudor Drive
Products: Cocoa/Choc drink. Sugar.
Blue Moon Convenience Store (Kingston Town)
Address:
31 Coombe Road
Products: Choc Bars.
Boho (Kingston Town)
Address:
Kings Road
Products: Sugar. Tea. Ground Coffee.
Boots (Kingston Town)
Address:
Clarence Street
Products: Clothes: baby. Clothes: child. Skin products
Boots (Surbiton)
Address:
Victoria Road
Products: Skin products
Bovan Stores (Kingston Town)
Address:
11 Park Road
Products: Choc Bars. Sugar.
British Home Stores cafe (Kingston Town)
Address:
Alderman Judge Mall KT1 1BS
Products: Ground Coffee.
Budgens (South of the Borough)
Address:
324 Hook Road, Chessington
Products: Wine. Honey. Dried fruit/Nuts. Choc Bars. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee.
Budgens (South of the Borough)
Address:
374 Ewell Road Tolworth
Products: Cereal etc Bars. Sugar. Honey. Fruit juice. Choc Bars. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee.
Candy Cakes (Kingston Town)
Address:
Lower Market Place
Products: Ground Coffee.
Cest bon (Surbiton)
Address:
8 Victoria Road
Products: Sugar. Fruit. Ground Coffee.
Co-op (Kingston Town)
Address:
175/177 King's Road
Products: Wine. Sugar. Fruit. Fruit juice. Choc Bars. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee. Confectionery. Cakes, Biscuits.
Co-op (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
High St, New Malden
Products: Olive products. Cotton goods. Spices. Preserves/sauces. Cakes, Biscuits. Wine. Cereal etc Bars. Sugar. Honey. Dried fruit/Nuts. Fruit. Fruit juice. Choc Bars. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground
Coffee. Dessert, frozen
Co-op (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
384 Malden Road
Products: Preserves/sauces. Cakes, Biscuits. Confectionery. Wine. Muesli. Sugar. Fruit. Fruit juice. Choc Bars. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee.
Cocoanut (Fullers Pub) (Kingston Town)
Address:
16 Mill Street
Products: Ground Coffee. Tea.
Waitrose (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
24-28 High Street
Products: Ice cream. Wine. Cereal etc Bars. Dried fruit/Nuts. Fruit. Fruit juice. Choc Bars. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee. Spices.
Waitrose (Surbiton)
Address:
15a Claremont Road
Products: Ice cream. Confectionery. Wine. Cereal etc Bars. Sugar. Dried fruit/Nuts. Fruit. Fruit juice. Choc Bars. Cocoa/Choc drink. Spices. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee.
West Cornwall Pasty Company (Kingston Town)
Address:
Market Place
Products: Fruit juice. Ground Coffee.
Wilkinsons (Kingston Town)
Address:
Products: Sugar. Choc Bars.
Wych Elm (Kingston Town)
Address:
Elm Road
Products: Ground Coffee. Tea.
YMCA (Surbiton)
Address:
Victoria Road
Products: Sugar. Tea. Ground Coffee.
NB: Not all brands or products may be available at all times. Information supplied by stores and shoppers. Traders Coffee Ltd (Wholesale/Retail provider)
(Surbiton)
Address:
274 Ewell Road
Products: Sugar. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea. Ground Coffee.
Traidcraft stall, 2nd Sunday each month 11am+ (Kingston Town)
Address:
All Saints Church, Market Place KT11JP
Products: Ground Coffee. Instant Coffee. Tea. Choc Bars. Honey. Sugar. Rice. Preserves/sauces. Olive products.
United Reformed Church Foyer (Kingston Town)
Address:
Eden Street
Products: Tea. Ground Coffee. Fruit juice. Sugar. Cereal etc Bars.
Unwins (Kingston Town)
Address:
64 Coombe Road
Products: Choc Bars.
Waitrose (Kingston Town)
Address:
Wood Street
Products: Ice cream. Wine. Cereal etc Bars. Dried fruit/Nuts. Fruit. Fruit juice. Choc Bars. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee. Spices.
Topshop (Kingston Town)
Address:
Clarence Street
Products: Clothes: adult.
Total Garage (Kingston Town)
Address:
Kingston Hill
Products: Tea. Instant Coffee.
Costcutter (Kingston Town)
Address:
Eden St
Products: Sugar.
Crepe Parisienne (Kingston Town)
Address:
5a Union Street KT1 1RP
Products: Tea.
Eurowines (Kingston Town)
Address:
32 Park Road
Products: Choc Bars.
