ZERO CARBON FOOD AND THE CLIMATE STORE - for TGBF Journal 2021

July 04, 2021 by Mia Tagg in journalism, feature

One of the challenges for consumers, is the dissonance between environmental impact and the price of goods – so can we make it easy, uncomplicated and inexpensive to make purchases than align with our moral values? How to redress this imbalance, has been hotly debated, and last year Swedish food brand, Felix opened Klimatbutiken (roughly translated to The Climate Store) in Stockholm, a shop where all the products are priced according to their CO2e.

Keeping Current - For Ethos Magazine #14

July 04, 2021 by Mia Tagg in journalism, feature, interview

Coupled with the legacy of Traidcraft’s long-established website, the agile new management structure ensured that Traidcraft was able to respond to lockdown within a couple of days, able to sell pasta and toilet paper when the big supermarkets’ shelves were empty. “Our biggest challenges are still to come,” says Matt. “It is difficult to separate the effects Covid from Brexit at the moment.” While this is true, Traidcraft has weathered the shock of both, and at its most vulnerable too.