What is Pro Ethical Trade and what does it do?

Pro Ethical Trade Finland is a civic organisation focused on fair, socially and ecologically responsible world trade. Private persons can join Pro Ethical Trade Finland and its activities.

We aim at increasing the consumers, companies and public procurers consciousness on the problems and their solutions. This means promoting socially responsible certification systems, such as Fairtrade, and ensuring that the conventions of International Labour Organisation (ILO) and universal Human Rights are respected.

Our volunteers act to influence consumers, companies, communities and policy-makers through campaigning, petitions, and through promoting the use of fair and responsible products at their work places, communities and schools.

Our current campaigns and projects are:

• Fairmaker - in Fairmaker we organise training on Fair and responsible consuming, Fairmaker's are experts who take action and increase people's consciusness and interest in these issues.
• Driver's License of a Global Consumer - a project for secondary schools and high schools about the connections between consumption and third world development issues.
• Clean Clothes Campaign Finland - a part of the international Clean Clothes Campaign. The campaign aims at improving working conditions and supporting the empowerment of workers in the global garment and sportswear industries.
• makeITfair - MakeITfair is a part of the European makeITfair-campaign, which focuses on labour abuses and environmental problems in consumer electronics like mobile phones, laptops and MP3 players.

How can I join Pro Ethical Trade?

You can join Pro Ethical Trade by filling and sending this form. The membership fees are:

• students, unemployed, seniors and others of limited means: 12€

• regular membership fee: 18€

• family membership fee: 30€

• support membership fee (for companies and associations) : minimum 100€

What are the benefits of a Pro Ethical Trade membership?

As a member of Pro Ethical Trade and through our campaigns you help the workers in developing countries. You get a stronger voice as a consumer who wants to advance socially responsible world trade, and human and labour rights.

You also get an electronic newsletter and you may subscribe the publication Maailmankauppalehti (appears 4 times a year) and pay only 7 euros (instead of normal 10 euros). As a member of Pro Ethical Trade you get compensation for travel and accommodation expenses to our national trainings and other events.