Home     Menu Info on globalisation UNAMG members Become a member Your signature for fairness Support UNAMG             About UNAMG Contact Membership conditions Privacy Imprint         UNAMG.NET - United Association for moral globalisation Have you ever asked yourself where your windsurf and water sports equipment comes from and under what conditions it is produced? No, we do not want to make you have a bad conscience now, and you are neither supposed to donate money nor spend enormous amounts of money on fair trade products. Our message is: You can campaign for socially acceptable, humane and environmentally friendly water sports production without having to pay one single penny! It is enough to look for this UNAMG certificate while browsing for windsurf and water sports equipment: Windsurf manufacturers, dealers, distributors and retailers that carry this logo have voluntarily agreed to comply with the following principles:   Refusal and avoidance of inhuman and exploiting working conditions Renouncement of child labour as well as renouncement of cooperating with companies who are known to resort to child labour Priority on sustainable and resource-friendly production techniques which always keep environmental questions in view     You can find an overview on certified brands, manufacturers, distributors, travel agencies, service providers and surfshops here. Do you also want to contribute to the project? Then simply sign our petition in which you state that you are aware of the existing problems and that you can imagine letting the UNAMG certificate decide on where and what you buy.   Background info on the UNAMG concept Rising World trade The worldwide trade undergoes a progressive growth: The economic integration lead to an increasingly globalized world, and also in the water sports sector, that leads to an outsourcing of personnel-intensive production to low-wage countries which also often have low environmental standards.   Price drop for water sports products - a blessing? The enthusiastic water sportsman can be happy about the low-price sports goods, and importers and retailers benefit from higher margins that can be realized by low purchase prices. But in most cases, they have to give up human rights or the environment in return. The water sports sector is especially affected by this as the production is rather personnel-intensive, for example for windsurf products, surfboards, kitesurf articles, Standup Paddling (SUP) etc.   The consequences : inhumane working conditions agonizing child labour ecologically harmful production techniques   UNAMG does not aim at preventing globalisation or at bringing back the personnel-intensive production to our countries, but we are convinced that the production can be widely socially acceptable, resource-friendly and sustainable in spite of outsourcing if manufacturers, importers and dealers are aware of their huge corporate social responsibility (CSR) and accept to respect the UNAMG code of conduct. This voluntary negotiated agreement enables windsurfers and water sportsmen to take part in decision-making on how the production of water sports products will be - not by donating or something, but by considering the UNAMG.net logo for the next purchase and by buying brands from dealers that are UNAMG-certified and carry the quality seal.   Disclaimer: Please read! Just because a brand or a dealer does not carry the UNAMG logo, you cannot conclude that that company or brand belongs to the black sheep of the sector. The intention of UNAMG is not to denounce companies or allege that they are not aware of their social responsibility, but to present some of many companies and organisations with a sense of responsibility. If you do not find a certain brand or company on this website, it can be due to many reasons. They might simply not know about UNAMG by now, for example. We would be happy if you told the vendor in question about us and if you suggested a membership (which is free of charge, by the way) - In addition to that, a membership is a good sales argument.   Our first member: Windstärke 7   Our newest member: GV Qualité

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Hintergrundinfos zu UNAMG und zur Globalisierung Globalisierung und soziale Verantwortung, beispielsweise in Form der Wahrung der Menschenwürde, der Förderung von Umweltverträglichkeit und der Verhinderung von Kinderarbeit, schließen sich nicht aus. Die Theorie der komparativen Kostenvorteile besagt, dass in einer globalisierten Wirtschaft jedes Land den Teil der Güter- und Dienstleistungsproduktion übernehmen soll, den er am besten im Stande zu leisten ist. Es kann demnach nicht darum gehen, Globalisierung zu verhindern, sondern darum, sie fair zu gestalten. Dass sich arbeitsintensive Produktion von Sportartikeln aus den Bereichen Windsurfing, Kitesurfing, Funsport oder Wassersport allgemein in so genannte Billiglohnländer in Asien wie Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan und Indien verlagert, hat somit seine Berechtigung. Keine Berechtigung jedoch hat es, Menschenrechte durch Kinderarbeit, unzumutbare Arbeitsbedingungen und Dumpinglöhne in gleichem Zug zu tolerieren. Der Anteil der Löhne am Einkaufspreis von Importen ist verschwindend gering, und wer hier auf den Preis drückt, spart zwar am Einkaufspreis, jedoch ebenso an Sozialverträglichkeit und Nachhaltigkeit - und damit an der Menschlichkeit und der Zukunft. Ein Corporate Social Responsiblity (CSR) Konzept für Unternehmen steigert darüber hinaus den Wert ihrer Marken, ihre Glaubwürdigkeit und ihr Ansehen. Somit ist die freiwillige Selbstverpflichtung dazu, soziale Verantwortung zu übernehmen, gar ein Mehrwert für Unternehmen und stellt einen echtes Verkaufsargument dar, das einen Wettbewerbsvorteil bringt. UNAMG fordert Windsurfer und andere Wassersportler dazu auf, beim nächsten Materialkauf auf das Vorhandensein des UNAMG Gütesiegels, das für fairen Handel und eine Fairness in der Produktion sowie für Umweltverträglichkeit steht, zu achten. Freihandel lässt sich nicht stoppen. Lassen Sie uns die Herausforderung des 21. Jahrhunderts, moralisch, sozialverträglich und menschenwürdig gestalten, auf dass auch Globalisierungsgegner zu reflektierenden Globalisierungskritikern und interventionsbereiten und aktiven Globalisierungsgestaltern werden. Gabelbaum, Mast, Segel, Mastfuß, Boardbag, Surfbag, Surfboard, Windsurfboard, Trapez, Trapeztampen, Fußschlaufen, Mastbag, Neopren, Surfbrett, Surfladen, Surfshop, Windsurfshop Kapitalismus Globalisierungskritik