GOVERNMENT SPONSOR

As part of our goal to become one of the world's most sustainable and liveable cities, the City of Melbourne proudly supports Fair@Square as a means to promote fair and ethical trade, and sustainable living practices for our community.

MAJOR SPONSORS

Where tastebuds & conscience kiss & make up

Savour the great tastes of this premium quality food range, while helping growers across the globe gain a fair price for their hard work. The Oxfam fair range has been designed especially for Australian tastebuds, is Fair Trade & organic certified. The range is available at Oxfam Shops and leading supermarkets nationally. Oxfam Australia is an independent not-for-profit development organisation aiming to overcome poverty and injustice around the world. Oxfam fair – doing good tastes amazing.

Global Cafe Direct works with fair trade communities in South East Asia and South America to bring together the creme de la creme of the growers' Arabica coffee beans. Global Cafe Direct is also Australian Certified Organic, the beans are grown by the co-operatives without the use of synthetic chemicals or fertilisers, and most importantly, the Fairtrade label ensures a fair go for the coffee-growing in the developing world.

Bureau Veritas Certification is the world’s leading management system certification provider . We help our clients to improve their performance by offering services and innovative solutions in order to ensure that their products, infrastructures and processes meet standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety, environmental protection and social responsibility.

VENUE PARTNER

On track to be carbon neutral by 2012, Fed Square is proud to support Fair@Square 2012 and a range of other events that promote sustainability and contribute to Melbourne’s cultural and community life.

PARTNERS

Bendigo Bank aims to be customer-connected but it’s also driven to generate positive community outcomes. Bendigo Bank thinks outside the square and partners with its customers in building a better community and to achieve this we have created a range of specialised banking products.

five:am – purely organic yoghurt that preserves the environment through every aspect of production. It’s just as much about what’s not in our food as what’s in it - We proudly bring you a range of organic yoghurt, free from all the usual nasties. Instead, our yoghurt is loaded with far more pronounceable ingredients such as organic fruits and cane sugar. The whole process is Australian, the milk comes from Australian family run farms, is made in our Australian factory and delivered to healthy Australians with as low food miles as possible.

ecostore Australia are proud to be sponsors of this year’s Fair@Square festival. We’re really looking forward to sharing with you our range of healthier and eco friendlier household cleaners, body, skin and hair care products. Since 1993, our plant and mineral based formulations have focused on the health and wellbeing of people and the planet. Under the careful guidance of Sir Ray Avery, our lead formulator and renowned humanitarian, each product is months in development and making, ensuring the safest health, environmental and performance standards are achieved. We take pride in being a NZ based manufacturer, producing products for a healthier home, without compromise.

Visit us at ecostoreaustralia.com.au for more information about us and our products.

Ethical Clothing Australia is an accreditation body that verifies the pay and conditions of workers in the Clothing and Footwear industry in Australia. It helps consumers make an informed choice for ethical shopping. When you see the Ethical Clothing Australia logo, it means the garment was manufactured in Australia and all the people involved in its production received fair wages and worked in decent conditions.

Founded by husband-and-wife James and Monica Meldrum, Whole Kids is Australia’s leading range of healthy, organic snacks just for kids. Our philosophy is simple – we’re all for Healthy Kids and a Healthy World

MEDIA PARTNERS

Eco TV (www.ecotv.com.au) is a digital media platform offering content from a diverse range of sources – including our network partners (such as Keep Australia Beautiful, The Banksia Foundation and Conservation Volunteers Australia). Providing viewers with the latest environmental news headlines, sustainable lifestyle tips and interviews with industry thought leaders and eco-minded celebrities. Eco TV aims to engage, educate and entertain viewers on all things green.

