“Now with Fairtrade we have been able to take courses, educate the women. We have a group of women farming entrepreneurs with the help of Fairtrade. Women workers have also had business training and created a group of women entrepreneurs.”
Yadira Orozco, member of the Asobanar Cooperative
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An overview of our impact
When you choose Fairtrade it generates real benefits for farmers and workers around the world. See the impact we can make together.
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Assuring integrity in checking compliance
Consumers have high confidence in Fairtrade and the integrity of our system. In addition to maintaining the Fairtrade Standards for producers and traders, we have a rigorous system for checking that ...
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We love coffee. Are we willing to pay the price?
Article: posted 5 Jun 2019
"One key factor that is harming the future of coffee is well within the reach of every coffee drinker – price."
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Will we finally bring an end to child labour?
Article: posted 12 Jun 2019
152 million children are still involved in child labour, despite numerous commitments to end the practice. But there is also progress. Here are four lessons we've learned through our work to end ...
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Fairtrade welcomes new cocoa floor price in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
Press release: posted 13 Jun 2019
Fairtrade today welcomed the announcement by the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to implement a floor price for cocoa of US$2,600 per metric tonne. Farmers in the two countries, which together ...
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Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Flowers
Publication: published 19 Jun 2019
Note: We began reporting key monitoring data differently starting with 2017 figures. Product-specific reports for the top seven Fairtrade products by volume are being added as they become available. ...
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Gender equality
Key issue
Around 60-80 percent of the world’s food is grown by women. Yet they often don’t own the land and see little of the profit made from it.
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Fairtrade's response to University of Göttingen study 'Effects of Fairtrade on the livelihoods of poor rural workers'
Press release: posted 2 Jul 2019
Fairtrade welcomes research which highlights the challenges faced by farmers and workers in cocoa production and supports us in evaluating our approach.
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New partnership aims to bring benefits to Latin American and Caribbean farmers
Press release: posted 2 Jul 2019
Fairtrade International, the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), and the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Fair Trade Small Producers and Workers (CLAC) announced an innovative partnership today ...
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There is only one way out of the global coffee crisis... pay more
Article: posted 2 Jul 2019
The global coffee industry is facing an unprecedented price crisis which not only threatens our daily cup of the black stuff but also – far more importantly – jeopardises the livelihoods of millions ...
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