In 2008 the financial services industry spiraled into a vortex of doom. How are we doing?
Well so far, at Equal Exchange the seas have been much calmer. We closed 2008 with over $34 million in sales, up from $29 million in 2007, keeping our 23 year record of growth intact. We got a little nervous [...]
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2009? Vortex of Doom; Or Not.
Posted in business model, cooperative, news on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m Just Saying
Posted in business model, investing, news on November 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A $10,000 dollar investment in Equal Exchange 10 years ago would be worth around $16,400 today (assuming dividends were reinvested). A $10,000 investment in the S&P 500 or Dow? Somewhat less. Perhaps $9,000.
Maybe slow and steady really does win the race? Over 20 years I’d take that bet.
Actually, I already have made that bet, [...]
A Social Capitalist Award – for us
Posted in awards, business model, capital, news on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Back in April, I went to Washington, D.C., to collect a Social Capitalist Award presented by Fast Company. There were 10 for-profit companies and 35 non-profits that met the Award’s criteria: check them out. Two of our financial friends, Calvert Foundation and Root Capital, were also winners.
The Award has been around for five years, but [...]
Across 20 years, and now?
Posted in business model, investing, our story, our vision, welcome on May 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
First, a quick introduction. I’m Rob Everts, one of Equal Exchange’s co-presidents and a first-time guest blogger. Welcome to our new blog.
Two decades ago we started engaging Americans in how their food overseas was sourced and committed to building an alternative vision of international trade from the prevailing “race to the bottom.” [...]
Small Farmers, Big Change
Posted in business model, our story on May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That’s our new message at Equal Exchange. Many looked long and hard for something pithy to capture our intent, and are happy it came out so straightforwardly.
Small Farmers
That’s who we support. Not plantations, not factories, not agribusiness.
Big Change
This is more ambiguous, so let’s start off with what it’s not.
It’s not Big Attempt, or Big Profile: [...]
Down, Down, Up, Down it goes …
Posted in EE shares, SRI, business model, dividends on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
… where it’ll end, no one knows.
Do the recent stock market undulations make you yearn for a different type of stock?
A stock that can steadily transform the world for good and put a nice consistent dividend in your pocket. One whose value isn’t yanked around by fear or avarice. One whose value is linked to [...]
A Better Bike
Posted in business model, mountain bike, our story on April 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Equal Exchange was built with a purpose beyond making money. Determined to start a company that changed the terms of trade, our founders decided to build a different kind of company. So what did they do? Let’s start with an analogy.
Back in the ’70s, almost every bicycle in the U.S. was a form of road [...]
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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. Archives
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