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Fairtrade chief defends cocoa sourcing scheme with Cadbury owner
Michael Gidney insists farmers will not be worse off under Cocoa Life partnership with Mondelēz
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'Profoundly disappointing': KitKat cuts ties with Fairtrade
Fairtrade label guarantees farmers get a set minimum price and a financial bonus
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Campaigners make their voices heard
Protestors in the north-east have joined the Keep Kit Kat Fairtrade campaign.
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Gearies Primary School pupils sell Fairtrade breakfasts to support farmers around world
Pupils at Gearies Primary School, in Gants Hill, have been selling hundreds of breakfast servings to community members all in the name...
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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…
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Fairtrade takes living wage action
Group has proposed a plan to achieve living wages for workers on Fairtrade-certified plantations
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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...
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KitKat: Petition delivered to Nestle opposing Fairtrade removal
The manufacturers of KitKat bars announced in June it would no longer be linked to Fairtrade.
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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.
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“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…
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Working Paper 40: The groundnuts fairtrade arrangement and its spillover effects on agricultural commercialisation and household welfare outcomes
Empirical evidence from central Malawi
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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
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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.
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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
