More than 30 years since the launch of Fairtrade in the UK, international smallholders continue to face livelihood-threatening challenges. Here’s why its proponents argue the certification will endure  When Ruchi Chawla first started working in fashion and …

In the brand’s two-yearly survey with Globescan, it found awareness of the Fairtrade label was very high, at 94%, with 71% of shoppers recognising it more than any other leading labels. Fairtrade also scored highly on trust: 84% of those asked said that …

Global nonprofit Fairtrade International is now offering “LIRP on Demand,” a tailored service designed to help coffee companies identify living income reference prices (LIRPs) for farmers in their supply chains. The Bonn, Germany-based group, which has …

Fairtrade International has moved to deliver an enhanced system for farmers, including within cocoa communities that streamlines processes at origin in a bid to create living incomes, writes Neill Barston. As the social justice movement noted, it has long …

MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson has a huge online following, and has moved to source his chocolate series from Fairtrade: Pic Feastables Share this page US confectionery brand Feastables, founded by social media star Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, has moved to …

Commenting on the news that M&S has become the first supermarket to sign onto Shared ImPact, working with Fairtrade and Yeyasso to ensure proof of concept, while talks continue with another major partner that cannot yet be named. Eleanor Harrison, CEO …

Close-up hands of a cocoa farmer use pruning shears to cut the cocoa pods or fruit ripe yellow cacao from the cacao tree. Harvest the agricultural cocoa business produces. Share this page Germany’s BDSI confectionery organisation has welcomed a positive …

Cocoa yields will be "destroyed" by 2030 without financial support and fairer markets, Ivory Coast farmers have warned. The West African nation is the world's largest producer of cocoa, with farmers in the Bafing-Tonkpi region supplying …

Feastables now sources 100 percent of its cocoa from Fairtrade certified cooperatives. The certification ensures Feastables chocolate is produced in line with the rigorous economic, social, and environment sustainability standards the Fairtrade label is …

… Deye, head of the cafe-cocoa board for the Bafing-Tonkpi … agroforestry efforts for each farm. Fairtrade-certified co-operatives like Yeyasso …