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![A mine worker stands where gold-rich soil is dug at the mining cooperative Limata](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/A-mine-worker-stands-where-gold-rich-soil-is-dug-at-the-mining-cooperative-Limata-768x480.jpg)
Fairtrade, Valcambi, FairCapital and Fairphone partnership set to promote safe and responsible practices in Peru’s artisanal and small-scale gold mines
Fairtrade Valcambi FairCapital and Fairphone are partnering on a new programme funded by the European Partnership for Responsible Minerals (EPRM…
![Aldi's beehive egg next to Co-op's golden praline egg](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Easter-egg-press-banner-768x480.jpg)
HOPPING GOOD FAIRTRADE CHOCOLATE GOES DOWN A TREAT AT EASTER
Hop into the Fairtrade Foundation round-up of the best ethical Easter treats.
![Red nose day Fairtrade t-shirts - left t-shirt Finding Nemo characters with red nose and on the right a Jessie character with a lasso catching the red nose](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Red-nose-day-tshirts-final-768x418.png)
Fairtrade COTTON CHARI-TEES – HELPING TO CHANGE LIVES THIS RED NOSE DAY
grab yourself an exclusive Red Nose Day chari-tee made with Fairtrade certified organic cotton to help change lives in the UK and around the world.
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Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy – Fairtrade Foundation Response
Responding to the UK government’s Integrated Review of Security Defence Development and Foreign Policy the Fairtrade Foundation’s Head of Policy…
![auline Wambui, a worker at the Fairtrade certified Valentine Growers in Kiambu, Kenya.](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BBB-image-768x432.jpg)
Embrace living wages to help overseas workers ‘bloom back better’ after Covid-19, Fairtrade tells flower industry ahead of Mother’s Day
The UK flower industry must work towards achieving living wages for flower workers in low-income countries and support flower farms to improve workers’ incomes and rights, so they can build their resilience to crises such as Covid-19, says the Fairtrade Foundation.
![Liz Truss MP with members of the Fairtrade All Party Parliamentary Group at the virtual Fairtrade event](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Fairtrade-APPG-in-Conversation-with-Liz-Truss-768x443.jpg)
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss affirms importance of Fairtrade to UK trade agenda and overseas development
Liz Truss MP praises ‘huge benefits’ of Fairtrade for consumers and producers, at event marking end of Fairtrade Fortnight.
![Allotment in a field](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Climate-change-garden-768x432.jpg)
‘The Climate Change Garden’: Fairtrade Fortnight event explores how to grow plants sustainably in a time of climate crisis
Fairtrade teams up with Permaculture Association Rachael Twumasi-Corsen chef Tom Hunt and two Fairtrade tea producers to explore how to…
![Bright illustration of a farmer picking a cocoa pod with film strip in the background](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/6-Fairtrade-festival-film-header-FINAL-768x284.jpg)
CREATIVITY AGAINST THE CLIMATE CRISIS: EXPLORING CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND ITS ROLE IN CAMPAIGNING FOR CHANGE
As Fairtrade Fortnight continues, actor and Fairtrade Foundation Patron actor Adjoa Andoh chairs a creative activitsm debate.
![Fairtrade farmer Hector Hermilo Perdomo surveys the damage to farmland after Hurricanes Eta and Iota hit Honduras in November 2020](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Fairtrade-farmer-Hector-Hermilo-Perdomo-surveys-the-damage-to-farmland-after-Hurricanes-Eta-and-Iota-hit-Honduras-in-November-2020.-Credit-Sean-Hawkey.-768x308.jpg)
‘Stop dumping our emissions on poorer countries’: Fairtrade urges government to protect farmers and food supplies from climate crisis
New report launched to mark Fairtrade Fortnight calls for action on climate crisis.
![Fairtrade bananas with stickers of Fairtrade Mark](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fairtrade-bananas-with-mark-768x432.png)
The Fairtrade Foundation welcomes news of agreement on a trade deal with Ghana
Responding to the news that the UK and Ghana have reached agreement on a trade deal Tim Aldred Head of…