Twin Trading
Twin Trading was an alternative trading company in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1985 and was based in London.[1]
Twin Trading was wholly owned by Twin, a registered charity and membership organisation. It was co-founded by economist Michael Barratt Brown, who was also at one time its chairman.[1] He stood down from the Board in August 2007.[2]
Twin was founded as the Third World Information Network with the support of the Greater London Council.[1] In 1988 it began to import coffee, sold through Oxfam and Traidcraft,[3] leading to the 1988 founding of Cafédirect by Twin[1] with Oxfam, Traidcraft and Equal Exchange Trading. In 1993, Twin helped chocolate farmers in Ghana to found the Kuapa Kokoo co-operative, and in 1998 Divine Chocolate was formed,[1] largely owned by Kuapa Kokoo, to market Fairtrade chocolate. Twin also launched OKÉ and Liberation Nuts.
In November 2019 it was bought by Sustainable Harvest,[4] a United States-based green coffee importer.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e Murray, Robin (26 May 2015). "Michael Barratt Brown obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-09-06 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Companies House, Twin Trading Ltd., accessed 23 August 2021
- ^ Butler, Sarah (24 January 2011). "Fairtrade coffee producers face challenge of climate change". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-09-06 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Home". sustainableharvest.com.
- ^ "Sustainable Harvest acquires Twin Trading | Global Coffee Report". gcrmag.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-12.
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