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B.3. Fair Trade

B.3. Local and fair-trade services and goods are purchased by the business, where available.

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Using goods and services produced locally or with “fair-trade” principles have numerous social, economic and environmental benefits:

•    Supports local businesses and provide jobs
•    Higher percentage of the price paid is transferred directly to the provider of the goods and services which is then re-circulated several times in the community
•    Reduced ecological footprint due to fewerer greenhouse gases being burned in the  transportation of the goods
•    Fair prices and wages are received by the producers
•    The visitor experience is enhance
•    Local goods and services can substantially lower costs with less middlemen and transportation costs 

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Potential Indicators

•    Percentage of purchases of services and goods from local*
     providers

•    Percentage of purchases that are fair trade purchases

•    Number of facilities built using local material

•    Purchasing policy gives priority to local and fair trade suppliers
     that meet quality and environmentally-friendly criteria (yes/no)

•    Checklist of available local, sustainable goods, services, and
     contract services

•    Percentage of available local, sustainable goods, services and
     contract services utilized

•    Percentage of local owned restaurants, services, and shops utilized
     on tours