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Retail therapy - Awareness of how and where goods are produced has soared - and so has the fair trade movement -...Now there are more than 100 products, ranging from tea, coffee and bananas to sugar, wine, honey, fruits, juices, snacks and biscuits, chilli peppers and meat. Coming next are fair trade clothes and textiles, and fair trade footballs...To go truly mainstream, though, fair trade must occupy more than a remote shelf in a supermarket. There are the first signs that that is happening as the Co-op and Safeway supermarkets start their own fair trade lines. (John Vidal, Guardian [UK], 26 Feb. 2003)

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2003:

Retail therapy - Awareness of how and where goods are produced has soared - and so has the fair trade movement -...Now there are more than 100 products, ranging from tea, coffee and bananas to sugar, wine, honey, fruits, juices, snacks and biscuits, chilli peppers and meat. Coming next are fair trade clothes and textiles, and fair trade footballs...To go truly mainstream, though, fair trade must occupy more than a remote shelf in a supermarket. There are the first signs that that is happening as the Co-op and Safeway supermarkets start their own fair trade lines. (John Vidal, Guardian [UK], 26 Feb. 2003)

2002:

Oregon Winery Nation's First To Earn LEED Certification - Sokol Blosser Winery has become the first winery in the U.S. to be awarded LEED 2.0 Silver Level Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (GreenBiz.com, 23 Dec. 2002)

California wine sector to go green to avert regulation - Under fire from environmentalists, California's 150-year-old wine industry will announce a green code of conduct next week in a bid to head off potentially costly state regulation...Critics, who charge the wine industry with contributing to soil erosion, watershed loss and pollution, contend the voluntary code may not go far enough. (Jim Christie, Reuters, 28 Oct. 2002)

Answering the Challenge to Make Business Sustainable -...As the president of a top-selling winery, I am often asked exactly what it means to run our business sustainably – not only to the wine industry, but also to all American businesses. In the simplest terms, it means making all business decisions and actions socially just, environmentally sound, and economically viable; employing a triple bottom line for evaluating every business decision. [includes reference to pesticides, energy reduction] (Paul Dolan, President, Fetzer Vineyards, on Business for Social Responsibility website, 1 July 2002) 

UN Global Compact Case Studies of Multistakeholder Partnership: Policy Dialogue on Business in Zones of Conflict (edited by Virginia Haufler, University of Maryland, Apr. 2002)