The Ethical Trade Standards Committee meets around two to three times per year. We aim to have a wide and representative spread of appropriate expertise on the committee together with consumer and public interest representatives. The Ethical Trade Standards Committee's remit is to develop and keep under review our ethical trade standards and to deal with any relevant issues referred to the committee from licensees, Soil Association members, the public or our certification department. Agendas of meetings: We like to keep our standards setting process as transparent as possible. To view the last meetings' agendas, please visit the links below. Our minutes will be coming online soon but in the meantime, are available on request. ETSC 08/02/07 [PDF, 32 KB] ETSC 08/06/06 [PDF, 30 KB] Issues that have arisen in recent meetings: Plain English ethical trade standards Ethical trade symbol design & branding review Air freight Current committee members and their expertise: Ian Bretman: The Fairtrade Foundation Mike Brook: Licensee - beef, herb production and packing Andrew Burgess: Licensee - fresh produce packer David Croft: Licensee - organic and fairtrade chocolate Chris King: Licensee - textiles Mark Komatsu: Licensee - mushrooms and vegetables William Lana: Licensee - textiles Michael Marriage: Licensee - sheep, cereals and pulses Anthony Pile: Licensee - fruit Christopher Stopes: Consultant Simon Wright: Chair, Soil Association Council member and organic food consultant The next meeting will be held on 10th March 2009. For more information, please contact Ken Hayes at khayes@soilassociation.org. This page will be updated as changes to the pilot ethical trade standards committee arise.