El Puente is one of Germany's best-known fair trade online shops: coffee and tea, groceries, fashion and home accessories from fair trade – plus a world shop finder for local shopping.
„For us, trading fairly means respecting people and resources – with every product."
The people
The people behind El Puente
EL PUENTE GmbH from Nordstemmen in Lower Saxony is behind one of Germany's oldest fair trade ranges. The team is personally available on weekdays – by phone and email – and looks after local collection customers as well as the online shop. In 2001 the company founded the El Puente Foundation to put its work on a reliable long-term footing.
The product
The range
From fairly traded coffee – including a coffee subscription with ten percent savings – to spices, teas and groceries, fashion, wellness and home accessories: El Puente brings fair trade products together in one shop. Partner brands such as Conflictfood, fairfood and Chocolatemakers complement its own range, and a world shop finder points to brick-and-mortar stores.
The place
The place
El Puente is based at Lise-Meitner-Strasse 9 in Nordstemmen near Hildesheim. From here, fairly traded goods are shipped to customers all over Germany – free of shipping costs for orders over 75 euros.