Fairtrade Fortnight 2021
This Fairtrade Fortnight we celebrate 5 years since we launched our first fully Fairtrade Gold Collection: GoldRush. I’ve delved back through the archives and want to share with you everything we’ve learnt along the way, our progress and why we are still proud to be a Fairtrade licensee.
Knowledge share with Dan Odida from Kenyan Gold mining co-operative MICODEPRO
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Fairtrade GoldRush Nugget Earrings - Barbaras Story
20 years ago, my Nanna and I went on an adventure to New Zealand, and went gold panning in Arrowtown. We took it very seriously and eventually found the tiniest flaky grain of alluvial gold...