2006-07 annual report: Shaping global partnerships
Published: 8 Aug 2007
Our annual report for 2006-07 provides an overview of key Fairtrade activities and statistics.
"It is just ten years since Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) was created in April 1997. The 14 National Labelling Initiatives, which were at that time operating independently in their respective markets, came together to create FLO as an umbrella organization with a mission to set Fairtrade Standards, to support, inspect and certify producers, as well as to harmonize the Fairtrade message across the movement. In only a decade, FLO has developed from being a small organization into a multinational association with global outreach. The number of Fairtrade Certified Producer Organizations has tripled and Fairtrade sales have enjoyed an average growth of 40% per year... Attracted by Fairtrade’s success with consumers, 2006 saw increasing numbers of mainstream companies and major supermarket chains embracing Fairtrade."
– Barbara Fiorito, Chair of the board, from the report's introduction