"Fairtrade Premium encourages us, as women cocoa farmers, to be able to achieve certain things. We know that with Fairtrade there is a Premium waiting for us, and for each woman, you can do what is in your heart."
Rosine Bekoin, member of the CAYAT co-operative
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Fairtrade welcomes John Loughridge as Chief Value Officer
Press release: posted 8 Feb 2018
Fairtrade International is pleased to welcome John Loughridge as Chief Value Officer. John is the newest member of Fairtrade’s Global Leadership Team.
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Fairtrade Coffee's Journey Towards 'Best in Class'
Article: posted 21 Feb 2018
The Fairtrade Global Coffee Team just returned from the African Fine Coffees Association Conference in Kampala, Uganda. The topic of quality was high on the agenda of this year’s conference. At the ...
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Six ways Fairtrade is empowering women
Article: posted 8 Mar 2018
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is #PressForProgress – encompassing everything from the #MeToo and #TimesUp movement confronting entrenched sexism and abuse, to the long march ...
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Stand for Fairness in This Year’s World Fairtrade Challenge and Beyond
Press release: posted 4 Apr 2018
From 11-13 May 2018, everyone is invited to join Fairtrade farmers, workers and supporters across the globe to make the case for more trade justice.
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Will we pay the price it takes to achieve sustainable cocoa livelihoods?
Article: posted 9 Apr 2018
"Despite the numerous efforts of the industry and other actors to make cocoa more sustainable, gains in productivity have been offset by lower farmgate prices, minimizing the net benefits for ...
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Household income of cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire
Publication: published 9 Apr 2018
Fairtrade International commissioned True Price, with the Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA) and GeoTraceability, to carry out baseline research with smallholder cocoa farmers in Côte ...
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Keeping a focus on farmers and incomes as the cocoa industry meets in Berlin this week
Article: posted 23 Apr 2018
Recent reports are putting a spotlight on cocoa farmers’ struggles as the global cocoa price has fallen. Sustainability commitments are making a difference, but may not go far enough. Fairtrade will ...
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'A fairer share': strengthening workers' voices through Fairtrade, the labour movement and socially engaged companies
Article: posted 30 Apr 2018
On International Workers' Day, we celebrate the power that a unified workers' voice can have to drive social change. This is the story of how an engaged Fairtrade business partner and allies in the ...
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World Fairtrade Challenge – More Than 660,000 Supporters Stand for Fairness in Global Trade
Press release: posted 15 May 2018
From 11 to 13 May people in 36 countries gathered to support farmers and workers in their fight for a better deal.
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5 years later – Fairtrade's contribution to rural development
Publication: published 23 May 2018
With the CEval study of 2018, data could be collected that previously did not exist in Fairtrade: the long-term rural development of small farmer organizations and plantations. Over a period of 5 ...
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