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Consumer support for Fairtrade remains strong despite global cost of living crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Consumers all over the world are staying loyal to Fairtrade as the most visible and trusted ethical label, according to new research findings released by GlobeScan and Fairtrade. Close to three in five (56 percent) shoppers surveyed in 12 countries said they were willing to pay more for a Fairtrade product, despite the increased cost of living. While consumers are increasingly concerned about rising food prices, small-scale farmers also face skyrocketing fuel, transport and fertiliser costs, putting their livelihoods even further at risk. “It is encouraging that shoppers are staying…

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Fairtrade membership and sales grew in 2021, as price, access to markets and climate change are top of mind for producers

Stuart Mitchell

Financial benefits from Fairtrade sales and numbers of producers in the Fairtrade system reached record levels in 2021, topping €200 million in Fairtrade Premium and two million farmers and workers, respectively, according to a set of monitoring reports released today by Fairtrade International. The fourteenth edition of the reports highlight a full set of data including details of producer organisations and their farmer members and employees, hectares under Fairtrade certified cultivation, volumes sold across all products, and Fairtrade Premium earned. By the end of 2021, 1,930 producer organisations had Fairtrade…

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Waitrose launch UK’s first own-brand Fairtrade coconut oil

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose have launched their new own label Coconut Oil, which is both organic and Fairtrade, the first of its kind in the UK. This coconut oil has been produced by the Sonmic Organic and Natural Farmers’ Association (SONFA). They are a small producer organisation based in Sri Lanka, who prioritise organic farming with a strong focus on protecting the environment. Fairtrade works with the coconut farmers to ensure they receive a fair price for their crops, and the Fairtrade producer networks offer farmers training on environmentally friendly pest control, biodiversity…

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Fairtrade releases HREDD guides for traders and plantations

Stuart Mitchell

The two new publications offer tailored guidance on human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) to large farms with a hired workforce and traders who buy directly from farmer cooperatives and plantations. They follow the release of the first-ever HREDD guide for farmer cooperatives and will soon be complemented by another guide for Fairtrade licensees, so that all actors in global value chains can find orientation and practical advice for collaborating on their HREDD journeys. Who needs an HREDD guide and why? Let’s be honest – navigating HREDD isn’t easy.…

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Fairtrade Increases Coffee Minimum Price As Farmers Face Mounting Economic and Climate Pressures

Stuart Mitchell

Fairtrade will raise its Minimum Price for coffee in an effort to strengthen protections for coffee farmers around the world amid the intensifying impacts of climate change and growing global economic volatility, the social justice organization today confirmed. The new Fairtrade prices, which come into effect for contracts signed as of 1 August 2023, will increase the baseline price by 19 percent and 29 percent for Fairtrade certified Robusta and Arabica coffee, respectively. This will provide farmers with significant price risk management support in times of wild market fluctuation, and…

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