What is Fairtrade?
Fairtrade is an initiative designed to encourage organisations to buy direct from farmers from developing countries at better prices to them. For the farmers and workers, Fairtrade guarantees a fair price which covers production costs and pays a premium that producer organisations can invest in business development or social and environmental schemes that will benefit the wider community.
The FAIRTRADE Mark is an independent consumer label which appears on products as an independent guarantee that disadvantaged producers in the developing world are getting a better deal. For a product to display the FAIRTRADE Mark it must meet international Fairtrade standards. These standards are set by the international certification body Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO).
Producer organisations that supply Fairtrade products are inspected and certified by FLO. They receive a minimum price that covers the cost of sustainable production and an extra premium that is invested in social or economic development projects. For more information on Fairtrade please visit www.fairtrade.org.uk.
The FAIRTRADE Mark is an independent consumer label which appears on products as an independent guarantee that disadvantaged producers in the developing world are getting a better deal. For a product to display the FAIRTRADE Mark it must meet international Fairtrade standards. These standards are set by the international certification body Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO).
Producer organisations that supply Fairtrade products are inspected and certified by FLO. They receive a minimum price that covers the cost of sustainable production and an extra premium that is invested in social or economic development projects. For more information on Fairtrade please visit www.fairtrade.org.uk.
