1. Our Fleurance Nature Fair Trade undertaking is committed to fair trade 2. The Jardins de Cocagne Fleurance Nature (Fleurance Nature Cocagne Gardens) are committed to organic production and professional reintegration 3. 1001 Fontaines - Fleurance Nature is committed to ensuring access to drinking water 4. The Fleurance Nature roof for bees is committed to the preservation of bees.
OUR FAIR TRADE COMMITMENT
Fair trade is at the very heart of the Fleurance Nature ethical approach.
Fair trade is primarily aimed at improving economic, social and environmental relations. This approach generates products that respect nature and use ingredients obtained with methods commensurate with fair trade principles and fair pay for workers. We currently have 3 FFL (Fair for life, fair trade) chains.
THE SHEA BUTTER CHAIN
In Morocco, the fruit of the argan tree is managed exclusively by women in keeping with ancestral traditions. The delicate, meticulous manual process of pulping and crushing fruit produces this oil - a genuine cosmetic treasure.
THE ARGAN CHAIN
In Morocco, the fruit of the argan tree is managed exclusively by women in keeping with ancestral traditions. The delicate, meticulous manual process of pulping and crushing fruit produces this oil - a genuine cosmetic treasure.
THE HARPAGOPHYTUM (DEVIL'S CLAW) CHAIN
The South African people, namely the Sans, Khois and Hottentots, have used devil’s claw for thousands of years to improve joint comfort and digestion. 700 tonnes of devil’s claw are sold worldwide every year.
THE COCAGNE GARDENS
A successful combination of organic production and social integration!
Fleurance Nature has invested in developing the Fleurance Cocagne Gardens since April 2012.These 6 hectares of crops nestle at the heart of the Gers region in the commune of Fleurance - the birthplace of our company. The Cocagne Gardens are organic market gardens involved in promoting integration through economic activity. Through its various crops, Fleurance Nature encourages the use of these organic active ingredients in its products, such as black radish…
The Cocagne Gardens are generally classed as a non-profit-making association under the 1901 law and exist mainly in the form of an Employment Integration Workshop [Ateliers et Chantiers d'Insertion (ACI)]. The gardeners are recruited according to an integration programme. These individuals find themselves in precarious situations - in receipt of minimum social benefits, living in homeless shelters or other refuges, with no income, no home, long-term unemployment or have never worked, etc.
They are employed to do various gardening jobs (preparation and cultivation in greenhouses and outdoors, preparation and delivery of vegetable baskets and maintenance of premises and equipment, etc.)
The gardeners are supervised by a team of professional market gardeners and social workers whilst employed by Jardins de Cocagne. They receive social and professional support.
1001 FONTAINES : A commitment to provide water
Water - at the heart of humanitarian and environmental concerns!
Water is a crucial factor that impacts both health and the environment!
Just under 1.5 billion people have no access to drinking water, including over 900 million in rural settings.
« 1001 Fontaines pour demain » aims to sustainably improve the health of poor and isolated populations in developing countries by enabling them to produce safe drinking water locally, based on an entrepreneurial model that ensures village autonomy and sustainable solutions.
Fleurance Nature and its customers are proud supporters of the “1001 Fountains for Tomorrow” project, which encourages everyone to work together.
Following this successful initiative, a new fountain has been installed in the village of Mesa Prachan, in the Cambodian province of Prey Veaeng!
Hundreds of families now have access to clean drinking water thanks to the loyal partnership between Fleurance Nature and 1001 Fountains for Tomorrow.
The "1001 Fountains for Tomorrow" concept enables "drinking fountains" to be installed in small, isolated communities. This then generates drinking water that satisfies WHO criteria without waiting for a distribution network to be installed. 1001 Fountains finances the installation of drinking water stations, distributed in the form of cylinders, to villagers’ homes for less than €0.01 per litre. And 2 to 4 jobs are created in the village with every fountain !
UN TOIT POUR LES ABEILLES
Un toit pour les Abeilles : Fights against the disappearance of bees, which are vital for the preservation of biodiversity
Help to protect bees and develop colonies Fleurance Nature is also a proud partner of “A roof for bees” which :
- Fights against the disappearance of bees, which are vital for the preservation of biodiversity.
- Finances the installation of new bee colonies in partner apiaries across France.
- A sponsored hive can create a new bee colony (40,000 bees).
- Fleurance Nature sponsors a hive in Gers - its home region.
The bee population has been dwindling drastically in France in recent years with almost 30% of bee colonies disappearing every year. Ongoing studies attribute this gradual disappearance to several causes, namely pesticide treatments, parasitic infections, diseases, pollution, reduction in food resources (quantity and diversity of flowers providing nectar and pollen) and habitats, competition with invasive species, climate change, increased electromagnetic emissions and new predators, etc.