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Fairtrade Responds to ARTE documentary 6 Aug 2013 | 08:59 pm
On August 6, ARTE aired a documentary called, “Der faire Handel auf dem Prüfstand/Le business du commerce equitable�. We watched the documentary and we take the issues addressed very seriously. W...
Scaling Up with Integrity – What does it mean for Fairtrade? 1 Aug 2013 | 07:04 pm
Twenty-five years ago fair trade began as an ambitious concept that many said would never take off. The global Fairtrade system now represents over 1.3 million farmers and workers organized into more ...
Response to the Observer article on tea wages in India 21 Jul 2013 | 02:26 pm
Today’s Observer article How poverty wages for tea pickers fuel India’s trade in child slavery draws attention to child trafficking in Assam, India. The article highlights the role of poverty, inc...
Nespresso and Fairtrade join forces, launch innovative farmer support programme 16 Jul 2013 | 10:45 am
Harriet Lamb, CEO of Fairtrade International, and Jean-Marc Duvoisin, CEO of Nestlé Nespresso, today announce a new, long-reaching partnership to benefit thousands of small-scale coffee farmers. The ...
Celebrating Quinoa Cooperatives during the International Year of Quinoa 5 Jul 2013 | 02:15 pm
It’s nutritious, tasty, and versatile: quinoa – a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds – is a steadily-growing Fairtrade product among small-scale producer organizations. There a...
Statement of concern regarding implementation of migration law by Dominican government 21 Jun 2013 | 05:43 pm
In its public statement of May 13, 2013 Fairtrade International expressed concern about flaws in the new immigration legislation of the Dominican Republic that could cause harm to workers in the Domin...
Farmers to have equal say in Fairtrade 10 Jun 2013 | 01:05 pm
Farmers from Africa, Asia and South America are to have an equal say in running the global Fairtrade movement for the first time this week. In a ground-breaking move, producers of tea, coffee, bananas...
Fairtrade Access Fund’s first loans making impact 5 Jun 2013 | 03:51 pm
The Fairtrade Access Fund, established to address the long-term financing needs for smallholder farmers in developing countries, is growing fast. So far, a total of US$ 3.7 million has been distribute...
Fairtrade Launches on the Kenyan Market 4 Jun 2013 | 04:57 pm
Fairtrade International has launched Fairtrade Eastern Africa, an organization that markets and promotes use of the FAIRTRADE Mark on products in the Eastern African region. It’s a major step in ena...
Fairtrade’s position on the new immigration law of the Dominican Republic 13 May 2013 | 09:19 pm
Fairtrade certified bananas form a large percentage of the total volume of exported Dominican bananas. For many years we have been working with banana producers in the Dominican Republic extending Fai...
