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Fairtrade’s banana offer creates resilient supply chains

Stuart Mitchell

In occasion of Fruit Attraction 2024, Fairtrade is pleased to show how the expansion of its sustainable banana offer contributes to workers’ income and supports businesses committed towards living wages on certified banana plantations across the world. The sustainable banana offer, officially launched one year ago, covers wage and price calculation, its distribution, reporting, and third party verification in one convenient Fairtrade solution. It includes four core elements – the Fairtrade Minimum Price (FMP), additional cash payments from the Fairtrade Premium, the Living Wage Reference Price (LWRP), and the Fairtrade…

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Thousands turn out to support Fairtrade’s ‘Be the Change’ Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Fairtrade Fortnight – two weeks of events and awareness-raising about Fairtrade in the UK (9-22 September) – has concluded, with thousands of committed Fairtrade supporters turning out to support its ‘Be the Change’ Campaign. Following Fortnight there was a significant increase in awareness amongst the UK public, with 23% of people saying they have heard of Fairtrade Fortnight (up from 12% in 2023). 83% of people who said they had heard of Fairtrade Fortnight said that they went on to purchase a Fairtrade product as a result of seeing the…

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New Fairtrade study demonstrates that smallholder coffee farming practices are more climate friendly than large scale plantations

Stuart Mitchell

Small-scale coffee in Latin America are on average more environmentally friendly than large-scale plantations, new Fairtrade research released ahead of International Coffee Day, Tuesday 1st October 2024, shows. However, large plantations, which often produce coffee using unshaded monoculture, mechanisation and chemical inputs, are in a better position to quickly respond to market and legislative changes. The Fairtrade study, Understanding the Climate and Environmental Impacts of Smallholder Coffee Farming, investigated existing academic and sectoral literature regarding the environmental sustainability of small-scale coffee production in five Latin American countries – Brazil, Colombia,…

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ALDI launches Fairtrade cocoa project

Stuart Mitchell

ALDI proudly continues to support its long-term Fairtrade partner and cocoa cooperative ECAMOM driving impactful initiatives aimed at fostering women’s empowerment, tackle child labour, enhancing financial inclusion, and ensuring sustainable agricultural practices to support readiness for EUDR. In 2020, the ALDI SOUTH Group, Fairtrade, the chocolate manufacturer Storck and the cocoa cooperative ECAMOM in Côte d’Ivoire established a strategic working relationship which resulted in annual Impact Reports. Through these impact reports, ECAMOM collected data from its 3,800 cocoa farmers on how the Fairtrade premium, received for the cocoa sold to…

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Fairtrade is a strong partner in protecting forests and deforestation prevention, new study finds

Stuart Mitchell

Fairtrade certified cocoa and coffee cooperatives are in an advantageous position when it comes to protecting forests and complying with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) that will start to take effect at the end of this year, according to a new study by Fairtrade. Called “The Effect of Fairtrade on Forest Protection and Deforestation Prevention,” the study found that several factors contribute to the better positioning of Fairtrade cooperatives, especially their compliance with the Fairtrade Standards that guide them to implement key forest protection measures and that align with the…

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