1. Problem Solved #16: FairTrade talks reclaiming its status in a crowded market

   

   To mark the launch of our new manifesto – setting out The Drum’s editorial mission to help readers solve their problems – we’re christening today Solutions Day on thedrum.com. And to set the tone, over the course of 24 hours our team of worldwide journalists will be spotlighting 24 recent examples of times when our industry demonstrated…

2. Murals in Denver, Los Angeles and Nashville Highlight Fairtrade Efforts

   

   The purchasing behaviors of coffee consumers in the COVID-19 era in the United States have turned, in a word, topsy-turvy. In an attempt to refocus consumers and draw attention to Fair Trade Month …

3. Campaigners present Nestlé with petition over ending Fairtrade KitKat deal - Confectionery Production

   

   Campaigners have protested at the UK headquarters of Nestlé, handing over a petition signed by 300,000 against the company's move away from Fairtrade cocoa sourcing for its KitKat brand, reports Neill Barston.

4. How Fairtrade Protects Company Supply Chains — and Brand Reputations

   

   We caught up with Peg Willingham, newly minted Executive Director of Fairtrade America, to clear up the confusion around the concept of “fair trade”; and hear why Fairtrade is more important than ever.

5. Here's Why KitKat Can't Say 'Black Lives Matter' While Abandoning Fairtrade

   

   After Nestlé ditched Fairtrade this summer, we’re saying enough is enough.

6. Fairtrade takes living wage action

   

   Group has proposed a plan to achieve living wages for workers on Fairtrade-certified plantations

7. Fairtrade America Launches "Choose Fairtrade: Choose The World You Want" Campaign To Raise Awareness Of Fairtrade's Positive Impacts

   

   /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of October as Fair Trade Month, Fairtrade America is launching a national campaign to generate broader awareness for how a simple...

8. KitKat: Petition delivered to Nestle opposing Fairtrade removal

   

   The manufacturers of KitKat bars announced in June it would no longer be linked to Fairtrade.

9. Fairtrade participating in Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly program

   

   Fairtrade is participating in Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly program, making it easier for customers to shop for more sustainable products on Amazon, including many Fairtrade-certified goods.

10. “From 5 to 75% fairtrade bananas in 10 years”

    

    In 2007, Banafood Services GmbH opened a new, independent banana ripening facility in Germany. It’s just over the border from a Dutch cooperative in Venlo, the Netherlands. It's a new…

11. Working Paper 40: The groundnuts fairtrade arrangement and its spillover effects on agricultural commercialisation and household welfare outcomes

    

    Empirical evidence from central Malawi

12. Fairtrade unveils plans for major rebrand of its activities - Confectionery Production

    

    Fairtrade has begun a major rebrand to reinforce the scale of its global work, including in cocoa communities reports Neill Barston

13. Fairtrade America joins Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly program

    

    Fairtrade America has announced it is participating in Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly program, making it easier for customers to discover and shop for more sustainable products on the online shopping channel, including many Fairtrade-certified goods.

14. Fairtrade Foundation calls on UK companies to back greater due diligence of global supply chains

    

    Fairtrade Foundation calls on UK firms to increase efforts to tackle human rights violations in global supply chains, reports Neill Barston

15. Sierra Leone cocoa farmers secure Fairtrade-certified export licence

    

    A farmer-led organisation from Sierra Leone has directly exported forest-friendly cocoa beans to the Fairtrade market for the first time.

16. Fairtrade’s fight to reclaim leadership as multinationals in-house certification

    

    As Fairtrade embarks on a total brand refresh at the beginning of a five-year plan, its head of brand and marketing sat down with The Drum to explain how it is connecting with its activist roots to harvest sales in a market at risk of overcrowding.

17. Fairtrade Foundation receives UK government grants to help cocoa farmers with COVID-19 relief

    

    The Fairtrade Foundation has announced it has secured major UK government funding and backing from Mondelēz International to support cocoa producers in West Africa hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

18. A Fairtrade story: Celebrating the history of Traidcraft - Co-operative News

    

    Sarah Alldred, international programmes manager at the Co-operative College, looks at an inspiring new study of the origins of Fairtrade