Fairtrade International

Fairtrade International
Company typeNonprofit (German registered association)
IndustryProduct certification
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997)
HeadquartersBonn, Germany
Key people
Lynette Thorstensen, Chair of the Board,

Dr. Nyagoy Nyong, interim Global CEO,

Melissa Duncan, interim Executive Director
ProductsProducer Business Development, Standards Development
Revenue27,510,784 Euro (2019) Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.fairtrade.net

Fairtrade International, or Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International E.V.[1] is a product-oriented multistakeholder group aimed at promoting the lives of farmers and workers through trade. Fairtrade's work is guided by a global strategy[2] focused on ensuring that all farmers earn a living income, and agricultural workers earn a living wage. Fairtrade works with farmers and workers of more than 300 commodities. The main products promoted under the Fairtrade label are coffee, cocoa, banana, flowers, tea, and sugar.

Fairtrade is an association of three Producer Networks, nineteen National Fairtrade Organisations (formerly: Fairtrade Labelling Organisations) and eight Fairtrade Marketing Organisations that promote and market the Fairtrade Certification Mark in their countries [3]

Producer Networks exist in Latin America, The Caribbeans, Africa, Middle East, Asia and the Pacific. National Fairtrade Organisations exist in 16 European countries as well as in Canada, the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.[4] Fairtrade International also oversees Fairtrade Marketing Organisations in the Czech Republic, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Philippines, and Poland.[4]

  1. ^ Fairtrade International (2011). Home page. URL accessed on August 23, 2011.
  2. ^ Köstlin, Christoph (5 August 2022). "The Future is Fair" (PDF). Fairtrade International. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. ^ .Fairtrade International (2011). Our members Archived 2012-07-30 at archive.today. URL accessed on August 23, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Fairtrade International (2011). Fairtrade labelling initiatives Archived 2012-08-04 at archive.today. URL accessed on August 24, 2011.