News and Features

The women who make our clothes are invisible. It’s time to change that.

Article posted: 8 Mar 2023

Fashion is a 1.53 trillion dollar industry, yet the people who make our clothes – overwhelmingly women – live in poverty.
Fairtrade on BBC One Panorama’s Sex for Work Broadcast

Article posted: 20 Feb 2023

A Panorama investigative report titled Sex for Work: The True Cost of Our Tea has aired on BBC One alleging gross sexual misconduct and gender-based violence (GBV) on Kenyan tea plantations.
Fairtrade and International Trade Centre Accelerate on Agenda 2030 with Enhanced Sustainability Partnership

Press release posted: 20 Feb 2023

In Geneva, the two organisations signed a new agreement aimed at boosting climate adaptation and gender empowerment efforts among smallholder farmers and enabling them to access new markets.
What’s the future of coffee? A living income for farmers.

Article posted: 17 Feb 2023

Any conversation about the future of the world’s most popular drink has to start with a basic premise: coffee farmers must be able to earn a living income.
February becomes Fairbruary!

Article posted: 15 Feb 2023

Fairtrade challenges everyone to make February the fairest month of the year.
New study details ‘positive’ impacts of Fairtrade on flower workers

Article posted: 13 Feb 2023

Fairtrade flowers workers in East Africa experience higher wages, better working conditions, and greater engagement in workers’ rights issues and gender equity than their non-Fairtrade certified ...
Identifying risks is the first step to tackling them – Fairtrade launches new map

Article posted: 25 Jan 2023

The tool shines a spotlight on the root causes behind the most salient human rights and environmental risks in commodities and countries where Fairtrade works.
Six things to expect from Fairtrade in 2023

Article posted: 23 Jan 2023

As 2023 gets underway, it is time to focus on the road ahead. We have an ambitious strategy to guide us through to shape a world which is fairer for people and the planet.
Ambitious advocacy and fair futures

Article posted: 11 Jan 2023

Fairtrade’s commitment to social justice and its mission to enable meaningful and tangible change across communities has long been rooted in the way it delivers impact.
A glimmer of light in the Pacific

Article posted: 15 Dec 2022

The Women’s School of Leadership has been rolled out in the Pacific – Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea for the first time ever in 2022.

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“We try to cope with the effects of climate change, for example, (we) have been receiving training on good agricultural practices, such as intercropping our coffee farms with other crops, which are a source of income and also a source of food. "Zeddy Rotich, member of Kabngetuny Women in Coffee.