Global Goods Partners (GGP) is a
fair-trade nonprofit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...
which provides support and international market access to women-led cooperatives around the world.
History
Global Goods Partners was cofounded in 2005 by Joan Shifrin and Catherine Shimony.
By 2008, GGP was selling handmade bracelets made by Argentinian native tribes, traditional Cambodian silk scarves, and Tanzanian handcrafted beaded bangles. In Venezuela and Colombia, GGP suggested artisan women to use a new crochet technique to make fashionable
Kippah
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s.
In 2012, GGP launched the ''Fair Tuesday'', an early December shopping day suggesting to avoid
Black Friday and shop ethical instead.
In March 2013,
Walmart
Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States and 23 other ...
announced the distribution of products handmade by native women around the world, in partnership with GGP.
Activities
The organization sells handmade jewelry and accessories, along with home, kids and holiday decorations on its online marketplace.
GGP works with over 60 cooperatives in 23 countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas. Its partnerships range from Syria to Mexico, Nepal to Afghanistan. Its headquarters are in New York City.
GGP is a member of the
Fair Trade Federation
The Fair Trade Federation (FTF) is a North American nonprofit trade association that provides support to and promotes North American businesses that they identify as being fully committed to the principles of fair trade.
In this vein, it desc ...
and
Green America.
At the department store
Macy's
Macy's is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. The first store was located in Manhattan on Sixth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets, south of the present-day flagship store at Herald Square on West 34 ...
, all the products of the Gifts for Hope catalog are sourced from Global Goods Partners (ex: Heart of Haiti collection
).
References
External links
Official website
Organizations established in 2005
Alternative trading organizations
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