 | Certified Operator (Certification Applicant) | | | Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps | | |
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| Place, Country | | | Escondido, California, United States | ||
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| Contact | | | www.drbronner.com | ||
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| Details on Operation | | | FairTrade Buyer of ingredients for cosmetic products | ||
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| Certified Products | | | Liquid Soaps, Bar Soaps, Shaving Soap Gels, Hand Soap, Hair Creams, Lotions | |  |
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| Certification Programme | | | IMO Social & FairTrade Certification | ||
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| Chapter | | | Content of the IMO Social & FairTrade Programme | | Rating | | Norm |
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| 4.1.1 | Trade Relationship | 44 | 30 | ||||
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| 4.1.2 | Pricing and FairTrade Premiums | 21 | 14 | ||||
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| Total Score FairTrade Issues | 65 | ||||||
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| Minimum Points for Certification FairTrade Issues | 0 | ||||||
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| Points Reached Last Year (FairTrade Issues): 60 | |||||||
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| Social Impact & Special Achievements | | | Dr Bronner’s Magic Soaps is a pioneer company in the field of fully organic and fairtrade soap products. It is the first organic manufacturer in the US to undergo a rigorous screening of also its own labour conditions as well as its fairtrade sourcing. It could be concluded that the company is indeed a very good employer and pioneer of genuine and innovative fair trade practices in the field of cosmetics. Dr Bronner’s Magic Soaps is initiating fair trade production projects as well as working with existing pioneer projects and is focussing on directly benefiting family scale farmers as well as workers communities of their processing operations. | ||||
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| Date of Certification |
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| First | | | 21.12.2007 | ||||
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| Last Update | | | 04.11.2009 | ||||
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