Food for Thought (Kingston Town)
Address:
38 Market Place
Products: Olive products. Skin products Confectionery. Wine. Cereal etc Bars. Sugar. Honey. Dried fruit/Nuts. Choc Bars. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea. Prepared foods Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee.
foodie. (Surbiton)
Address:
76 Victoria Road KT6 4NS
Products: Sugar. Tea.
Greggs (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
High St, New Malden
Products: Fruit juice. Tea. Ground Coffee.
Greggs Bakery (Kingston Town)
Address:
28 Market Place KT1 1JH and 8 Castle St KT1 1SS
Products: Fruit juice. Tea. Ground Coffee.
Greggs Bakery (Surbiton)
Address:
77 Victoria Road KT6 4NS
Products: Fruit juice. Tea. Ground Coffee.
Ha Ha bar (Kingston Town)
Address:
Charter Quay
Products: Ground Coffee.
Hawker Centre (Kingston Town)
Address:
Lower Ham Road
Products: Sugar. Tea. Ground Coffee.
Holland and Barrett (Kingston Town)
Address:
12/13 Apple Market
Products: Dried fruit/Nuts. Honey. Muesli. Confectionery.
Holland and Barrett (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
95 High Street
Products: Muesli. Choc Bars.
John Lewis (Kingston Town)
Address:
Wood St.
Products: Cotton goods. Clothes: baby. Confectionery.
John Lewis: Expresso Cafe, first floor, (Kingston Town)
Address:
Wood Street
Products: Cakes, Biscuits. Sugar. Fruit juice. Choc Bars. Tea. Ground Coffee.
John Lewis: the place to eat, first floor restaurant (Kingston Town)
Address:
Wood Street
Products: Cakes, Biscuits. Sugar. Fruit juice. Choc Bars. Tea. Ground Coffee.
Kings Centre (South of the Borough)
Address:
Coppard Gardens, Chessington
Products: Choc Bars. Tea. Ground Coffee.
Kings Road Post office (Kingston Town)
Address:
Kings Road
Products: Sugar.
Kingston Hospital EAT cafeteria (Kingston Town)
Address:
Kingston Hospital Galsworthy Road
Products: Cakes, Biscuits. Choc Bars. Ground Coffee.
Kingston Hospital outpatients WRVS cafe (Kingston Town)
Address:
Kingston Hospital Galsworthy Road
Products: Cakes, Biscuits. Cocoa/Choc drink. Ground Coffee.
Kingston train station (Kingston Town)
Address:
coffee bars on platforms
Products: Cereal etc Bars. Ground Coffee.
Laithwaites (Surbiton)
Address:
Portsmouth Rd
Products: Wine.
Lidl (Kingston Town)
Address:
Wheatfield Way
Products: Rice. Sugar. Fruit. Fruit juice. Choc Bars. Ground Coffee. Cotton goods.
Lidl (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
High Street
Products: Cotton goods. Sugar. Fruit. Fruit juice. Choc Bars. Ground Coffee.
Lilles (Kingston Town)
Address:
Coombe Road
Products: Choc Bars. Sugar.
Local Hero (Kingston Town)
Address:
Thames St
Products: Ground Coffee. Tea. Choc Bars.
Londis (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
119 Manor Drive North KT3 5PD
Products: Sugar.
Londis (Surbiton)
Address:
Ewell Road
Products: Sugar.
Londis (Surbiton)
Address:
Maple Rd
Products: Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee. Tea. Cocoa/Choc drink. Choc Bars.
Londis (Surbiton)
Address:
Berrylands Road
Products: Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee. Cocoa/Choc drink. Choc Bars. Sugar. Wine. Spices.
Lush (Kingston Town)
Address:
27 Market Place, KT1 1JH1
Products: Skin products
Majestic (Surbiton)
Address:
Brighton Rd
Products: Wine.
Marks & Spencer Cafe (Kingston Town)
Address:
26 Clarence Street
Products: Sugar. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea. Ground Coffee.
Marks and Spencer (South of the Borough)
Address:
Tolworth tower
Products: Ground Coffee. Instant Coffee. Tea. Clothes: child. Clothes: adult. Clothes: baby.
Marks and Spencer (Surbiton)
Address:
Victoria Road
Products: Ground Coffee. Instant Coffee. Tea. Honey. Preserves/sauces.
Marks and Spencers (Kingston Town)
Address:
Clarence St
Products: Preserves/sauces. Honey. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee.
Methodist Church Cafe (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
High Street
Products: Tea. Ground Coffee.
The Vic (Surbiton)
Address:
Victoria Rd
Products: Ground Coffee.
Thorntons (Kingston Town)
Address:
46 Clarence St, KT1 1NR
Products: Choc Bars.
Millenium
(Kingston Town)
Address:
Kingston Hill
Products: Choc Bars. Ice cream. Spices.
