Fairtrade Fortnight 2016 – Sit down for breakfast, stand up for farmers! 29 February – 13 March
Fairtrade Fortnight is an annual event and the theme of this year's campaign is, 'Big Fairtrade Breakfasts', echoing the words of Martin Luther King who famously said, ‘before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you’ve depended on more than half the world’. Fairtrade supports the farmers who grow our food and cotton. You can support farmers and workers to put food on the table for their families by harnessing the power of buying Fairtrade for breakfast and beyond.
Fairtrade Fortnight Promotion, From Breakfast to Bedtime
It's Fairtrade Fortnight from breakfast to bed time and to promote, we are offering 10% off luxury bedding & towels made from 100% Fairtrade organic cotton. Code 'FAIRFORTNIGHT', plus free P&P on orders over £30. Buy organic cotton with gold star sustainability and fair trade as standard; making sure farmers receive a fair and stable price for their cotton. This Fairtrade Fortnight and beyond, breakfast, bathe and sleep well.
Even More Fairtrade Products to Choose From
At fou furnishings ® we are expanding our range of luxury linens made from Fairtrade organic cotton. In addition to our luxury hotel bedding and towels, we have a new towel range in a luxuriously thick 650 GSM in a soft, pure natural colour. Available in shower and bath towel sizes, with hand towels due in March and pampering robes in April .
Made exclusively for fou furnishings ® to add to our five star hotel towel quality, luxury and durability. For extra towel value, out we havesmall towel bale for over 10% off and large towel bales for over 15% off.
We also offer personalised towels and can monogram a logo or initials for the perfect gift or individual style.
Cotton Facts, Fairtrade Certified Organic Cotton- Gold Standard
Cotton has been cultivated in different parts of the world for over 5,000 years. Over 60 per cent of the world’s cotton is produced by an estimated 40 million small farmers who are some of the poorest in the world. The conventional cotton textile supply chain has been subject to well publicised and documented social issues. Each year, cotton producers globally consume $2.6 billion worth of pesticides, more than 25% of the world’s pesticides on 2.5% of farmed land. This could hardly be considered as fair or environmentally sustainable trade.
Fou furnishings ® has dual certified linens, Fairtrade and or the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). This is the gold standard of sustainability with respect to cotton. These trusted symbols give you assurance of environmental and social responsibility from sowing the cotton seed through every stage to the sewing of your bed linen.
Not just a change in linens… a change in attitude
When we started the company, I wanted a change from mass market linen design and quality and a wholly ethical attitude to sourcing and pricing. That is why we source linens made from 100 per cent organic cotton. Organic cotton fibres consistently produce better quality yarns than conventional cotton, fair and ethical trade is part of organic textile certification and the cotton is free of chemical residues. We sell online to keep prices competitive and source only the very best Fairtrade and organic bed linen and towels we can find to ensure fair and sustainable trade, quality, craftsmanship and well being.
Buying Fairtrade makes a difference to the farming groups and their families where the cotton is sourced from. Even although we may not see the positive, tangible and sustainable differences.
Organic cotton farmers are doing their bit to combat climate change. By eliminating the use of manufactured fertilisers and pesticides, organic cotton growing produces up to 94% less greenhouse gas emissions.
Fairtrade organic cotton is a small but growing part of the market, let's keep it growing. Have a great Fairtrade Fortnight
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