This blog is dedicated to investment in Fair Trade and cooperatives and to the investment community of Equal Exchange in particular. We hope to get to know each better other and explore together how we can advance our common wealth.
Business as usual is destroying our planet, so need some unusual businesses. At Equal Exchange we believe we’ve got a great alternative. You might agree, or not, but we’ve certainly managed to deliver results. Take a look around and please share you thoughts via the comments.
As to the title, Coin and the Common Wealth, well investing is about coin (which can mean general financing as well as little pieces of stamped metal) and the common wealth is our purpose. Not just your wealth or my wealth. Not just the farmers wealth or the merchants wealth. It’s about our common wealth: a mutual, equitable, democratic, uplifting common wealth.
Check out About Us All to learn more. Or read our delicious 2007 annual report (2Mb, pdf format) complete with audited financial statements. We grew 24% last year to over $29 million. That’s pretty good, and the stories are even better.
Cheers, Alistair Williamson
This blog is about investing in Equal Exchange, cooperatives, and fair trade. It's both for the curious and for our current investment community. It's about how our coins, yours and mine, can forge our common wealth.