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The Fairtrade Foundation
The Fairtrade Foundation is a development organisation committed to tackling poverty and injustice through trade.
The Foundation works with businesses, civil society organisations and individuals to improve the position of producer organisations in the South and to help them achieve sustainable improvements for their members and their communities.
The South West is an area where sustainability matters and Fairtrade has a key role to play in creating a fairer, more sustainable world. Triodos are proud to be working with Fairtrade in the South West to create a better deal for everyone.
Please visit Fairtrade in the South West's website to find out where to buy Fairtrade locally, link in with your local Fairtrade group or find out local news and events.
Their vision is of a world in which justice and sustainable development are at the heart of trade structures and practices so that everyone, through their work, can maintain a decent and dignified livelihood and develop their full potential.
Certification and product labelling (through the FAIRTRADE Mark) are the primary tools for their development goals. The backing of organisations of producers and consumers in a citizen’s movement for change is fundamental and integral to their work.
What is Fairtrade?
Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. By requiring companies to pay sustainable prices (which must never fall lower than the market price), Fairtrade addresses the injustices of conventional trade, which traditionally discriminates against the poorest, weakest producers. It enables them to improve their position and have more control over their lives.
