COMMUNITY COMMERCE

Providing business information in the field of fair trade, labor standards, sustainable supply chains, community reinvestment, and education for workers; Promoting public awareness of the need to alleviate poverty among farmers, farm workers, factory workers, and other disadvantaged producers by empowering them to invest in their workplaces and communities, to protect the environment, and to develop the business skills necessary to compete in the global marketplace; promoting public awareness of and interest in fair trade principles, labor standards, sustainable supply chains, community reinvestment, and education for workers as a means to alleviate poverty among farmers, farm workers, factory workers, and other disadvantaged producers by empowering them to invest in their workplaces and communities, to protect the environment, and to develop the business skills necessary to compete in the global marketplace; promoting public awareness and understanding of certification programs that promotes fair price and credit terms, fair labor conditions, sustainable supply chain, democratic and transparent producer organizations, investment in community development, worker education, and environmentally sustainable production methods; business audit services, namely, conducting audits and corrective action programs in the nature of business consulting to evaluate and enforce compliance by others with certification standards; conducting business audits in the field of fair trade, labor standards, sustainable supply chains, community reinvestment, and education for workers; business consulting and advisory services, namely, identifying producers' needs for organizational and market development; business consulting and advisory services, namely, business advice relating to fair trade, labor standards, sustainable supply chains, community reinvestment, and education for workers; supply chain management and supply chain business administrative support services

Charitable fundraising services; financial services, namely, providing financial support to nonprofit and community organizations that engage in public awareness campaigns concerning fair trade; financial services, namely, providing grants to producer organizations; securing investments from foundations, companies, and development agencies in the nature of business finance procurement services to support producers' needs for organizational and market development

Testing, analysis and evaluation of the goods and services of others for the purpose of certification, namely, inspecting and verifying the products, trade practices, and business operations of others for purposes of certification relating to fair trade, labor standards, sustainable supply chains, community reinvestment, and education for workers