Google Tech Talk 19th January 2010 Summary of Manish Gupta presents. Our everyday choices can have an impact on the lives of producers all over the world. Do you know where you got your coffee this morning? He was the producer has paid a fair wage? Do you know how your dollars can make a difference? Fair Trade is a business model for social responsibility and environmental sustainability built and offers opportunities for development marginalized artisans and farmers. Come to the presentationFacts about Fair Trade and how they can participate. Speaker Info: Manish Gupta After graduating from Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai) and University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Manish Gupta was working in a technology company as big as a successful manager in Austin, Texas. During a trip back to his native state, Rajasthan, India, has seen how professional communities living in extreme poverty, because they have access to markets of goods they produce is missing. He was movedfrom their position and decided to do something about it - left his comfortable job in corporate America, he founded Handmade Expressions, a company of fair trade (www.handmadeexpressions.net with the hope that he would succeed in this society, Sustainable employ people who need it most. The company has expanded from a One Man Army, and eight employees and is in its fifth year of strength. Manish is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Fair Trade...
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