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DirectoryGlobal Conduct FeaturedAddress 383 Wollombi Road, Broke, NSW, 2330, Australia Telephone 02 6579 1498 Fax 02 6579 1498 E-mail Website Type of Business:
 Global Conduct imports directly from recognised Fair Trade producer groups based in Nepal, India, Vietnam and East Timor. Sumptuous silks, amazing embroidery, funky felts, leather, handloomed silks & cottons and pure woollen handknits. Traditional and contemporary designs. Visit our website and online store to find something for everyone. Along with lots of additional information and resources on Fair Trade. Fair Trade creates a structure of sustainability within which small producers and co-operatives can improve their environmental practices with support from recognised Fair Trade organisations. Fair Trade maximises the use of sustainably managed and locally sourced material resources and encourages organic production wherever possible by paying a premium for organic products. Traditional production technologies and handcrafting are utilised, minimising greenhouse gas emissions. Funds and research are allocated to further improve these processes. Positive examples of this are innovations to paper making processes in Nepal reducing fuel wood consumption dramatically, a return to vegetable dyes for producers in the Kutch desert, education of producers in regards to waste materials and water pollution and the use of solar power for cooking and heating. Global Conduct encourages their producers to minimise the use of non biodegradable packaging and we recycle all packaging that comes through our doors. Below is information on just some of our products. Allo products from Nepal - harvested sustainably, allo is a native nettle plant that grows in the Himalayan foothills. Lokta paper products from Nepal - sustainably harvested native Daphne. Lokta has been used for centuries in the Himalayan region to make paper. Kala Raksha - Kutch desert organisation (embroiderers) use all vegetable dyes in their products now to improve environmental performance. Coffees & teas & chocolate - all fairtrade and organic Organic Fairtrade cotton - book bags, aprons from Moral Fibre ACP & KTS - Nepalese organisations working with dyes on their cotton and woollen products - have installed and are researching further improvements to their waste water disposal after dyeing process. Also using some vegetable dyes and reclaiming, treating and using rainwater to provide clean safe drinking water for employees. Natural leather bags - Nepalese - small village producer group. 8 hours walk from nearest road. Hides tanned with natural plant materials ground up and mixed with water to create tanning liquor. no chemicals used. Bags totally hand constructed (no electricity). We have seen some great programs by the Nepalese and Indian Fair Trade organisations to educate and work with their members to improve environmental performance not only in an income production sense but in their everyday life, e.g. food production, power consumption and personal waste disposal. For a complete list of our products, we invite you to visit www.globalconduct.com.au There are some products which are obviously more "green" than others. We firmly believe that by providing fair, equitable and safe working conditions it is then possible to implement educational and social programs that do improve environmental performance and make environmental choices more accessible to these craft producers in developing countries. |
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