Publications
The publications below are produced by FLO or our partner organizations.
Business Unusual – Successes and Challenges of Fair Trade
BUSINESS UNUSUAL – Successes and Challenges of Fair Trade shows how Fair Trade works in practice, based on the examples of coffee, rice, handicrafts, cotton and textiles. Written by experts in their fields, the book goes into the pioneering work of Fair Trade Organisations in developing a truly responsible business model. It also discusses some lessons from Fair Trade for trade policy making, looking behind the reasons for the stalemate in world trade negotiations.
BUSINESS UNUSUAL is a reference book for everyone who wants to take an in-depth look behind the scenes of Fair Trade. The book is published by the four main international Fair Trade Associations: FLO (Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International), IFAT (International Fair Trade Association), NEWS! (Network of European Worldshops) and EFTA (European Fair Trade Association).
The English version of the publication is distributed by Fair Trade media in the United Kingdom (www.fairtrademedia.co.uk). You can order a book by calling +44 (0)845 0099012 or by emailing elainef@
pointov.com. The book is also available in Spanish, German, Dutch, French and Italian.
Fair Trade in Europe 2005
This survey, conducted by Jean Marie Krier, shows that Fair Trade sales in Europe have been growing at an average 20% per year since 2000. The annual net retail value of Fair Trade products sold in Europe now exceeds EUR 660 million. This is more than double the figure five years ago. Fair Trade has thus become one of the fastest growing markets in the world.
Fair Trade products can now be found in 55,000 supermarkets all over Europe and the market share has become significant in some countries: 47% of all bananas, 28% of the flowers and 9% of the sugar sold in Switzerland are Fair Trade labelled. In the UK, a market with eight times the population of Switzerland, labelled products have achieved a 5% market share of tea, a 5.5% share of bananas and a 20% share of ground coffee.
From modest beginnings in the 1950s, Fair Trade has expanded into a worldwide movement, benefiting more than five million producers and their families in developing countries. There are now over 2,800 Worldshops within Europe, stocking almost exclusively Fair Trade products imported by 200 Fair Trade organisations.
This book was published by the FINE platform (FLO, IFAT, NEWS and EFTA).
Buy Fair -A Guide to the public purchasing of Fair Trade products
This leaflet is meant to provide clear and simple advice for public authorities wishing to purchase Fair Trade products. The guide includes the following:
- An introduction to Fair Trade
- Advice on minimising legal uncertainties in procurement
- Actual text that can be used directly in public tenders
- Suggestions for other complementary activities
Download Buy Fair - A guide to the public purchasing of Fairtrade products
