El Paraíso Cooperative is formed by 20 partners from Pichincha (Ecuador).

Each partner owns a small cane sugar plantation as well as the machines that are used for the raw cane sugar extraction. Each plantation is autonomy run by the family from the cooperative. They also contracts local workforce, paid by a fair salary. With this, they generate employment and improve the life of these families.

With the benefits obtained following the Fairtrade rules sales, they also pay a higher salary to the workers, they finance the community school and equip and maintain an odontology centre. They have also got the sugar Organic Fairtrade Certification for the sugar cane plantations from the cooperative, as well as they have also got quality improvements in the product and continuous training for the workers