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Vol 10, issue 110

December 1st, 2009

What’s New

New initiatives and products: following our successful operations in Brazil, International Resources has extended its

investments in sustainable development to French Guiana.

The local headquarters has just opened near the port of Cayenne. Thanks to the Hmong, Amerindian and African farmers

and craftsmen scattered throughout the country, we are now offering new original

homemade organic foods such as jam

with local fruits, chocolate, spices and

condiments, as well as a range of

beautiful handicraft items including

hamacs, basketwork, jewellery made

with seeds and natural fibres, small

furniture and decorative objects all

made from environmentally‑ friendly

materials.

Besides ensuring fair wages and

working conditions for the producers

in the various communities, this new

initiative of International Resources

includes also the creation of jobs

in the Cayenne area. The office

and distribution centre have been

built by a Guyanese construction

company using local labour, with

environmentally‑friendly materials and

solar energy and all our vehicles run

on natural gas.

All the employees have been recruited locally including the branch manager, 8 office

workers and 10 employees in the DC* for packaging and logistics.

Since the opening last week, we have received over a thousand orders via the internet from round the world, which is very

encouraging. Despite the crisis, it is clear that consumers continue to support sustainable development. We predict a bright

future and plan to invest some of the profits in the area in HIV education and testing, and in research for emerging tropical

diseases such as malaria and Dengue fever. Our next project is to extend our activities to neighbouring Surinam and

Guyana further north. I.R. now has operations in 25 countries supporting small producers on all continents of the world.

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IT innovation

Thanks to our R&D** experts, International Resources has developed new software to improve the marketing of our fair

trade products and target new customers. We have also introduced RFIDs*** replacing the easily ripped bar code labels in

most of our stores and distribution centres to speed up the processes along supply chains particularly concerning checking

shortages of products and stocks for just-in-time delivery and for tracking shipments.

Upcoming Events

December 15th International Arts and Crafts Trade Show in Bahia, Brazil.

December 18: Annual Board Meeting at Covent Gardens, London.

December 21st-23rd: in-house training for marketing department employees to implement new software.

January 1st: New Year’s Day celebrated in all branches of the 25 countries (filmed and connected by video conference!).

Recruitment

1 Administrative Assistant for Alice Springs Australia office.

1 manager Port au Prince Haiti office.

2 engineers for our research and development department in Cambridge, Mass.

2 logisticians, 1 accountant for El Jadida Morocco office.

Contact:

tel. 1 800 56904710

Email: international internationalresources@earthlink.com

International Resources plc

21 Brattle Street

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139. USA

http://www.internationalresources.com

* Distribution Center: warehouse(s) where packages and containers arrive (usually near ports or airports)

and are sorted and then sent to various destinations in the area.

** Research and development.

*** Radio-frequency identification (RFID) = use of an object (RFID tag) applied to or incorporated into a

product, for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves

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