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Fighting poverty and making trade fair must be priorities for new Foreign and Development Office, says Fairtrade
Eradicating global poverty should be a central aim of the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), says Fairtrade’s CEO Michael Gidney.
HOW THE UK LOVES FAIRTRADE BANANAS TO THE MOON AND BACK – SIX TIMES!
On Banana Lovers Day today, Fairtrade is celebrating the UK’s love affair with bananas and a strong performance with nearly a quarter of bananas sold in the UK certified as Fairtrade.
Be full of the best beans with Fairtrade’s The Filter
Fairtrade has launched a new video series, The Filter, to help coffee lovers unlock the secret of a quality brew, and encourage them to support Fairtrade coffee producers at the same time.
Fairtrade Foundation secures DFID funding to support flower and cocoa producers hit by global pandemic
The Fairtrade Foundation has won two out of eight grants launched today by the UK Government to support agricultural producers and garment workers in developing countries during the coronavirus pandemic, and to build longer-term resilience in their core supply chains.
Nurturing biodiversity and reducing carbon footprint
Nurturing biodiversity and reducing carbon footprint is the name of the game with CLAC PIP’s banana improvements
Fairtrade CLAC Relief Fund helps cocoa co-operative in Peru implement biosafety protocol
Cocoa co-operative in Peru uses Fairtrade CLAC’s Relief Fund to finance biosafety measures to prevent COVID-19 contagion.
Fairtrade Foundation very disappointed by deep cuts to UK aid
Tim Aldred, the Fairtrade Foundation’s Head of Policy, said: ‘We are very disappointed by this deep cut to UK aid. It falls at a time when hundreds of thousands are losing work in some of the poorest parts of the world, and extreme poverty and hunger are rising dramatically.
Fairtrade recognised for measures to protect human rights in food supply chain in Oxfam report
Fairtrade measures to protect human rights and tackle the effects of COVID in food supply chains have been acknowledged in a discussion paper by Oxfam, From Risk to Resilience.
Fairtrade coffee co-op earns more than £190,000 with ground-breaking clean cooking carbon credit project
Women Fairtrade coffee co-operative members from Ethiopia have been the first to earn carbon credits from clean cooking.
The UK has a unique opportunity to lead the world in making trade work for people and the planet
Today Fairtrade joined several NGOs, including CAFOD, Christian Aid and WWF to sign an open letter to Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss calling for trade deals to be aligned to environmental goals and to go further in reducing carbon emissions.