Ethical trade standards committee
The Ethical Trade Standards Committee meets around two to three times per year. We aim to have a wide and representative spread of appropriate expertise on the committee together with consumer and public interest representatives. The Ethical Trade Standards Committee's remit is to develop and keep under review our ethical trade standards and to deal with any relevant issues referred to the committee from licensees, Soil Association members, the public or our certification department.
Agendas of meetings
We like to keep our standards setting process as transparent as possible. The last meetings' agendas are available below. Our minutes will be coming online soon but in the meantime, are available on request.
Issues that have arisen in recent meetings
- Plain English ethical trade standards
- Ethical trade symbol design and branding review
- Air freight
Current committee members and their expertise
- Ian Bretman: The Fairtrade Foundation
- Mike Brook: Licensee - beef, herb production and packing
- Andrew Burgess: Licensee - fresh produce packer
- David Croft: Licensee - organic and fairtrade chocolate
- Chris King: Licensee - textiles
- Mark Komatsu: Licensee - mushrooms and vegetables
- William Lana: Licensee - textiles
- Michael Marriage: Licensee - sheep, cereals and pulses
- Anthony Pile: Licensee - fruit
- Christopher Stopes: Consultant
- Simon Wright: Chair, organic food consultant
The next meeting has not been arranged.
This page will be updated as changes to the Ethical Trade Standards Committee arise.