1. “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…

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

   

   Empirical evidence from central Malawi

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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

10. Fairtrade bananas high on UK shopping lists

    

    Fairtrade is committed to raising incomes and living standards for producers in the global south. On Banana Lovers Day today, Fairtrade is celebrating the UK’s love affair with bananas. The…

11. Waitrose runs Fairtrade banana pilot

    

    Initiative in the Dominican Republic aims to boost workers' lives, and is revealed as part of Banana Lovers Day celebrations

12. The Fairtrade Foundation gains key grants including support for Ghana cocoa farmers - Confectionery Production

    

    The Fairtrade Foundation has won two out of eight grants launched today by the UK Government, including  an agricultural support scheme backed by Mondelēz International in Ghana assisting cocoa producers in developing countries during the coronavirus pandemic.

13. Nestlé confirms ending Fairtrade KitKat deal after meeting cross party parliamentary group - Confectionery Production

    

    Nestlé has confirmed that it intends to drop its decade-long cocoa sourcing deal with Fairtrade in favour of Rainforest Alliance, reports Neill Barston. 

14. Fairtrade Peterborough needs volunteers to make fair trade a reality

    

    A community group in Peterborough is calling for volunteers to join its steering group and help make fair trade a reality.

15. British MPs urge Nestlé to rethink dropping Fairtrade cocoa for its KitKat bars

    

    A cross party group of MPs from the UK Parliament has met with Nestlé to urge it to reconsider its decision to end its relationship with Fairtrade.

16. Best Fair Trade coffee brands

    

    Find the perfect, fair trade brews worth your money. We've found some of the best coffee brands worth considering, for their ethical and environmental practices

17. 27,000 farmers ‘to miss out on £1.6m in payments’ as Nestle drops Fairtrade for KitKats

    

    Confectioner is switching to its own inhouse ‘Cocoa Plan’ backed by the Rainforest Alliance

18. Nestle’s Fairtrade move is wrong – and very wrong now

    

    just-food's Ben Cooper sets out his opposition to Nestlé's decision to end Fairtrade certification for its flagship KitKat chocolate brand in the UK and Ireland.