Why does Oikocredit finance fair trade?
Less poverty and a fairer world economy – Oikocredit and fair trade share these targets. Fair trade guarantees prices and long-term supply contracts. Oikocredit provides loans and investment capital into companies and cooperatives, creating work and securing people’s futures. Oikocredit supports fair trade – from the producer right through to the customer. We support farmers’ cooperatives and fair trade organizations in developing countries as well as importers and companies in US and Europe. Oikocredit not only shares the values of fair trade, it also directly supports the whole chain of the sector financially. What makes Conacado unique? The National Confederation of Dominican Cocoa Producers (Conacado) is a cocoa growers’ cooperative in the Dominican Republic. Conacado’s mission is to boost income and improve living conditions of cocoa producers and their families. To achieve this, Conacado works to improve sustainable use, quality control, efficient marketing and distribution, busi
