The Society section of The Guardian published a special report on fair trade yesterday, which looks at the growth of the Fairtrade movement. Some of the topics it considers are whether fair trade is a permanent solution to poverty, whether the goods are in conflict with the environmental impact of their production (such as flying the products in from far-off countries), and whether big brands, such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s and M&S, are in fact committed to the cause.