Halen Môn and Oxfam
You can now find Halen Môn on the shelves of your local Oxfam shop as a part of their ‘Sourced By Oxfam’ range, which brings together the best of ethical, sustainable and brand-new items from around the world. We’re very proud to have been included.
From the team at Oxfam –
“Halen Môn specialise in interesting, unusual and delicious sea salt and seasonings that bring depth and flavour to your cooking. Sea salt is where they started and their speciality: they make theirs by hand from the seawater that surrounds the beautiful island of Anglesey. With sustainability at its core, the company remains family owned and acts with social responsibility to be a force for good in all aspects of business and the wider community.”
Oxfam makes shopping ethically easy with their carefully selected products from accountable suppliers putting people and planet before profit. Whether that’s through championing Fair trade, caring for the planet, or paying fair wages. We’ve put together a few of our favourites for you here.
Tony’s Chocolonely
Chocolate makers on a serious mission to end slavery in the chocolate industry. Their recipe for slave free cocoa enables farmers to earn a living income, it ensures traceable beans and allows them to work with the farmers to eliminate the abuses in the industry.
Zaytoun
Founded in 2004, Zaytoun is an award-winning social enterprise. 100% of Zaytoun’s profits are reinvested into furthering their mission of supporting the livelihood of Palestinian farmers through fair trade.
Spice Kitchen
Spice Kitchen are a family owned artisanal spice and tea company run by mother and son, Sanjay and Shashi Aggarwal. Spice Kitchen strive to honour their Indian heritage and make their ancestors proud with a thriving small business that never loses touch with its roots. All the spices and teas are hand-blended and hand-roasted.
Cafédirect
In 1991 Cafédirect came about as the innovative result of four pioneering organisations (including Oxfam) and three entrepreneurial grower cooperatives, all with a desire to bypass the conventional coffee market and find a better, more personal, direct way to trade. As the UK’s first and largest Fairtrade hot drinks brand, Cafédirect not only pay the fairtrade social premium for their crops but also reinvest at least 50% of their profits back into the cooperatives and farming communities they work with and 89% of their cooperatives own shares in the company, making them direct beneficiaries of the success of the business.
