{"id":6643,"date":"2020-06-03T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T10:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharmabiz.pt\/?p=6643"},"modified":"2024-05-07T15:08:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T14:08:21","slug":"spp-symbol-of-small-producers-fair-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharmabiz.pt\/en\/spp-symbol-of-small-producers-fair-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"SPP – Symbol of Small Producers (Fair Trade)"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAIR TRADE AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMIC \u2022 RESPECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT \u2022 RESPECT FOR HUMAN BEINGS \u2022 RESPECT FOR ANIMALS \u2022 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY<\/h3>\n

What is SPP?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

SPP is an intercontinental network of ecological small-producer organizations. In partnership with\u00a0committed companies and consumers and legitimized by independent certification, we fight for the\u00a0recognition of our work and high-quality products, a dignified life, and a healthy planet for all.<\/p>\n

Principles and Values<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Declaration of Principles and Values of the Small Producers\u2019 Symbol contains the collective philosophical and socio-political foundations of the Symbol. It is based on the principles and values of the small producers\u2019 organizations that made the creation of this symbol possible.<\/p>\n

These Principles and Values were generated, developed, respected and promoted by a myriad of organizations of small producers \u2013 small farmers, indigenous people and rural artisans \u2013 in Latin America, the Caribbean and other continents over the last decades. These organizations are not only economic-oriented organizations, such as production and marketing cooperatives, but in essence, they are social organizations that seek to effectively and efficiently dignify the lives of the affiliated producers, their families, and their communities.<\/p>\n

By means of this document, the small producers\u2019 organizations that founded the Small Producers\u2019 Symbol describe and promote their vision not only of small farmers\u2019 organizations, but also of society and the economy in general.<\/p>\n

The Declaration of Principles and Values also allows these small producers\u2019 organizations to distance themselves from the principles, values, and practices that prevail in the current dominant global economic system and that are not inclusive or sustainable, in economic, environmental or social terms<\/p>\n

Read the Declaration of Principles and Values here<\/a><\/p>\n

Criteria<\/strong><\/h3>\n

a. Participating small producers\u2019 organizations operate on the basis of democracy, transparency and respect for the environment.<\/p>\n

b. The costs of sustainable production should be covered, and producers should be recognized for their work that allows their families to live with dignity and that respects the environment.<\/p>\n

c. Participating Buyers, Collective Trading Companies owned by Small Producers\u2019 Organizations, Intermediaries and Maquila Companies make a serious commitment, with transparency, to small producers\u2019 organizations, and to the principles and values of the Small Producers\u2019 Symbol.<\/p>\n

d. Local economies are promoted, and efforts are made to generate added value for producers and their communities.<\/p>\n

For details on the criteria, the General Standard of the Small Producers\u2019 Symbol<\/a> may be consulted.<\/p>\n

Scope<\/strong><\/h3>\n

a. Originally, the Symbol was open to Small Producers\u2019 Organizations (SPOs) in all the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was later extended to Small Producers\u2019 Organizations from Africa and Asia, including only developing countries.<\/p>\n

b. It can be used by certified Organizations and registered Buyers, Collective Trading Companies owned by Small Producers\u2019 Organizations, Intermediaries and Maquila Companies in the markets in approved countries:<\/p>\n