Nicolaas Josephus Maria "Nico" Roozen (born 22 April 1953,
Heemskerk
Heemskerk () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located in the Kennemerland region.
Local government
As of March 2022, the municipal council of Heemskerk consists of 25 seats, which are divide ...
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Biography
in Solidaridad 23:3, November 2007, p. 5. is a Dutch economist who, in collaboration with Frans van der Hoff and ecumenical development agency Solidaridad, launched Max Havelaar
''Max Havelaar; or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company'' ( nl, Max Havelaar; of, De koffi-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappy) is an 1860 novel by Multatuli (the pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker), which played a key rol ...
, the first Fairtrade certification initiative in 1988. Roozen played a key role in convincing several major Dutch retailers to offer Fairtrade
A fair trade certification is a product certification within the market-based movement fair trade. The most widely used fair trade certification is FLO International's, the International Fairtrade Certification Mark, used in Europe, Africa, As ...
goods, which later led to the commercial success of Fairtrade certification. On October 25, 2007, Nico Roozen was invested as an Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau for his years of dedication to Fairtrade.
In 1996, Roozen launched AgroFair, the first Fairtrade fruit company in Europe.
Until 2019, Nico Roozen was the executive director of the development agency Solidaridad. Currently, he is honorary president of the same organization.
See also
* Fairtrade certification
References
External links
Solidaridad
1953 births
Living people
Dutch economists
Fair trade
Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau
People from Heemskerk
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni
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