Imagine you've come to Andalusia and, in addition to the wealth of local trade (gastronomy, textiles, crafts), you wish to contribute to the global economy in a positive way. Products that bear the fair trade seal reach our community. Find out more.

In a fair trade shop you can practice sustainable tourism and consumption. How? By acquiring much of what you need to survive, when considering food and the home, although you can also do so with cosmetic products and jewellery, which can be great gifts.

When do we talk about fair trade?

What are fair trade shops? Does solidarity reign supreme or, on the other hand, do they serve another paradigm of consumption? Let's see. Before continuing with this quick guide, we should take a look at the standards that grant a business this seal. It is given when the products on sale contribute to...

  • Reducing poverty and providing small producers with more opportunities.
  • Ensuring the people who work for fair trade organisations are involved in decision-making processes.
  • Fair trade relations and protection of cultural identity.
  • Payment of a fair price, supporting access to production funding.
  • The development of childhood and labour protection.
  • Non-discrimination of people due to factors such as gender, race, disability, etc.
  • Healthy working conditions in accordance with the criteria of the International Labour Organisation.
  • Improving the skills of each producer as well as the fair trade chain.
  • Promoting fair trade.
  • Sustainable production management.

Intermón Oxfam stores (Granada, Huelva, Jerez, Malaga and Seville)

Among the fair trade shops in Andalusia we must highlight those that form a part of the national network of the NGO Intermón Oxfam, which is committed to commercial exchanges that promote responsible consumption. As such, you will find shops in Granada (Calle Casillas de Prats, 10, Local E), Huelva (Calle San José, 14), Jerez de la Frontera (Calle Armas, 9), Malaga (Calle Granada, 48) and Seville (Calle Muñoz Olivé, 5).

What do they sell? Coffee from Nicaragua and Uganda, organic chocolate from Latin America, Africa and Asia, textiles from 11 groups of producers from India, Peru, Indonesia and Bangladesh, natural cosmetics with ingredients grown in Morocco and Guatemala, Peruvian jewellery... There's so much to choose from!

Kuyapayana Centre (Cadiz)

Cáritas Cádiz drives this project, located in the famous Pópulo neighbourhood in San Antonio Abad, in Cadiz, as well as in Paterna, La Línea, Chiclana and Medina. This is in addition to its street markets. Kuyapayana is a cooperation centre selling a broad range of products: food, crafts, cosmetics, textiles and costume jewellery. The nomenclature of these fair trade shops has indigenous origins (Quechua and Aymará to be more exact), meaning "charity" in these languages. However, Cáritas insists the main principle is not to help, but to support the development of historically marginalised communities lacking opportunities.

Fair trade companies in Andalusia - Cáritas is not an exception - are governed by fair criteria that promote local economies in the planet's most impoverished areas. Collaborating on eradicating subsistence in these economies to provide them with dignity is the main aim of these companies.