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| Tate & Lyle sugar to be Fairtrade | Tate & Lyle sugar to be Fairtrade |
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| Tate & Lyle sugar sold in shops is to be Fairtrade accredited, making it the biggest UK firm to carry the label. | |
| Granulated white cane sugar will be the brand's first Fairtrade product but it says it expects its entire retail range to follow by the end of 2009. | Granulated white cane sugar will be the brand's first Fairtrade product but it says it expects its entire retail range to follow by the end of 2009. |
| To earn a Fairtrade label, firms must pay local producers a fair price, and invest further to improve working conditions and local sustainability. | To earn a Fairtrade label, firms must pay local producers a fair price, and invest further to improve working conditions and local sustainability. |
| The firm says it will add £60m to the value of Fairtrade sugar inside a year. | The firm says it will add £60m to the value of Fairtrade sugar inside a year. |
| Fairtrade Foundation executive director Harriet Lamb said: "In terms of size and scale, this is the biggest ever Fairtrade switch by a UK company and it's tremendous this iconic UK brand is backing Fairtrade." | Fairtrade Foundation executive director Harriet Lamb said: "In terms of size and scale, this is the biggest ever Fairtrade switch by a UK company and it's tremendous this iconic UK brand is backing Fairtrade." |
| 'Benefit communities' | 'Benefit communities' |
| The first Tate & Lyle sugar to be given the accreditation comes from Belize. | The first Tate & Lyle sugar to be given the accreditation comes from Belize. |
| Sales and marketing director for the company, Steven Hermiston said: "Now, every time you buy a pack of Tate & Lyle Fairtrade cane sugar farming communities will benefit." | Sales and marketing director for the company, Steven Hermiston said: "Now, every time you buy a pack of Tate & Lyle Fairtrade cane sugar farming communities will benefit." |
| The switch to Fairtrade affects the firm's packs of sugar sold in shops. | The switch to Fairtrade affects the firm's packs of sugar sold in shops. |
| The cane sugar the company provides to manufacturers is not yet included in the Fairtrade conversion plan. | The cane sugar the company provides to manufacturers is not yet included in the Fairtrade conversion plan. |
| Fairtrade labelling was created in the Netherlands in the late 1980s. | Fairtrade labelling was created in the Netherlands in the late 1980s. |
| Producers must be paid a minimum price to cover the cost of sustainable production plus an extra premium to be invested community development projects for Fairtrade status to be granted. | Producers must be paid a minimum price to cover the cost of sustainable production plus an extra premium to be invested community development projects for Fairtrade status to be granted. |
| Carlos Magana from the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association told BBC News 24 that the link-up with Tate & Lyle would not just benefit farmers. | |
| "It will enhance education, health and other community projects," he said. |