FairTrade

Ock Pop Tok practices fairtrade in all areas of our business operations. We also have a strong commitment to minimise our impact on the environment.

The objectives of the Fair Trade movement include the fair treatment and fair pay for the workers/farmers who produced the products you buy. It is a strategy for poverty alleviation and sustainable development. The various certification labels that you see on food products or in handicraft stores ensure that the high-quality product you are purchasing was produced under just conditions, following certain fair trade criteria. Fair trade operates under a set of criteria, which usually include:

• The producer is paid a fair price which covers not only the costs of production but enables production which is socially just and environmentally sound.
• Fair trade helps build capacity and develop a producer’s ability to remain independent.
• Fair trade helps provide a safe and healthy working environment for producers.
• Children are not to be exploited as cheap laborers.
• Women’s work is properly valued and rewarded.
• Encourages better environmental practices and responsible methods of production.

The two main international Fair Trade certification organizations are:

• FLO ,Fair Trade Labeling Organization International.
• WFTO ,World Fair Trade Organization, mainly for handicrafts.

WFTO prescribes 10 Standards that Fair Trade Organizations must follow in their day-to-day work and carries out monitoring to ensure these principles are upheld. Read more here.

For news, reports and other contents about Fair Trade please click here.

Commitment to Fairtrade

As one of the founders of the Lao Fairtrade Group. We pride ourselves in setting standards. We measure our success by our ability to be profitable by adhering to these standards.

Commitment to the Environment

As part of our sustainable-development policy, Ock Pop Tok has made a commitment to the environment, in particular by:

• Filtering waste water through sand and charcoal pits.
• Using E.U approved chemical dyes.
• Composting waste material from our cafe.
• Using locally produced materials for our textiles.
• Training our staff in energy saving measures.
• Grey water from the Villa is used for our garden.
• Bamboo furniture and NFTPs are used wherever possible for furniture and display materials.