Gepa The Fair Trade Company
The GEPA is Europe's largest alternative trading organisation. The abbreviation GEPA³ stands for "Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Partnerschaft mit der Dritten Welt mbH“, literally meaning "Society for the Promotion of Partnership with the Third World".
Main Goal
The main goal of GEPA is to improve the living and working conditions of people in the South, following the spirit of the UN Agenda 21 for economic, social and ecological sustainability.Partners of GEPA
- Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst ',
- Bischöfliches Hilfswerk Misereor der Katholischen Kirche ',
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Evangelischen Jugend ',
- Bund der Deutschen Katholischen Jugend ',
- Päpstliches Missionswerk der Kinder in Deutschland e.V. Papal Missionary work of Children in Germany .
Sale Structure
15 regional fair trade centres in the Federal Republic of Germany supply approximately 800 shops worldwide and roughly 6,000 action groups with fairly traded groceries and handcrafted products. Numerous supermarkets and food retailers also sell GEPA products. Business canteens, student unions, conference houses etc. are provided by GEPA on a wholesaler basis. The GEPA website also has an online shop.The "Regionalen Fair Handelszentren" or RFZ are partly owned by GEPA with the other part belonging to independent sponsors.
- RFZs sponsored by GEPA themselves:
- RFZs sponsored independently: