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The Fairtrade Foundation is a charity based in the United Kingdom that aims to help disadvantaged producers in developing countries by tackling injustice in conventional trade, in particular by promoting and licensing the Fairtrade Mark, a guarantee that products retailed in the UK have been produced in accordance with internationally agreed Fairtrade standards.
The idea was based upon the Fair Trade Town scheme run by the Fairtrade Foundation in the UK. In 2005 The Welsh Assembly Government agreed to back the idea and in 2006 Fair Trade groups from Scotland and Wales agreed the criteria for becoming a Fair Trade country.
In 1979 Adams established the independent company Traidcraft, which became a plc in 1984, offering the first 'alternative' and socially orientated public share issue in the UK. In 1989 Adams convened the steering committee of what became the UK's Fairtrade Foundation, based on the Dutch Max Havelaar Foundation. He was its founding director, and ...
The foundation says that the average non-Fairtrade coffee farmer lives on as little as £1.37 per day. Only 7% of coffee sold in the UK meets Fairtrade standards, research shows Skip to main content
Fair Trade Wales is an organisation based in Wales that exists to grow, support and promote the Fair Trade movement in Wales. [1] It is funded by the Welsh Government. [2] In June 2008 it led Wales to become the world's first Fair Trade Nation [3] and as of 2010 is working towards the second phase of Fair Trade Nation targets.
Fairtrade Fortnight is an annual promotional campaign which happens once every year, [1] organized and funded by the Fairtrade Foundation to increase awareness of Fairtrade products. It makes use of volunteers who support the goals of Fairtrade but who may also be committed to the more general concepts of fair trade, ethical trading or ...
Among their food products is a snack bar called Geobar, Fairtrade chocolate, dried fruit, honey, pasta, rice and muesli. Traidcraft plc held a 10% stake in Cafédirect which it set up jointly with Equal Exchange Trading, Oxfam and Twin Trading. [17] Traidcraft was a founder member of the European Fair Trade Association (EFTA).
From 2001 to 2012 she was executive director of the United Kingdom Fairtrade Foundation. Prior to this she was a leading campaigner for fair trade. In September 2012 she became chief executive officer of the global standards, certification and producer development organisation, Fairtrade International. [3]