Equal Exchange Trading

This article is about the UK trading cooperative. For the U.S. trading cooperative, see Equal Exchange.

Equal Exchange Trading Ltd
Company typeCo-operative, Ltd
FoundedEdinburgh, UK (1990; 34 years ago (1990))
HeadquartersEdinburgh, UK
ProductsCoffee, Tea, Cocoa, Nuts, Edible oils, Chapman's nut butters
Revenue£3.5 million (Draft 2007/08)
Websitewww.equalexchange.co.uk
Footnotes / references
Founded from the trading activities of Equal Exchange Ltd (formerly Campaign Coffee Scotland) which was founded in 1981. Origins stretch back to 1979.

Equal Exchange Trading is a UK-based alternative trading organisation. Equal Exchange is a worker's cooperative distributing food and beverage products in the independent natural food sector. The organization's origins stretch back to 1979 "when three voluntary workers returned to Edinburgh after working on aid projects in various parts of Africa."[1]

Over 90% of the company's products are both Organic and Fairtrade.

  1. ^ "Buyer's Story". Shared Interest Society. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.