TRADE AID SOAP

Available in our Nelson store & Online here our range of beauty and wellbeing products have been carefully selected to meet our 'eco friendly and sustainable' business objectives.

Trade Aid, fair trade soaps contain no palm oil, are cruelty free and are packaged in beautiful handmade paper.The packaging designs were created locally by the Trade Aid product development team, then screen printed by hand in India onto beautiful textured handmade paper.

THE TRADE AID STORY.

Creating fairness in trade since 1973

Trade Aid is a social enterprise creating fairness in trade. We work with small food and craft producers around the world, and we support and educate kiwi consumers to join with us in creating a world where trade is fair for all. Founded right here in New Zealand in 1973.

Kiwis are a great bunch. We know what it’s like to be small on the world stage and it doesn’t stop us. We stand up for what is right and lead the world when it matters. It was no accident that we were the first country to give women the vote or to introduce the 8-hour working day. We also know what it’s like to be an island alone, so we developed a unique culture and embraced creativity – who else could’ve invented snifters and pineapple lumps!

So when Christchurch couple Vi and Richard Cottrell knew there was a way they could help, they gathered their friends, cleared out their garage in preparation for artisan handcraft shipments from around the world, and started Trade Aid as a social enterprise, before anyone knew what a social enterprise* was!