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Typical factors that may become buying criteria for one of the above: | Typical factors that may become buying criteria for one of the above: | ||
*[[comprehensive outcome]] of a [[commodity]]'s whole [[service cycle]], e.g. [[coffee]] planting, picking, roasting, grinding, packaging and shipping, or the more intensive [[cocoa]], | *[[comprehensive outcome]] of a [[commodity]]'s whole [[service cycle]], e.g. [[coffee]] planting, picking, roasting, grinding, packaging and shipping, or the more intensive [[cocoa]], | ||
*hidden [[natural capital]] conversion, e.g. of [[wood]] to make [[charcoal]] resulting in [[deforestation]] | |||
*hidden [[individual capital]] conversion, e.g. [[slave labour]], undervalued [[caring labour]], even [[genocide]] | |||
*use of [[diamond]] or [[tantallum]] in status symbols, making [[ewaste]] | *use of [[diamond]] or [[tantallum]] in status symbols, making [[ewaste]] | ||
*[[employability]] [[ratio]] - [[labour-intensive]] vs. [[capital-intensive]] ([[intermediate technology]] and [[appropriate technology]]) processes, [[UN Human Development Index]] and [[purchasing power parity]] | *[[employability]] [[ratio]] - [[labour-intensive]] vs. [[capital-intensive]] ([[intermediate technology]] and [[appropriate technology]]) processes, [[UN Human Development Index]] and [[purchasing power parity]] | ||
*other typical [[safe trade]] criteria, especially as applied to [[food]] | *other typical [[safe trade]] criteria, especially as applied to [[food]] | ||
*other typical [[fair trade]] criteria, especially as applied to [[textile]]s | *other typical [[fair trade]] criteria, especially as applied to [[textile]]s | ||