Trash Bags engages in fair trade by creating and maintaining an equitable trade relationship between Trash Bags in Australia and the livelihood and community organisations in the Asia-Pacific region that supply our products. We are committed to providing a fair and sustainable income for the communities with which we trade.

Trash Bags commitment to fair trade includes:

• Paying a fair price set by the livelihood or community organisation with whom we trade
• Building a sustainable and stable trade relationship based on ethical business practice
• Providing free design assistance to the livelihood and community organizations where applicable and possible to further enhance the marketability of their products
• Being open to public accountability and providing customers and interested members of the public with information on Fair Trade and the Profiles of the livelihood and community organisations with whom we trade.
• Conducting an Annual Sustainability Auditsof Trash Bags' business operations^

And ensuring that the livelihood and community organisations with which we trade are:

• - Created and managed for and (in part or whole) by the community
• - Contributing to the improvement of the community
• - Paying a fair wage in the local context
• - Offering employees opportunities for advancement and training
• - Providing healthy and safe working conditions within the local context
• - Not abusing child labour