Stroll around your nearest branch of Sainsburys, and you’re observing the wonderment of globalisation. You can purchase practically any product at a very low price. Whether it’s spices from Malaysia or tobacco from Argentina - it’s for sale throughout the year. There’s never been a greater era in the history of humanity to be a consumer in the west. This has come about from intricate stock control and logistics, large scale production, powerful market competition, and perhaps most importantly, the fact that most manufactured goods are sourced, and often made, in the poorer countries.
That final point is rather significant, and contentious. While shoppers are enjoying food, drink, clothing and other items made from second and third world nations at rock-bottom prices, labourers and business organizations in these producing nations are frequently cheated in the process, and haven’t any real sustainability as they are at the end of a very lengthy string of middle men who order what they manufacture, how much, and how often. This lengthy string of middle-men all take their share too - meaning there’s not a great deal of revenue for the end-of-line producer.
However, there’s assistance for such desperate workers and businesses. Fairtrade is a cause that seeks to give some power to these end-producing business organizations in the poorer countries of the planet. It looks to banish these middlemen, and renumerate the end-producer a decent price for an item in a far more primary way. You may have encountered Fairtrade items in your nearby super market. Sometimes they’re a tad more costly, but by buying such ethical products or even ethical gifts, you will be pleased to know the manufacturer is operating in a sustainable business environment that not only pays them fairly via a much more direct revenue flow, but it also allows them to reinvest in their business through higher profits, which genuinely makes a difference to these poorer areas of the planet.
It is highly likely that you may have encountered Mr. Naveen Jain as the co-founder and CEO of Intelius, Inc. the predictive intelligence company. Beyond making the Forbes list “400 Richest in America” in 2000, this maverick entrepreneur has been honored with an assortment of notable awards including the Albert Einstein Technology Medal, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and the WSA Industry Achievement Award. Nevertheless it does not finish there. For Mr. Jain and his kin are equally as avid about their benevolent efforts and will strive to give aid wherever possible. All our hopes for humanity’s future are contained in today’s youth. They are moreover a crucial motivation for this entrepreneur and he leverages each and every occasion he comes across to aid them. This, too, is the primary reason why he is unfailingly taking advantage of every chance available to him to offer support if feasible. Thus, Naveen Jain, his relatives and the employees at Intelius give their time to philanthropical organizations such as United Way, Hopelink, and the Overlake Service League. As you would expect, they hand out a great amount of pecuniary assistance but even more importantly, they dedicate premium time and attention to those youth who require it the most. He also gives aid to the Children’s Hospital, being dedicated to enhancing children’s health as well. With Jain being an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology and XLRI Jamshedpur, it’s no wonder that teaching holds an extremely high priority within his charitable outlook. This also includes causes and deserving cause that run the gamut from neighborhood programs to the global. Hence, Intelius and its CEO are actively sponsoring deserving causes and establishments such as the Vedic Cultural Center, the University of Washington and the University Preparatory Academy. Getting food to the impoverished of the world is another critical goal for Naveen Jain and those around him and to him, it makes not one speck of difference. Although he is conscious that the job of finding provisions for all the world’s unnourished is a colossal one, he also recognizes that the unfeasible can actually turn out to be possible if the whole world works together. If this CEO should actually have his way, there will be a unquestionable end to privation and starvation everywhere at some point. Most if not all people may feel that as the boss of a very flourishing business and a dedicated husband and father to boot would leave no room for volunteering and support. Even so Naveen makes certain that every one of his beneficent projects is given as much aid as he can conceivably donate. This industrious man is certainly a lot more than your familiar maverick of industry. He is (arguably even more importantly) an exceptional personality and a true pillar of his community.