8 February 2020, Frankfurt Germany

The Fair Trade movement is shaken by the pandemic and its economic shocks.

In light of recent development in Palestine, the WFTO Global Board issued this message to rally support for the Fair Trade movement and their communities in the country.

 WFTO Press release

When Fair Trade began as a movement all those decades ago, our dream was about making global trade truly just.

The Fair Trade Movement urges that the demands of producer organisations be heard in the negotiations on the global climate crisis on the occasion of COP25. 

By John Steele, CEO of 轻蜂加速器破解版

If we are to end poverty, the Fair Trade movement is rolling up its sleeve in three ways. Here’s how:

20 September 2019, Lima, Peru – Yesterday the members of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) from across the world met in Peru and voted to update its principles.

19 September 2019, Lima, Peru – Today the members of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) from across the world met in Peru and elected Roopa Mehta as the president of WFTO.

With growing inequality, entrenched poverty and a pending ecological crisis, it is time to revisit the central design feature of business and explore the alternatives that exist the world over. Business was invented by humans. In order to employ humans, trade products and services, facilitate investments and foster production, we as societies designed business to meet human needs. We have a choice about what business looks like – its purpose, priorities, and structure. So, we do not need to accept that business must have a one-track mind, focused only on growing profits for shareholders.

An economy that works for people and planet needs a new kind of business model.

Imagining a world of Fair Trade enterprises. Fair Trade enterprises are both viable and desirable. Fair Trade has pioneered models of business that put people and planet first. Fair Trade enterprises prioritise the mission but are commercially viable. Fair Trade enterprises are the alternative to profit maximisation. 

It is rare to find an organisation tackling some of the biggest issues with such a clear vision.

Today Lucia* smiles. And so do the other women in her group. This young girl, who before joining was so introverted and silent, is now interacting with her peers and slowly blossoming.

The Body Shop has launched its first Community Trade Recycled Plastic from Bengalur

The year 2019 marks the 29th year of refugee confinement at the Thai-Myanmar border. The refugees have fled violence and fighting between the Myanmar Armed Forces and armed ethnic rebel forces.

Our community has Fair Trade Enterprises that are producing sustainable, ethical and beautiful fashion. 
Visit our Fair Trade Fashion Catalogue here.

The Fair Trade Federation (FTF), a community of U.S.

Over half of Arabs in Israel live in poverty. Within this population, there are 200,000 women of working age who have no post-school qualifications. Sindyanna refuses to regard them as a lost generation. Instead, the social enterprise seeks to empower these women and help them acquire skills appropriate for the modern Israeli labour market. These skills include basket weaving, independent small business management and the Hebrew language, which is a condition for seeking work.