FAIRTRADE LAUNCHES VIRTUAL ETHICAL ADVENT CALENDAR WITH EXQUISITE PRIZES WORTH OVER £2,500

Check out the Virtual Ethical Advent Calendar here. Peek behind the doors of Fairtrade’s Virtual Ethical Advent Calendar

2 min read | November 13, 2020

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Fairtrade Foundation backs parliamentary recommendations for addressing impacts of Covid-19 in developing countries

Fairtrade welcomes a new report urging the UK government to ensure action on global health crises does not undermine longer-term international development work.

2 min read | November 13, 2020

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Fairtrade Foundation responds to new Environment Bill measures to tackle illegal deforestation in supply chains

Fairtrade Foundation’s position on new move to ban UK firms from selling products linked to illegal deforestation overseas.

1 min read | November 11, 2020

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You’ve heard of Gen Y and Gen Z, but what about Gen Tea?

Clipper Tea launches its biggest marketing campaign to date to celebrate Gen Tea. A new generation of consumers who love tea but care about the people and planet too.

2 min read | November 5, 2020

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Amazon Launches ‘Climate Pledge Friendly’ in Europe to Make It Easier for Customers to Discover and Shop for Sustainable Products

Fairtrade is taking part in Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly programme, launched in Europe today to help customers find sustainable products.

1 min read | October 28, 2020

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Who’s going to pay to end child labour in West African cocoa?

Dario Soto Abril, CEO Fairtrade International, explains why fair trade must become the norm rather than the exception to tackle child labour in West African cocoa production.

4 min read | October 19, 2020

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Kantaben Charda (back) and Mamtuben Charda (front), Fairtrade-certified cotton farmers picking cotton in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.

Fairtrade secures funds to protect future cotton supply chains

Scheme will support most vulnerable cotton famers during Covid-19 and help keep our favourite clothes on shop shelves.

3 min read | October 7, 2020

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Four women from Bio Farmer Agricultural Commodity and Service Cooperative, Kyrgyzstan

Why we should keep choosing sustainable fashion that boosts incomes for farmers and workers

Feel good about your fashion by choosing eco-friendly outfits that benefit the people who make our clothes and limit our impact on the planet’s resources.

3 min read | October 7, 2020

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Fairtrade welcomes cocoa farmers earning a higher price in Ghana & Côte d’Ivoire

As the cocoa harvest season begins in West Africa, Fairtrade welcomes the higher price farmers receive in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana as of 1 October.

2 min read | October 1, 2020

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Mrs. and Mr. W.G. Sumanadasa picking tea in Sri Lanka. They have received the Covid Relief Fund. NAPP

Fairtrade Relief Fund assists producers hit hard by the COVID pandemic

Fairtrade producer organisations in 55 countries are benefitting from the €2.1 million Fairtrade Producer Relief Fund that is helping thousands of farmers, workers and their communities cope with the immediate impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

3 min read | September 25, 2020

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