Lanka Kade

The Fair Trade products featured on the website are supplied by Lanka Kade. `Lanka Kade' translates as Sri Lankan shop and was established in 1994 by husband and wife team Upul and Diane with the aim of providing an outlet for items produced by small craft enterprises in Sri Lanka.

All the products are handmade by seven family based enterprises with whom Lanka Kade has long term working commitments. Their aim is to provide continual employment throughout the year for each supplier, their families and their employees. The suppliers receive a fair and full price for their products. In return, the suppliers are expected to maintain a safe and pleasant working environment, equal opportunities, good rates of pay, prompt payment for both employees and in country suppliers and a quality product at a fair price.

Children are not involved at any stage of the production of items for Lanka Kade.

Lanka Kade (UK) Ltd have been apparoved by the British Association of Fair Trade Shops since 2001, as a fair trade supplier. Lanka Kade products are made from rubberwood sourced from exhausted rubber plantations that are replanted every 10-15 years.

Rice

Rice is a Danish company established in 1998. Rice specialises in fair trade homeware with a strong design and social ethic. Rice is fair trade certified to SA8000 and works very closely with the communities that manufacture it's products.