our producers ...

We pay all adila producers fair prices for the products we buy.

We strive to source adila products that use (and perpetuate) traditional skills and local materials.

We seek to work with small producers, especially those that provide employment and support for communities or groups disadvantaged by poverty, disease, or violence.

We do not work with producers who employ children, or forced labour of any kind.

We do not work with producers who discriminate on the basis of race, gender or faith.

We work only with producers who provide safe, healthy and humane working conditions for their employees.

We encourage our producers to be socially responsible and to publish a social policy that is at least as strong as our own.

 

our own business activities ...

We pay all adila employees a fair wage.

We comply with all relevant employment and labour law.

We provide safe, healthy and humane working conditions for adila employees.

We review and update our social policy regularly.

 

other adila policy ...

Verification ...

We meet face to face with all adila producers and prospective producers, to get to know them personally.

We visit the premises of all adila producers and prospective producers, to observe all aspects of the operation at first hand.

We encourage our producers to be environmentally and socially responsible and to publish environmental and social policies that are at least as strong as out own.

 

Non fair-trade products ...

Where adila occasionally offers products that are not themselves fair-trade, 10% of adila profit is set aside for projects that support groups or communities disadvantaged by violence, poverty or disease in South Africa.

Any such products are clearly identified in all promotional material, and the beneficiary projects clearly described.

There is currently only one such set of products in the adila range, a series of original artworks by Dutch artist Altaf Kramer. 10% of any adila profit from the sale of his work will go to Miqlat in Paarl, South Africa.

our environmental policy ...

our products ...

We strive to source products that are:

* either made from recycled or reused material that would otherwise be discarded (dumped or burned).

* or made from natural or organic materials that are renewable, or harvested, or recovered using sustainable methods.

We strive to source products made using processes that avoid generating unnecessary waste that is discarded.

We strive to source products that are hand made, avoiding the unnecessary use of energy or water consuming mechanical or industrial processes.

We strive to source products that are made with materials and processes that avoid the unnecessary use of synthetic chemicals, do not use toxic or hazardous chemicals, and minimise air, water or soil pollution.

We purchase carbon offsets for the fair trade products we import, in order to reduce the impacts of our trading activities on climate change.

We encourage our producers to be environmentally responsible, and to publish an environmental policy that is at least as strong as our own.

 

our own business activities ...

We strive to source packaging and promotional literature made from recycled or reused materials that would otherwise be discarded.

We strive to source packaging and promotional materials that avoid generating unnecessary waste that is discarded.

We strive to source packaging and promotional materials and processes that avoid the unnecessary use of synthetic chemicals, do not use toxic or hazardous chemicals, and minimise air, water or soil pollution.

We minimise our own use of private vehicle transport within the UK, and conduct most of our business via the internet, minimising the need for our customers to travel.

We use energy and water efficient appliances at the adila offices, and leave no appliances on standby, or turned on when not in use.

We purchase carbon offsets for international travel undertaken by adila staff, in order to reduce the impacts of our business activities on climate change.

We review and update our environmental policy regularly.