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Campaigning
works!
How you’ve helped us
change the world
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1992: Fairtrade
CAFOD co-founded the Fairtrade Foundation,
which seeks to transform trade in favour of the
poor and disadvantaged. Because so many
dedicated supporters run parish stalls, fair
trade coffee mornings, and show off their label
in Fairtrade Fortnight there are now over
3,000 fair trade products available in the UK
and over 450 Fairtrade Catholic parishes.
More than 7.5 million people – workers and
their families - in 58 developing countries now
benefit from the international fairtrade system.
Standing in solidarity with
thousands of campaigners around
the world, CAFOD campaigners sent
64,000 postcards to the Ministry of
Defence, calling for a worldwide ban
of landmines. In 1999, 40
governments ratified the Ottawa
Treaty, which bans the manufacture,
trade and use of anti-personnel
landmines. A whopping 144
countries have now signed up to the
treaty.
1994:Landmine Action
1997: Workers’ Rights
CAFOD campaigners pushed
for a better deal for garment
and shoe workers by sending
cards to their favourite highstreet shops and telling
shoppers how their clothes
are made. Many High Street
stores and companies – from
Marks & Spencer to Levi
Strauss – signed up to the
Ethical Trading Initiative to
ensure their workers,
wherever they are based, get
good working conditions and
fair pay.
2000: Jubilee 2000
420,000
420,000 CAFOD
CAFOD supporters
supporters signed
signed the
the Jubilee
Jubilee 2000
2000
petition,
petition, calling
calling for
for an
an end
end to
to the
the crippling
crippling debt
debt
facing
many
of
the
world’s
poorest
countries.
facing many of the world’s poorest countries. They
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2004 Clean up your computer
Following calls from CAFOD
supporters to respect workers'
rights, several leading electronics
companies – including Microsoft,
Intel, HP and IBM - introduced
industry standards and took action
to improve conditions along their
supply chain, tackling issues like
discrimination, dangerous working
conditions and excessive overtime.
2005 Make Poverty History
Over 700 parishes were represented in
Edinburgh, as a quarter of a million
rallied to make poverty history. Globally,
31 million people united in the Global
Call to Action against Poverty. As a
result, world leaders pledged to increase
aid spending by up to $50 billion and the
G8 agreed to cancel some of the
remaining debt owed by poor countries
to international institutions like the
World Bank.
2006: Fighting for trade justice
In 2006, following demands from
CAFOD supporters (as part of The
Trade Justice Movement) to ensure
UK companies act more
responsibly, the Companies Act
came into being - the biggest
shake-up of UK company law for
150 years. It offered an
unprecedented opportunity to
make laws to ensure big British
businesses don’t put profit ahead
of people and the environment.
2006-2007: Unearth Justice
50,000 CAFOD campaigners used consumer pressure on major UK
jewellery retailers, asking them to sign up to a set of golden rules
to end the sale of dirty gold. Parishioners in England and Wales
created gold petition chains, which were handed into local stores of
Argos and Ernest Jones, championing the rights of those affected by
mining. As a result, 7 major UK jewellery retailers signed up to the
rules, along with 69 more internationally, thanks to the No Dirty
Gold campaign in the USA.
2008: UK Climate Change Act
We lobbied our MPs for three key changes
to the UK Climate Change Act– annual
checkpoints, more ambitious emission
cuts, and the inclusion of emissions from
shipping and aviation - and we got them
all. As a result, the UK became the first
country in the world to make emissions
cuts a legal requirement.
2009: Climate Justice
Over 60,000 CAFOD supporters took
action in their parishes and pews, taking
personal steps to live more simply and
sustainably, and also calling for a fair,
ambitious and legally binding global deal
on climate change from our world leaders.
Global pressure from campaigners drew
world leaders to the talks for the first time
ever. The talks ended in stalemate but the
pressure for ambitious action continues to
mount.
2010: Dropping Haiti’s Debt
In response to a global
outcry, US$748 million of
Haiti’s international debt was
cancelled. Thanks to you,
millions of pounds of former
debt was instead used to
help Haitians recover and
rebuild from the earthquake.
Pressure on world leaders
also led to a fund being
established so that other
poor countries can now
access debt relief following a
disaster.
2011: UK Bribery Act
CAFOD campaigners lobbied MPs
to ensure the Bribery Act came
into force, despite delays and big
business pressure. UK companies
now face prosecution if employees
or others acting on their behalf
are found to have engaged in
bribery anywhere in the world: a
major step forward in the fight
against corruption.
2011: Don’t Drop the Ball
More than 13,000 CAFOD supporters called on the UK government
to champion a Green Climate Fund at climate change talks in
Durban. The Fund has now been set up – we need to keep up the
pressure to make sure this money gives long-term support to the
communities that need it most.
2012: Thirst for change
CAFOD campaigners flooded Downing
Street with over 60,000 actions, calling
for urgent action on sanitation.
Four months into the campaign, the
government
announced
increased
support in order to improve access to
clean water and safe sanitation for over
60 million people- the equivalent of the
entire UK population- over the next
three years.
2013: Open up the books
It’s been over 10 years in the
making, but in June 2013 we
welcomed new transparency
legislation to help people in
developing countries. Finally it
will be possible to find out
about who benefits from the
activities of multi-national oil,
gas and mining companies in
local communities.
2013: Enough Food for Everyone IF
This year, we joined up with over
200 charities to make 2013 the
beginning of the end to global
hunger. The UK kept its historic
commitment to life saving aid,
pledging to spend 0.7 per cent of
national income on international
development aid, as agreed over
40 years ago at the UN.
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