What is Fairness

Back to School the Fairtrade Way

6 August 2018 by Kyle Freund & Paris W., edited by Jason Sanches

Respect, responsibility, sharing, the concept of fairness - these are all essential values that educators hope to impart on their pupils. Unfortunately, something that’s too often left out of the lesson is that many of the products we rely on every day getting ready for school & work – coffee, cocoa, bananas – are produced un-fairly.
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Is Poverty the Main Ingredient in Your Chocolate?

5 July 2018 by Kyle Freund, Media Manager

World Chocolate Day isn’t just a day to indulge in your favorite treat – it’s also an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of cocoa farmers.
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From Child Labor to the Future of Food: The Voices of Young People Change Agriculture for the Better

12 June 2018 by Anita Sheth, Senior Advisor for Social Compliance and Development, Fairtrade International

Experts predict that demand for food is expected to increase anywhere between 60 percent to 100 percent by 2050. Who will produce this food, and how can we prevent children from being forced into working in agriculture to meet this demand?
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#Stand4Fairness with Endangered Species Chocolate

3 May 2018 by Jason from the World Fairtrade Challenge Team

To an activist, the word impact can mean a lot of things. Impact is the white whale of the consciously-minded person or businesses. It’s how we measure our change in the world – change that, no matter how large or small, we hope will grow into something greater.

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Why I’m Standing in Solidarity with Fashion Revolution to Ask Brands #WhoMadeMyClothes

23 April 2018 by Subindu Garkhel, Fairtrade Foundation

Fashion Revolution Week, April 23-29, is a call for change in the fashion industry. Subindu Garkhel, cotton manager at the Fairtrade Foundation, explains how we’re all connected to the often-invisible farmers and garment workers who make our clothes. Fairtrade America joins in asking brands #WhoMadeMyClothes?
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Sustainable Products Inside and Out: Holistic Thinking for Better Futures

29 March 2018 by Margot Conover, Fairtrade America, and Beth Porter, Green America

If so many companies have integrated sustainability into their strategic planning, why doesn't it feel like we're closer to solving climate change and other societal ills?
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Bananageddon Cometh

16 March 2018 by Jackie Turner, ecologist and filmmaker

Undoubtedly, bananas’ popularity comes from their distinctive appearance – and their rock-bottom price. But what might be less well-known is that bananas as we know them are on the verge of extinction.
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Six Ways Fairtrade is Pressing for Progress on Gender Equality

7 March 2018 by Eric Fichtl, Fairtrade International

At Fairtrade, we continue to promote gender equality in sectors that have long been male-dominated.
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Fair Trade is the pathway to Regenerative Agriculture

16 October 2017 by Ryan Zinn, Director of Grow Ahead and Organic & Fair Trade Coordinator at Dr. Bronner’s

The climate is changing, and our industrial food and farming system plays a big role in that. Over the past few years, the movement for a food system that sustains people and planet has been growing. As conversations around topics like carbon sequestration move into the mainstream, we cannot forget the people at the heart of it all: small-scale farmers and the movements that they have built.
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Taking Steps Towards Change

15 June 2017 by Kathleen McCoy, Events and Communications Assistant Manager

How often do you think about your socks? Are you the type of person who is lucky if she can find two matching ones as she rushes to get dressed in the morning? Or maybe you use your socks to express yourself, adding a pop of personality to your weekday uniform.
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