There’s happiness in the cooperative! Before [Fairtrade] we didn’t earn enough. Now when I get ill the coop looks after me. Before people came, bought our cocoa and we never saw them again.
Issouf Traore, cocoa farmer, ECOOKIM - ECOJAD, Côte d'Ivoire
News and Features
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Fairtrade Impact Map: delivering greater impact for farmers, workers, businesses and consumers
Article posted: 17 Jan 2024
The Impact Map is a free-to-use, publicly-accessible interactive map which contains more than 100 Fairtrade projects and commissioned studies around the world, with detailed information on all ...
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An empty chair - Five reflections on COP28
Article posted: 21 Dec 2023
From 30 November to 12 December, Dubai hosted the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), known as COP28. As I returned to my home country and reflected on my experience, I ...
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EU makes due diligence mandatory
Press release posted: 14 Dec 2023
The newly agreed EU corporate sustainability directive will require companies to undertake mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence throughout their value chains.
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UNIDO and Fairtrade International forge partnership for sustainable supply chains
Press release posted: 11 Dec 2023
UNIDO and Fairtrade International inked a new Joint Declaration at the 28th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC in Dubai on 10 December 2023, emphasising their shared commitment to promoting ...
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Fairtrade calls for “fair due diligence” in new report
Press release posted: 8 Dec 2023
Fairtrade International’s first human rights and environmental due diligence report features aggregated audit data on key issues, describes Fairtrade's due diligence process, and emphasises shared ...
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Global Fairtrade sugar industry summit commits to sustainable Fairtrade solutions
Article posted: 30 Nov 2023
Global Fairtrade sugar industry summit commits to sustainable Fairtrade solutions
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Tired of talking about climate justice? Yes and no!
Article posted: 23 Nov 2023
Tired of talking about climate justice? Yes and no! Opinion piece by Juan Pablo Solis, Senior Advisor Climate and Environment, Fairtrade International.
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Fair Trade Movement calls for urgent rethink on climate action
Press release posted: 9 Nov 2023
The Fair Trade Movement today calls on governments, businesses and world leaders to scale up joint efforts and take bold, immediate, meaningful and inclusive climate action before it is too late.
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Fairtrade producers set to expand deforestation monitoring through new partnership with Satelligence
Press release posted: 7 Nov 2023
The partnership will support more than one million Fairtrade coffee and cocoa farmers cultivating 2.5 million hectares to boost forest protection and meet EU regulations.
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COMMENT: It's the price, stupid!
Article posted: 13 Oct 2023
As Fairtrade launches its new offer to commercial partners in banana supply chains, Fairtrade International’s senior advisor for bananas, Silvia Campos, explains why sustainable prices are the key to ...
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