Something that needs to be addressed, however, is finding a way to keep large corporations truly and consistently accountable for their treatment of workers and farmers in developig countries. At the moment, the “Fair Trade” label is turning out to be a great opportunity for a selling point – aside from whether or not they actually do business in a just and ethical way. There’s a risk that some companies can start a “Fair Trade” line of products but continue exploiting deveoping countries with their other product lines and in other ways.

Good for Mr. Byrne to use his position as a Councillor to raise the issue!