Fair and Ethical Trading Action Plan Annex

Fair and Ethical Annex

Scottish Government Policy

Fair trade is one of the key elements of the Scottish Government's International Development Policy, published in May 2008. This policy sets out our commitment to Scotland becoming one of the world's first Fair Trade Nations.
The Scottish Government provides core funding to the Scottish Fair Trade Forum to drive forward the Fair Trade Nation campaign.

A set of criteria, jointly developed between the Welsh and Scottish administrations, sets the benchmark to become a Fair Trade Nation. Targets for the public sector are included.

Factors to Be Considered in Creating Sustainable Specifications/Targets

Scottish Government guidance issued in 2005 recommends that public procurement should support fair and ethical trading. This can achieved within EU procurement legislation by:

Encouraging suppliers to include fair and ethically traded options in their tenders
Working on a voluntary basis with suppliers once contracts have been awarded to provide these.

Further Information

Scottish Government International Development Policy:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/International-Relations/internationaldevelopment/internationaldevelopmentp

Fair Trade Nation criteria:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/News-Extras/fair-trade

Scottish Procurement Directorate Policy Note

SPPN 2 2005 Guidance on Fair and Ethical Trading

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1265/0009391.pdf

Contact Details

Stephanie Cymber and/or Alayna Imlah

Scottish Government Scottish Government

International Development Team International Development Team