fran ais fr portugu s pt about standards programmes products producers impact & research news we are a global organization working to secure a better deal for farmers and workers . what is your interest buying fairtradeselling fairtraderesearching fairtradesupporting fairtradereporting on fairtradeworking for fairtradefairtrade near you newsletter sign up log in for member organizations log in for flocert farmers & workers benefit from record premium funds in the latest edition of monitoring the scope and benefits of fairtrade fairtrade farmers workers and producers reported receiving more than 100 million in fairtrade premium and generated more than 900 million in sales revenue . the full report analyses the results of annual monitoring and impact research . download the report and read other highlights here . changing trade changing lives with over 1.65 million farmers and workers thousands of campaigners traders and companies around the world fairtrade stands to make important contributions to the sustainable development goals . our new five year strategy outlines the world we want to see and how we aim to contribute to achieving it . read more about the launch here . download the document pdf . farming superheroes to the rescue in a blog post which originally appeared in the huffington post marike de pe a chair of fairtrade international and director and co founder of banelino banana cooperative in the dominican republic speaks about the contribution small scale farmers make to environmental protection as well as to food security and rural development . click here to read the full blog post . 168 million child workers we must work with communities to stop exploitation from coffee plantations in latin america to west african cocoa farms from garment factories in bangladesh to the gold mines of south east asia children as young as five work punishingly long hours in gruelling conditions that most adults would find intolerable . on the occasion of this year s world day against child labour anita sheth fairtrade international s senior advisor on social compliance and development wrote about fairtrade s stand on child labour and how community engagement is crucial for overcoming it . click here to read the full article . what is fairtrade introducing the fairtrade system ... fairtrade near you learn about the fairtrade organization nearest you . meet the producers 1.65 million fairtrade farmers and workers around the world . here are the stories of a few . impact & research read about fairtrade s impact on the farmers and workers we serve . now latest news empowering women in rural communities fairtrade expands further into central europe we are workers not slaves a bangladeshi woman s quest to change the fashion industry see all latest news pricing database find fairtrade minimum prices and premiums search the database standards news consultation for flowers and plants standard revised standard for vegetables for small producer organizations revised standard for fresh vegetables for hired labour revised sop for the development of fmp and fp review of spo standard events iseal global sustainability standards conference 10 12 may world fairtrade challenge sustainable foods summit 9 10 june international fair trade towns conference follow join us on facebook follow us on twitter vimeo channel visit us on tumblr rss google copyright 2011 fairtrade labelling organizations international e.v. sitemap accessibility impressum privacy credits