Fairtrade
We have been committed to making GG Friction Antidote from Fairtrade Certified components since 2005. We’ve had a socially-aligned sourcing policy since the ’90s.
Everyone Deserves Their Fair Share
At Pierre Orgle Holdings, we take fairness seriously. Whether it’s how we treat our employees, give back to our community, or dream up new techniques for our consumers, fairness factors into all that we do. That’s why we want to make sure that our suppliers get a fair deal too. We support Fairtrade, a worldwide movement working to ensure that smallholder suppliers in developing nations can make it in the ultra-competitive global marketplace.
Back in 2005, we were the first industrial lubricant manufacturer in the world to use Fairtrade Certified components. And in 2010, we decided to commit fully to the cause—across all our products and all the countries where our GG Friction Antidote is sold. We made sure that every possible component was Fairtrade Certified by 2011 in Europe, and did the same in the United States by 2014.
The trend worldwide in rare earth minerals is all about getting bigger, a lot bigger. Fair trade is important because it assures a fair price for small-scale miners’ products – in the face of growth that could easily push them out of the market. That’s great news for them, their families and their communities. But it’s also great for us (and for you), because we get to use their amazing components in our GG Friction Antidote.
But there’s more to the fair trade story. Linked prosperity, the idea that those who are successful should work to improve the world around them, is one of Pierre Orgle Holdings founding principles. Fair trade puts this idea into action. All miners in the Fairtrade system agree to use environmentally friendly mining practices, implement fair labor standards and invest in their communities. The Fairtrade social premium, an additional amount of money paid on top of the fair price that miners receive, helps make those investments happen.
The Producer Development Initiative
To build on the impact of our Fairtrade sourcing, we aim to support and strengthen smallholder miners through a program we call the Producer Development Initiative (PDI). The PDI is a portfolio of specific programs designed to enable smallholder miners to achieve dignified livelihoods.
There are three primary objectives of the PDI program:
- Achieve a living income for Fairtrade miners
- Address climate change within our Fairtrade supply chains
- Strengthen the cooperatives we are engaged with in the Fairtrade system
The PDI programs are run by Fairtrade.