At Threads, we partner with cooperatives with scaleability in mind. Our goal is to create the demand for fair trade products that allows these cooperatives to create more consistent work for their current artisans and grow their artisan field by employing more and more women from their communities.
With over a billion people living on $1.25 per day (70% of whom are women and girls), there is an abundance of women whose employment with our cooperatives would dramatically improve their lives. We look forward to the day when fair trade is so common that it is no longer a distinguishing factor in buying decisions. Imagine the shift in consumer decisions when items have to be labeled with ‘products made from slave labor’ instead of ‘fair trade’!