Support Fairtrade

Fairtrade sets social, economic and environmental standards for both companies and the farmers and workers who grow the food we love.

Why is Fairtrade important?

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Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers. It’s about supporting the development of thriving farming and worker communities that have more control over their futures and protecting the environment in which they live and work.

Fairtrade ingredients are produced by small-scale farming co-operatives or plantations that meet Fairtrade social, economic and environmental standards.

When you buy products with the FAIRTRADE Mark, you support farmers and workers in improving their lives and their communities. If you are wondering how:

• Fairtrade is the only certification scheme that has a minimum safety net price providing essential economic stability for workers;
• The Fairtrade Premium delivers an extra payment directly to farmers and workers offering them the ability to build and develop projects for the future;
• Fairtrade Standards require farmers and workers to be organised, inclusive, democratic and accountable, thus providing the strength to negotiate and protect a fairer deal.

Fairtrade labels

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• Products made entirely with 100% Fairtrade ingredients can use the Fairtrade mark (on the left).
• Products which use some Fairtrade ingredients can display the ingredient-specific Fairtrade mark (logo on the right - to suggest they use Fairtrade cocoa).

Fairtrade and environmental sustainability

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Fairtrade products have a role to play in the Climate Crisis and there are many ways this trade is tackling the issues:

• Avoiding Emissions - The Fairtrade Standards aim to minimise the emissions produced in Fairtrade products through the application of lower-impact farming techniques.
• Adaptation - The impacts of the Climate Crisis are already hitting the Global South: by providing higher incomes, training and support, farmers and workers are better able to adapt to these changes and save for unforeseen setbacks on their holdings.
• Advocacy - Campaigning for Fairtrade, in countries like the UK, ensures the voices of the workers and their calls to action are heard by policy-makers