Introduction: This is the third of several posts regarding the issue of the size of the factory in the creation of exceptional manufacturing standards. Within the fair trade community, there is a vigorous debate as to whether fair trade should be for the small producer or the large producer. At the beginning of each section

Introduction: This second post is the first of several regarding the issue of the size of the factory in the creation of exceptional manufacturing standards. Within the fair trade community, there is a vigorous debate as to whether fair trade should be for the small producer or producer. At the beginning of each section is

Martin Rapaport, is arguably the most important figure in the diamond sector, and a central figures in the fair trade jewelry movement and one of the key figures in the initiation of the Kimberley Certification Process (KP). Last week, Rapaport resigned from the World Diamond Council , and gave the KP its most high profile