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Fairtrade sales outperformed the market during its annual flagship campaign

Stuart Mitchell

The Fairtrade Foundation has reported a strong uplift in retail sales of Fairtrade products driven by its annual flagship campaign Fairtrade Fortnight which ran for the first time in September. According to data from Kantar’s Worldpanel 2024 – which consists of real data scanned in by panelists – Fairtrade sales of confectionery, hot drinks and bananas outperformed that of total volumes versus the 2 weeks prior to the campaign (2 w/e 8th September 2024). Many farmers overseas are under pressure to respond to risks such as poor working conditions, climate…

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Fairtrade programme that supports child labour prevention and remediation takes off

Stuart Mitchell

Fairtrade’s Child Labour and Forced Labour Prevention and Remediation Programme launched in 2023 is beginning to make a meaningful impact on the lives of cocoa farmers and their families. According to the latest report, four small-scale producer organisations – CANN Cooperative, DAVO Cooperative, SOCAMEA Cooperative in Côte d’Ivoire, and ABOCFA Cooperative in Ghana – have received 50 percent of €80,000 in funding awarded to them, and their community building proposals focused on child labour prevention and remediation are becoming a reality. In Côte d’Ivoire, the CANN Cooperative and DAVO Cooperative…

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New study highlights ways Fairtrade can support businesses looking to reduce carbon emissions on smallholder farms

Stuart Mitchell

A new study investigates the carbon footprint of four Fairtrade products from five country origins (cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, coffee from Colombia, bananas from the Dominican Republic and red roses from Kenya). It identifies mitigation strategies for each commodity, and reveals five key recommendations to help businesses looking to reduce their scope 3 emissions (the indirect emissions created in a value chain) on smallholder farms in their supply chains.   The primary finding of the study, Carbon footprints and mitigation opportunities in Fairtrade supply chains, is that, when working…

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Climate change adaptation plans revealed as a crucial tool for Fairtrade farmers

Stuart Mitchell

Due to the expanding consequences of climate change, a growing number of Fairtrade producer organisations have developed and implemented climate change adaptation plans to help strengthen production, according to a newly released Fairtrade study. The study, titled “Exploratory Study into Climate Change Adaptation Plans and Measures in the Fairtrade System,” found that climate change adaptation plans have mostly been developed by coffee producers so far, representing 52 percent of the existing plans, likely because they became a core requirement in the 2022 update of Fairtrade Coffee Standard. However, some cocoa,…

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New research reveals significant sustainability benefits of Fairtrade organic cotton in India as compared to conventional practices

Stuart Mitchell

Fairtrade certified organic cotton in India is associated with better environmental outcomes than non-Fairtrade cotton, according to a new study released today at the first International Fairtrade Textile Forum in Paris. Commissioned by Fairtrade India, the study was conducted in six of the top cotton-producing states in India and was designed to detect differences between farms that are both Fairtrade and organic certified, farms that are non-Fairtrade and using conventional methods, and some variations in between, including Fairtrade farms in the process of converting to organic. Cotton that was both…

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