You have undoubtedly noticed them on supermarket shelves in the exotic fruit section: boxes of bright orange berries crowned by green-brown, papery sepals. Where do they come from and what is the story behind these ‘lanterns’? And...
Fairtrade Matters’, a new evocative and thought-provoking short film by the Fairtrade Foundation, created by GOOD Agency and produced by HLA and their director Will Robson-Scott, offers a glimpse into the lives of just two of the...
Fairtrade Matters’, a new evocative and thought-provoking short film by the Fairtrade Foundation, created by GOOD Agency and produced by HLA and their director Will Robson-Scott, offers a glimpse into the lives of just two of the...
A new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, claims that arabica coffee yields decline in Tanzania due to climate change. According to the study, published in the journal Agricultural...
Article 94 of the new Law on Social and Solidarity Economy, which was adopted on 31 July 2014, elaborates the definition of fair trade, which was defined by the Law of 2 August 2005 [1], and provides more specifications and...
Fairtrade, the most widely recognised ethical label in the world was launched in Kenya in 2013. That's why the TDC commissioned a study that will enable Fairtrade stakeholders to have a better understanding of consumers’ awareness...
From WWW.FIBRE2FASHION.COM "Fairtrade International which introduced Fairtrade certified cotton in 2005 is now extending its approach to the entire textile value chain, for which it has prepared a draft." Read further
Palestinian farmers We zoom in on an organisation that TDC hase supported over the past few years in Palestine's West Bank. In 2006, the Fair Trade Development Centre (FTDC) was established with European support at Bethlehem...
From www.fairtrade.travel FTT has, with the support of the UK Travel Foundation and Belgian Development Agency (Trade for Development Centre), carried out research in important source markets to identify target groups for...
From somo.nl " Policy and case study research by a European coalition of civil society organisations shows that EU policy action is needed to secure decent work and prevent unfair trading practices in supermarket supply chains...