Library

Fairtrade Research and Publications

Highlights

  • Implementing Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence - Traders

  • Implementing Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence - Plantations

  • Guidebook: Implementing Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence - Farmer Cooperatives

  • 2022 Annual Report

  • Impact of Fairtrade on flower workers and market access of flower farms in East Africa

  • A Fair Price for Human Rights Due Diligence

All Publications

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    Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Asia and Pacific region - Monitoring report, 10th Edition

    Published: 28 Nov 2019

    By the end of 2017, there were 261 Fairtrade producer organizations in 20 countries throughout the Asia and Pacific region. More than 260,000 farmers and workers in the region make up about 15 percent of the global total in the Fairtrade system. Producers in the region earned €12.5 million in Fairtrade Premium in 2017 to ...

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    2018-19 annual report: Choosing a fairer future through trade

    Published: 15 Nov 2019

    Our annual report for 2018-2019 provides information about Fairtrade's reach and impact, ongoing projects, and future plans. "Fairtrade exists to create fairer terms of trade, and put power in the hands of farmers and workers to earn a decent living and make decisions about their future. Progress may seem slow at times, ...

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    Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Africa and Middle East region - Monitoring report, 10th Edition

    Published: 21 Oct 2019

    Producer organizations in Africa and the Middle East make up about a third of all Fairtrade certified organizations worldwide: by the end of 2017, there were 535 Fairtrade producer organizations in 31 countries throughout the region. The number of farmers and workers in the region makes up almost two-thirds of the global ...

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    Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Cocoa - Monitoring report, 10th Edition

    Published: 18 Oct 2019

    In 2017, cocoa was the fastest-growing Fairtrade product category with sales jumping by an impressive 57 percent in volume to more than 214,000 metric tonnes (MT). Growth continued in 2018, with a 21 percent increase in volumes sold (to 260,628 MT) and €44 million in Fairtrade Premium paid to certified cocoa ...

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    Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Coffee – Monitoring report, 10th Edition

    Published: 4 Oct 2019

    Coffee continues to be the most significant product within the Fairtrade product range in terms of production volume as well as the number of producers involved. Today, there are 582 Fairtrade certified coffee producer organizations across 32 countries, with a total of 762,392 farmer members. From 2016 to 2017, sales ...

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    Fairtrade: Sustainable trade for sustainable development

    Published: 17 Sep 2019

    For three decades we have helped get fairer deals for farmers and workers in developing countries, and now we are a significant driver of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Fairtrade has a crucial role in sustainable development. Nearly all the 169 targets which underpin the global goals are somehow related to food ...

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    Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Sugar – Monitoring report, 10th Edition

    Published: 6 Sep 2019

    The global sugar industry is vast and complex. Around 80 percent of the world’s sugar is derived from sugarcane. It is grown by millions of small-scale farmers and plantation workers in developing countries before entering the sugarcane supply chain, which comprises factories/mills, refiners, wholesalers, traders and ...

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    Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Tea – Monitoring report, 10th Edition

    Published: 20 Aug 2019

    Tea is the second most popular beverage in the world, surpassed only by water. Most tea is produced on large estates employing hundreds or thousands of workers in East Africa and Southeast Asia. But there are also a number of small tea producers organized through co-operatives and associations who sell their ...

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    Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Bananas – Monitoring report, 10th Edition

    Published: 5 Jul 2019

    Note: We began reporting key monitoring data differently starting with 2017 figures. Product-specific reports for the top seven Fairtrade products by volume are being added as they become available. The Fairtrade banana sector is going from strength to strength. Sales figures are increasing, as are the number of certified ...

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    Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Flowers – Monitoring report, 10th Edition

    Published: 19 Jun 2019

    Note: We began reporting key monitoring data differently starting with 2017 figures. Product-specific reports for the top seven Fairtrade products by volume are being added as they become available. Fairtrade first began certifying flowers in 2001 to address labour rights and environmental challenges in the industry and ...

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