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- Amnesty International
- The leading human rights organisation - Fairtrade Football Film
- A short educational film made for TeachersTV - Footballs4fun
- Donating FairTrade Footballs to children in Africa - Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
- Dedicated to promoting responsible management of the world´s forests. » - GREEN Magazine
- Published for National Geographic by King Lion Media - kick4change
- Investing in grass roots sports - Lebenslust
- Lebenslust stands for the new love of Life and in love. - My Zero Waste
- A family run website about reducing landfill waste - top tips and great short films - Organic Trade Board
- Community Foods are 2009 founding members of The Organic Trade Board - ProLana
- PROLANA is one of the leading manufacturers of organically produced bedding in Germany. - Sole Creator
- Customise your ETHLETIC sneakers on the award winning Sole Creator web site - The Children’s Football Alliance
- Safeguarding and advancing the rights of children in football - The Eden Project
- The UK's premier ecological attraction and centre of sustainability - The Scottish Fair Trade Forum
- Established by a group of Scottish Fair Trade campaigners - UK Fairtrade Foundation
- The official web site of the UK Fairtrade Foundation
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
- Dedicated to promoting responsible management of the world´s forests.
The FSC was founded in 1993 in response to public concern about deforestation and demand for a trustworthy wood-labelling scheme. There are national working groups in 28 countries including the UK. FSC UK is a registered charity. It is supported by NGOs including WWF, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and the Woodland Trust.
Monitoring by independent third party auditors
Compliance with FSC criteria in certified forests and plantations is undertaken by independent certification agencies. If in compliance, the forest or plantation owner is issued with a certificate, which covers all produce from a particular piece of land, i.e. not only the timber products, but also non-timber products like the latex used in ETHLETIC sneakers and sports balls. Sourcing from an FSC certified source, and complying with FSC regulation for all processing steps up to the final distribution, is the precondition for the permission to market a product with the FSC-logo. FSC itself controls the auditing agencies at least once a year to ensure that they apply the FSC criteria correctly and strictly.
What happens with FSC certified products between source and consumer?
Products with an FSC label often undergo a long list of stages, the so called chain-of-custody (C-o-C), until they reach the final consumer. In addition to the strict criteria covering the sourcing of the raw materials (in our case latex), FSC has established stringent regulations covering all aspects of every C-o-C in order to ensure that material from FSC sources is not illegally mixed and blended with non FSC certified material.
Visit the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) website for further information