Skip to main content
Next-Gen. Now.
The Campaign for Concordia
Concordia University
Concordia University

Sustainability

Sustainability

Fair Trade

Did you know that since 2016 Concordia has been designated as a Fair Trade Campus? Find out how our community supports fair-trade practises and how you can get involved.

How does Concordia support Fair Trade?

  • All coffee sold on campus is Fairtrade-certified, except for certain franchises.
  •  Fairtrade teas, sugar, chocolate and bananas are available for sale at food service locations, excluding franchises.
  • All approved caterers are required to provide Fairtrade coffee and tea exclusively. The next contract will expand the requirement to include sugar, too.
  • Concordia’s Sustainable Event Guide promotes and educates around Fairtrade certified products.
  • A multi-stakeholder Fair Trade Steering Committee works to deepen Concordia's commitment to Fair Trade programming, services, and food offerings on campus
  • The Concordia Student Union (CSU), Graduate Students' Association (GSA), and Arts & Science Federation of Associations (ASFA) all include Fair Trade within their Sustainability Policies.

Join the conversation on Instagram @cufairtrade.

Fair Trade Campus

Why do we need fair trade?

It is the mission of Fairtrade Canada to ensure decent working conditions, as well as fair terms of trade. In other words, fair trade contributes to the empowerment of rural populations around the world.

Fair trade minimum price Fairtrade premium (additional funds)
for community investment		 Decent wages
Right to unionize
Health and safety standards
Gender equality for women farmers Cultivates environmental stewardship

For further details on fair trade and its impact visit Fairtrade Canada’s website.

How do I get involved?

  • Look for the Fair Trade mark when purchasing your next coffee, tea, chocolate or banana!
  • Encourage your student group or office to adopt Fair Trade purchasing policies
  • Buy Fair Trade food and drinks for fundraisers, meetings, and events

Contact Claudette Torbey to learn more about how you can support
Fair Trade on campus.

Fair Trade Campus Participants

Did you know...

Fairtrade banana

 

Concordia is the first Canadian campus to offer 100% fair trade bananas in all its University Food Services outlets. Bananas are supplied by local Fairtrade-certified fruit importer Equifruit, Inc. The fruit comes from El Guabo, a cooperative of small producers in Ecuador.

Fairtrade sugar

 

Additionally, since the fall of 2017, Concordia Food Services are committed to purchasing 100% fair trade sugar. This sugar comes from the Maduvira Cooperative in Paraguay. 

Back to top

© Concordia University