The Fairtrade Foundation

Calling all changemakers! Our new report Growing Our Movement for Change celebrates the impact the Fairtrade movement has achieved over 30 years of work towards fairer prices for farmers and workers in lower income countries. It calls on businesses, campaigners and the next government to promote fairer trade to work with farmers and workers in tackling poverty and the climate crisis, and build a sustainable trade system for all. Read on to find out how urgent action to increase prices and power for farmers is needed now. Read here: https://bit.ly/3x0czFd #Fairtradeat30 #ChooseFairtrade Greggs Green & Black's Cafédirect Plc Clipper Tea Sainsbury's Co-op Waitrose & Partners Matthew Algie Marks and Spencer Ben & Jerry's Mondelēz International Divine Chocolate UK Mars Lidl GB Aldi UK

Did you know Sainsbury's is the world's largest retailer of Fairtrade bananas!*   Since 2000, Sainsbury’s has generated an estimated £75 million through sales of their Fairtrade bananas, which producing communities can use to improve their social, economic and environmental conditions.   Pick up a Sainsbury's banana today to show your support for farmers and workers in the Sainsbury's supply chain such as Edson and his family. *Based on the latest available global sales data from 2022 #ChooseFairtrade #Fairtrade #Sainsburys #bananas #farmers

Having recently appointed a new Chair, the Fairtrade Foundation is now looking for its next CEO. Since our establishment, the Foundation has been at the forefront of advocating for fairer wages, safe working conditions, and climate justice for those who produce the goods we consume every day. As we approach the end of our current strategy, we find ourselves facing a landscape of opportunity. This is a broad, varied role, bringing together elements of front-facing advocacy, transformational business partnerships, producer community empowerment, organisational leadership and big-picture systemic change. In brief, the role of our CEO will be to make sure we always know where we’re going and how to get there, ensuring that Fairtrade is grounded in achieving impact and justice for farmers, workers and communities around the world. As a multidisciplinary organisation, we are looking for an adaptable, strategic CEO with keen commercial acumen. With partners and stakeholders from politicians to media, from retailers to farmers and workers, it will be important for our CEO to regularly adapt to new contexts while weaving common threads through all our work, relentlessly championing the vision and mission of Fairtrade. Our CEO will be a key steward of our culture and will ensure that we remain cohesive and responsive to the needs of the communities with whom we are proud to partner. High degrees of emotional intelligence and influencing skills with clear decision-making ability will stand our CEO in good stead. Perhaps most importantly, we are looking for a CEO who shares our passion for an equitable and sustainable trade system, who can bring commitment and vision to co-creating a future world fairer to people and planet. We operate a hybrid working model, with staff spending roughly 1 to 3 days in our London office per week. As CEO, some international travel will be required, including ad hoc trips to Fairtrade origin countries. If this sounds like you and you are interested in hearing more about the role, please view our dedicated microsite for the role here https://lnkd.in/ex4HVXXX and reach out to our Executive Search partners Green Park on Ali.Hollingbery@Green-Park.co.uk Closing date: 11:59pm Wednesday 6th November 2024.

Because let’s face it - great coffee doesn’t just happen. It’s a labour of love and award-winning Fairtrade Coffee Producer, Adelmo Paz Alvarado, from Cafico in Honduras, knows this all too well. We shone the spotlight on three of our 2024 Golden Cup winners, including Adelmo, to understand what quality means to them. As one of the 2024 Golden Cup winners in Honduras, Adelmo represents the pinnacle of specialty coffee production – the highest grade of coffee you can get. ☕️ But what sets him and other Fairtrade producers apart is their dedication to quality and sustainability at every step. From handpicking the perfect seed to using eco-friendly techniques like agroforestry (think shade-giving trees, healthier soil, and more biodiversity 🌳), each coffee plant is nurtured with care and respect for the environment. 🌱 The Golden Cup is an annual competition, which sees Fairtrade producers compete for the most delicious speciality coffee of the highest quality. By choosing Fairtrade coffee, you’re supporting more than just a great cup of coffee. You're helping farmers build sustainable futures, helping farmers like Adelmo protect the planet, and ensure everyone along the supply chain gets a fair deal. 🌍✨ Sip with purpose today! #coffee #futureisfair #choosefairtrade #fairtrade Video footage by Sean Hawkey Photography. | Video produced by Der Tisch - Communications & Design Studio for Fairtrade International.

One week until Sophie Aujean, Fairtrade International's Director of Global Advocacy will be joining leaders across the coffee industry, speaks at the World Coffee Alliance’s World Coffee Innovation Summit London 2024. 🍵🌱 We know that coffee farmers are undergoing extreme challenges on multiple fronts – climate change, skyrocketing production costs, low farmer incomes, an ageing farmer population, and – however well intentioned – pressure from new legislation is adding significant barriers to smallholder farmers being able to sell their product in these important markets, putting their livelihoods at risk. Sophie will be taking part in a roundtable event at the summit to explore the connected themes of requirements on reporting and disclosure, their impacts on coffee producers and how to support their transition to sustainable agriculture practices. From the 16th to 17th of October connect and get engaged with your coffee, climate, and cross-industry peers to share best practices. (https://bit.ly/47NcPp0) Let us know if you’re planning on attending, we’d love to meet up!

Two weeks to go until Fairtrade International's Director of Global Advocacy Sophie Aujean joins leaders across the coffee industry at the World Coffee Alliance's World Coffee Innovation Summit London 2024 to explore and the discuss food systems, agriculture and the extreme challenges that coffee farmers are facing. 🍵🌱 From 16 to 17 October, explore the latest innovations and investment opportunities needed to tackle the challenges in coffee sector. Final few days left to secure your ticket, book before Thursday 3rd October 2024 and use Fairtrade’s exclusive discount code FT10 to save extra 10% on your delegate pass (https://bit.ly/47NcPp0). Let us know if you’re planning on attending, we’d love to meet up!

We are delighted to be participating in @FoodMattersLive on 7 October in Ascot as part of Navigating EU Deforestation Regulation. Join Anna Mann, our Associate Director, Responsible Business as she moderates an exciting pre-event briefing day, to get ahead and discover the measures you need to take to comply with EUDR. Discover more:  https://lnkd.in/eDJHxZpV #FoodMattersLive

DYK smallholder coffee farms in Latin America are more environmentally friendly? ☕🌱 From sustainable farming practices to better biodiversity protection, they’re helping the planet one cup at a time. 🌍💚 Fairtrade has certified over 800,000 smallholder coffee farmers and works with them to improve their sustainability. Swipe to learn how! 👉 Curious for more? Head over to our website and dive into our latest report on how smallholder farmers are working to protect the planet🌍💚 https://bit.ly/3ZRi0SZ #InternationalCoffeeDay #Fairtrade #Coffee #Climate #Environment #Nature #Bees #ClimateChange #Farmers #ChooseFairtrade #BeTheChange #ICD2024

DYK Fairtrade coffee farms are more environmentally friendly? ☕🌱 Read our latest report on how smallholder farmers are working to protect the planet🌍💚https://bit.ly/3ZRi0SZ #InternationalCoffeeDay #ChooseFairtrade #BeTheChange #ICD2024