Peppermint is a green fashion magazine, covering eco and ethical style with a fun, fresh, intelligent and positive spin. Encouraging you to get off the trend mill, Peppermint promotes individuality, respect and DIY personal style, by showcasing the best of eco designers from Australia and the rest of the world. Fashion, beauty, art, craft, and culture; all with a twist of lime. Walking the talk? Peppermint is carbon-neutral, printed on FSC-certified paper, and donates to charity through the Fashion Cents program and they are one of our Media Partners

Green Lifestyle is the recent reinvention of Australia’s long-loved and leading green publication, G magazine.

Carbon offset and produced on recycled paper, Green Lifestyle is the winner of 14 awards. We are an essential guide to living simply and sustainably, offering positive, encouraging advice and inspiration for leading a green lifestyle!

Every issue delivers great stories, handy hints and helpful advice on homes, garden, food, style, wellbeing, travel, family and community.

Established since 2008, Meld Magazine is a not-for-profit new media outlet dedicated to providing free news and information to current and prospective international students in Victoria. The magazine has become a central portal and valuable resource for education providers, student welfare services and associated industries looking to engage the international student community. Through new media, the magazine aims to provide a space for healthy relationships to thrive within the international student community, and to help the community find a respectful place in the wider context of Australian life and society. Meld also provides training and real work experience for local and international students in media, IT, business and law.

WWMN’s multi-award winning independent production team is at the leading edge of solution based reporting and positive, proactive media. The network is committed to producing innovative programs designed to provide informative and uplifting media that makes a genuine difference. WWMN currently produces 36 hours of specialist content per month, which broadcasts and streams live worldwide via 3WBC 94.1fm, with the unique and innovative children’s program ‘Primary Perspectives – radio created for kids by kids’ also rebroadcast weekly nationwide via CRN and via podcast from www.primaryperspectives.info and Earth Preservers in New York. WWMN

3zzz is Australia’s largest Community Ethnic Broadcaster serving over 100 Ethnic Communities in more than 75 languages. It broadcasts on 92.3fm, Digital ZZZ Ethnic and streams online on www.3zzz.com.au.

IN-KIND PARTNERS

Neff is proud to be a sponsor of the 2012 Fair@Square Fair Trade and Ethical Festival.

German design and engineering has made Neff a leading brand in Europe. The appliances feature a range of amazing and thoughtful technology developments designed to make the cooking experience truly exciting. Some of Neff’s unique oven features include the precise temperature control of the CircoTherm® cooking system, the ergonomic Slide & Hide® door which allows the oven door to slide neatly under the oven, saving space and allowing ease of access and the illuminating NeffLight®. Combined with ease of cleaning, efficiency plus a 4 year guarantee, you’ll begin to understand why Neff has been writing kitchen history since 1877. Select from ovens, cooktops, compact and specialty appliances, rangehoods and dishwashers. Whatever you want from you kitchen, there’s a Neff appliance that truly meets your needs. For more information visit: www.neff.com.au.

De Lorenzo has always had an ethical approach to haircare. Our products are made using locally sourced, certified organic, fair trade ingredients whenever possible and don't contain petrochemicals or parabens. We are CFF listed (choose cruelty free) and don't use ingredients of animal origin. De Lorenzo is a quality endorsed company and is Australian made and owned.

Our vision is to be Australia’s leading manufacturer of educational teaching aids; specialising in paint, art and craft products.

For 32 years our goal has been and continues to be to inspire and encourage creativity and learning in tomorrow’s generation both in the classroom and at home.

Specialists in body corporate services and proud sponsors of Fair@Square. Our professional, reliable and hands on approach means that we get things done! Our team has a strong sense of ethics and respect for our customers and their properties.

Brandism® is an enthusiastic and passionate consultancy studio with a strong focus on brand development, management and implementation. Driven to achieve long-term results, it is not only the destination we find important for our clients, but also the journey.

PROGRAM GUIDE PARTNER

Finsbury Green is Australia's leading sustainable communications solutions provider. The combination of our knowledge, experience and technology provide an innovative approach to the sourcing and management of all your communication requirements.