FOI Request - Fair Trade
Request 101003099258
I am seeking some data and information regarding annual fair trade purchasing within Moray Council.
1. Could you please provide data on Moray Council’s total annual spend on fair trade goods throughout each of the past two annual accounts? (i.e. data from both 2020-2021 and 2021-2022).
a) Could you break it down by vendor name
b) Whether they were contracted/non-contracted
c) Description of item(s) purchased
d) and the total value per order?
e) Items purchased for resale
Example of data breakdown:
2020-2021
Vendor Name Contracted/Non-contracted Description Total
Vendor 1 Contracted Men's Navy Fairtrade Polo Shirt L (x3) 66.56
Contracted Total 66.56
Vendor 2 Contracted FAIRTRADE LOTUS SPECULOOS BISCUIT (300s) 207.2
FAIRTRADE DARK CHOCOLATE TINS x 2kg 33.9
COCO FAIRTRADE GREEN LABEL ESPRESSO BEAN 12 X 1KG 617.76
FAIRTRADE EARL GREY 1 x 25 4.06
Contracted Total 862.92
Vendor 3 Non-contracted
Fair Trade Milk Chocolate 35g x 30 35.5
Fair Trade Orange Milk Chocolate (40g x 30) 17.75
Fair Trade White Chocolate (40g x 30) 35.5
Fair Trade White Chocolate 35g x 30 17.75
Non-contracted Total 106.5
Grand Total 1035.98
2021-2022
Vendor Name Contracted/Non-contracted Description Total
Vendor 1 Contracted Men's Navy Fairtrade Polo Shirt L (x3) 66.56
Contracted Total 66.56
Vendor 2 Contracted FAIRTRADE LOTUS SPECULOOS BISCUIT (300s) 207.2
FAIRTRADE DARK CHOCOLATE TINS x 2kg 33.9
COCO FAIRTRADE GREEN LABEL ESPRESSO BEAN 12 X 1KG 617.76
FAIRTRADE EARL GREY 1 x 25 4.06
Contracted Total 862.92
Vendor 3 Non-contracted
Fair Trade Milk Chocolate 35g x 30 35.5
Fair Trade Orange Milk Chocolate (40g x 30) 17.75
Fair Trade White Chocolate (40g x 30) 35.5
Fair Trade White Chocolate 35g x 30 17.75
Non-contracted Total 106.5
Grand Total 1035.98
I am aware that, given potential limitations, you may only be able to capture spend where purchasers have specifically used such terms as “fair” and “trade”, “fairtrade” or “fairly” and “traded” in their requisitions, and so items where buyers have used catalogue item numbers will not be reflected in the data. I will be sure to state these issues in my research report.
2. Could you also attach your current general policy on the procurement of fairly and ethically traded goods and services, in line with section 15(5)(b)(v) of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014?
Privacy Policies
Response 05-08-2022
Please note that the council does not record spend on fair trade good separately. Therefore the information is not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held. However, we have found the following information from the Catering Department:
1. From the Catering Department:
Year 2020-2021
Vendor Name Contracted/Non Contracted Description Total
Brakes Contracted Brakes F/Trade Coffee Gran 750g x 2 £28.66
Total £28.66
Year 2021-2022
Vendor Name Contracted/Non Contracted Description Total
Brakes Contracted Brakes F/Trade Coffee Gran 750g x 10 £144.55
Brakes Non Contracted F/Trade Teadirect 1 cup Teabag 1x440 £8.62
Brakes Contracted Brake Fairtrade Tea Bags 3x1100 £43.95
Total £197.12
2. This information can be found in the Moray Council Procurement strategy which is available on our website. This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible.For ease of reference please see here: http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file70120.pdf