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Unfair trade was firmly in the firing line this International Coffee Day as Fairtrade hosted The Fairtrade Comedy Roast, an evening of laughter, conversation and caffeine-fuelled campaigning in London to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight. Hosted by comedian Cody Dahler, the event featured an exceptional line-up of comedians: Kemah Bob, Kyrah Gray, Daniel Foxx, Raul Kohli and Aurie Styla, and gathered creators, campaigners, artists and coffee lovers to take aim at the absurdities of a global trading system that too often rewards everyone except the people who grow our coffee. Between laughs,…

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Commenting on University of Reading student Maha Khan’s chocolate bar, made with 100% UK ingredients, Marina El-Hasni, Fairtrade Foundation Senior Sustainable Sourcing Manager for Cocoa says the story underlines a bigger challenge:  “This British-made chocolate bar is a striking reminder that the future of much-loved foods like chocolate cannot be taken for granted. As Maha found out, chocolate is a really hard thing to make — and that is precisely why we cannot take the smallholder farmers overseas who grow cocoa for granted. Cocoa is highly sensitive to changes in…

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Fairtrade International has updated its Human Rights Remediation Policy, marking an important milestone in strengthening how human rights violations are addressed across Fairtrade supply chains. The updated policy was approved during Fairtrade’s General Assembly week held earlier this year.  The Human Rights Remediation policy (formally known as the Act to Protect Policy) outlines Fairtrade’s approach to enabling effective remediation when human rights and environmental health and safety violations occur, while reinforcing the organisation’s long-standing commitment to respecting internationally recognised human rights. It builds on Fairtrade’s broader human rights commitment and…

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Fairtrade has published a new position paper on mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD) calling on policymakers to ensure that emerging regulations deliver meaningful benefits for farmers, workers, and the environment across global supply chains.  As more governments around the world introduce due diligence legislation, Fairtrade welcomes efforts to hold businesses accountable for human rights and environmental impacts. However, poorly designed rules could unintentionally increase pressure on the very people they aim to protect.  “If laws impose demands on smallholder farmers without providing the financial and technical means…

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Fairtrade International has officially launched the public consultation for its Standards Evolution Project inviting producer organisations, businesses, and partners around the world to help shape the future of Fairtrade Standards. The consultation marks a major milestone in Fairtrade’s multi-year initiative to modernize and strengthen its standards in response to growing global challenges, including climate change, rising production costs, widening social inequalities, and increasingly complex human rights and environmental regulations. As part of Fairtrade’s standard review process for changes in Standards, Fairtrade has published a consultation document with the proposed changes.…

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