Name: Ethiquable Co-operative
Country: Francia
Principal Product: business partner, trading company
Description: Ethiquable
Co-operative has become a reference for fair trade in
Mission:
• Allow Southern producers access to Northern markets with better conditions.
• Meet demand of consumers in the North to know the origin of products and
their production conditions, respecting the environment, economic and social
rights of the producers.
• Founded in 2003, Ethiquable is today, the FLO fair trade products market
leader in
• It offers about 130 food products, all certificates with FLO licenses that
are sold in over 3000 outlets in
• Turnover: 17.5 billion euros in 2007.
• Ethiquable has a status of Co-operative in which employees are part of the
capital. It has 35 partners (employees). The profile of employees is
characterized by its sensitivity on the issue relating to the company, all have
experience either in the South, in co-operative sector or in the fair trade.
Alliances:
• Have a partnership with a French company named KLAUS that makes chocolate.
• Work with 35 cooperatives of small farmers in Africa, Latin America and
• Encourages the purchase of processed products in the country of origin. When
it can,t be possible, the processing of products it’s made with French SMEs
(small and medium enterprises)
Web page: www.ethiquable.com
