CASE STUDY - Fairtrade Footballs

Question 1

Give 3 facts relating to the football producing industry in Pakistan before fairtrade production began.

Answer 1

1. 7000 children were working up to 11 hours a day to afford to feed their families - in 1997, child labour was stopped.
2. 20% of people living in Pakistan get less than £1.25 per day

Question 2

What are the advantages of Fairtrade footballs?

Answer 2

1. Empowers marginalised people and helps vulnerable farmers in LICs
2. Extra money from the sale of fair trade footballs is used to fund community projects - the fair trade premium was managed by Vision technology: spent on water purification, school supplies, transport services and eye tests.

Question 3

What are the disadvantages of Fairtrade footballs?

Answer 3

1. Products are often more expensive
2. Small scale project only advantages the few (not resolving global inequality)
3. Interferes with free trade

Question 4

Give 3 examples of industries which ethical investors may avoid.

Answer 4

1. Blood diamonds
2. Arms manufacturers
3. Oil producers (BP Deep Sea Horizon spill)