Millies Cookies (Kingston Town)
Address:
Bentall Centre
Products: Cocoa/Choc drink. Ground Coffee.
Monsoon (Kingston Town)
Address:
Clarence St
Products: Cotton goods. Clothes: adult.
Nandos (Kingston Town)
Address:
High Street
Products: Ground Coffee.
Neals Yard (Kingston Town)
Address:
25 Church Street, KT1 1RW
Products: Skin products
New Malden Supermarket (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
Dukes Avenue
Products: Sugar.
Newspoint (Kingston Town)
Address:
Unit 7, Adams Walk
Products: Sugar.
Norbiton train station (Kingston Town)
Address:
coffee etc bar on platform
Products: Tea. Ground Coffee.
Panacea (Kingston Town)
Address:
G29 Bentall Centre
Products: Choc Bars. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee.
Premier Convenience (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
High St
Products: Tea. Instant Coffee.
Pret a Manager (Kingston Town)
Address:
Eden Walk
Products: Ground Coffee. Sugar.
Puccinos (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
New Malden station
Products: Choc Bars.
Puccinos (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
105 High St
Products: Choc Bars.
R & A News (Kingston Town)
Address:
51 Kingston Hill
Products: Choc Bars.
Riverside Cafe (Kingston Town)
Address:
Queens Promenade (by river)
Products: Ground Coffee. Tea. Sugar.
Rose theatre cafe (Kingston Town)
Address:
High Street
Products: Wine. Sugar. Choc Bars. Ground Coffee. Cakes, Biscuits.
Rotunda Odeon (Kingston Town)
Address:
Cromwell Road, Kingston
Products: Ice cream. Ground Coffee.
Sainsburys (Kingston Town)
Address:
Eden Walk, Eden Street
Products: Sugar. Dried fruit/Nuts. Fruit. Choc Bars. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee.
Sainsburys (Kingston Town)
Address:
Sury Basin, Richmond Road
Products: Ice cream. Baby Foods. Preserves/sauces. Rice. Flowers. Wine. Cereal etc Bars. Sugar. Dried fruit/Nuts. Fruit. Fruit juice. Choc Bars. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee. Spices.
Sainsburys (South of the Borough)
Address:
North Parade
Products: Ice cream. Cereal etc Bars. Sugar. Fruit. Choc Bars. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee.
Sainsburys (Surbiton)
Address:
50-58 Victoria Road
Products: Preserves/sauces. Rice. Cereal etc Bars. Sugar. Fruit. Choc Bars. Ice cream. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee.
Shan pharmacy (Surbiton)
Address:
106 Ewell Road
Products: Choc Bars.
Slug and Lettuce (Kingston Town)
Address:
Charter Quay
Products: Cocoa/Choc drink. Ground Coffee.
Somerfield (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
126-130 High Street
Products: Choc Bars. Tea. Instant Coffee. Fruit. Ground Coffee.
Spar at Total garage (Kingston Town)
Address:
Kingston Hill
Products: Choc Bars.
Starbucks Coffee Company (Kingston Town)
Address:
Bentall Centre and 143 Clarence Street
Products: Cakes, Biscuits. Choc Bars. Ground Coffee.
Starbucks Coffee Company (Kingston Town)
Address:
in Next, Kingston market place
Products: Cakes, Biscuits. Choc Bars. Ground Coffee.
Starbucks Coffee Company (Surbiton)
Address:
G8 Victoria Road
Products: Cakes, Biscuits. Choc Bars. Ground Coffee.
Surbiton Flyer (Fullers Pub) (Surbiton)
Address:
4, Victoria Road
Products: Ground Coffee. Tea.
Surbiton Natural Health Centre (Surbiton)
Address:
14, Claremont Road
Products: Cereal etc Bars. Sugar. Dried fruit/Nuts. Choc Bars. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee.
Sweet Time store/post office (Kingston Town)
Address:
Park Road
Products: Choc Bars.
Tesco (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
300 Beverley Way
Products: Sugar. Dried fruit/Nuts. Fruit. Choc Bars. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee. Flowers.
Tesco convenience store (South of the Borough)
Address:
Esso garage, Tolworth Broadway
Products: Ground Coffee. Instant Coffee. Tea. Choc Bars.
Tesco Express (Kingston Town)
Address:
Quebec House, Richmond Road
Products: Choc Bars. Cocoa/Choc drink. Tea. Instant Coffee. Ground Coffee.
Tesco Express (Maldens and Coombe)
Address:
High St.
Products: Instant Coffee. Tea.
Tesco Express (South of the Borough)
Address:
Esso garage Tolworth
Products: Preserves/sauces. Choc Bars.
Tesco Express (South of the Borough)
Address:
Hook Road Chessington
Products: Choc Bars.