Our Fairtrade Action Plan

Action	Specific	Measurement	Appropriate*	Realistic	Time	Responsibility	Status
Form a co-ordinating working group.	Form a cross-institutional group of students and staff, as well as others where appropriate. The group will meet once per term.	Minutes are taken at group meetings	MN001	Yes	Meet Quarterly	Clare Wilson Stephanie Sexton Qurat Malik Allison Thickett Lyn Ha Sustainability Society	Complete
The partnership has a smart action plan on Fairtrade and has published it.	It should include operational such as procurement and catering, campaigning and influencing, engagement and communications and a strong focus on the monitoring and evaluation of activities.	Make the plan publicly available	MN002	Yes	February 2024	Emma Price Clare Wilson	Complete
The partnership has published a public commitment of intent to support and champion Fairtrade.	Formed within the last two years signed by senior management across the organisations and retail and catering outlets.	Mission statement regarding Fairtrade on a dedicated webpage. Signed copy of the policy.	MN003	Yes	March 2024	Lyn Ha Clare Wilson Qurat Malik Baxterstorey	Continual
The partnership has held a series of events/promotions/engagement activities during Fairtrade Fortnight and has measured impact across the events.	Fairtrade Fortnight 27 February – 12 March 2023	Social media Attendees	MN004	Yes	March 2023	Clare Wilson Stephanie Sexton Qurat Malik Sustainability Society Student Union	Complete
Devise and deliver a campaign on Fairtrade, Trade Justice or ethical consumption run in partnership with students. This is in addition to Fairtrade foundation.	In partnership with students and engage staff local community Plan campaign/event and roll-out Photographic evidence to support the campaign/event Evaluation	Increase engagement across students and staff	MN005	Yes	March 2024	Clare Wilson Qurat Malik Prof Anand Sustainability Society	Complete
Any retail or catering outlets owned or operated by the partnership stock Fairtrade certified products in all of the following categories, and are working to increase either the number of lines or number of items sold year on year in the following categories: Tea Coffee Sugar Hot chocolate and cocoa Chocolate, confectionery, or snacks Cotton clothing	Revisit outlets to identify ways of increasing lines or items sold	Increase Fairtrade sales year on year Numbers of lines stocked and sold Sales History of products	MN006	Yes	Ongoing year on year	Stephanie Sexton Paulo Sousa Katharine Dixon	Continual
Any retail, catering or other commercial outlets owned or operated by the partnership stock at least one Fairtrade certified line in at least two of the following categories (where the category is stocked): Soft drinks Wine or beer Health & beauty Savoury snacks & nuts Cut flowers Fruit Cotton face masks	Fruit Juice and Fruit stocked in retail and catering	Monitor sales Photographic evidence of stock	MN007	Yes	Ongoing year to year	Clare Wilson Stephanie Sexton Paulo Sousa	Complete
There is up to date and effective Point of Sale (POS) material in all relevant outlets highlighting Fairtrade products and providing information on the benefits of Fairtrade to growing communities. This POS should be clearly displayed next to the relevant products to avoid confusion, and it should be refreshed periodically	Decide on the areas within the shops Use Fairtrade POS and Logo Have a least one item of all Fairtrade products we sell	Photographic evidence of stock	MN008	Yes	Ongoing year to year	Clare Wilson Stephanie Sexton Paolo Sousa	Complete
Within the last two years the partnership has successfully carried out relevant scoping activities amongst a broad range of its students and/or staff (not just those already engaged in the campaigns) to inform its Fairtrade work, and has made the findings publicly available	Complete survey and promote via different channels engaging staff, students and externals Additional activities to gain an understanding of their awareness of Fairtrade	Results to be shared on webpage	MN009	Yes	March 2024	Qurat Malik Clare Wilson Sustainability Society	Complete
Provides and publicises opportunities for students to investigate Fairtrade, trade justice or ethical consumption as part of their course work or dissertations	Make opportunities visible and available to students via website/online links working with tutors where possible This could fit into any Living Lab work you might already be developing/undertaking or could be a list of topics or research questions on your website, or examples of how you have worked with specific tutors to embed these ideas into their promotion of project work ideas for students to undertake	Evidence of publicised list of opportunities which should be easily accessed by students and have been published via different channels	MN010	Yes		Prof Anand Qurat Malik Sustainability Society	Complete
The partnership publishes an annual progress or impact report on its action on Fairtrade, trade justice and ethical consumption. This should refer to the tasks and progress made through the SMART action plan and should be publicly available. This report can be part of a wider sustainability or similar report	Sustainability Resources plan Report on progress and impact	Increase engagement on all schemes	MN011	Yes		Sustainability Resources Retail and catering	Complete

*The 'Appropriate' column refers to how the action relates to the Fairtrade Foundation mandatory criteria.