Fairtrade International

Video exclusive: World Confectionery Conference Brussels 2022

22 September 2022

The 2022 edition of our World Confectionery Conference concluded successfully this month in Brussels, Belgium, attracting visitors and speakers from around the globe, in what…

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Fairtrade offers renewed concerns over cocoa chain sustainability ahead of World Confectionery Conference

23 July 2022

Having played its part in our debut online World Confectionery Conference, Fairtrade International returns again for our debut physical event. Editor Neill Barston speaks exclusively…

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Confectionery firms including Ferrero, Mars, Nestlé and Mondelez call for EU-wide cocoa policy

26 June 2021

Key confectionery businesses including Ferrero, Mars, Nestlé, Mondelez International and Tony's Chocolonley have joined with the Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade in stepping up calls for…

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Fairtrade Foundation calls on UK companies to back greater due diligence of global supply chains

23 September 2020

The Fairtrade Foundation has called on British companies to increase their efforts to tackle human rights violations within global supply chains, including the cocoa sector.

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Peruvian cocoa producers benefit from Fairtrade coronavirus fund

5 August 2020

A Fairtrade fund established by the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Fair Trade Small Producers and Workers (Clac) is reportedly proving effective at assisting…

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Nestlé confirms ending Fairtrade KitKat deal after meeting cross party parliamentary group

29 July 2020

Nestlé has confirmed that it intends to drop its decade-long cocoa sourcing deal with Fairtrade in favour of Rainforest Alliance, following a meeting with a…

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Co-Op re-purposes funding for Fairtrade farmers around the world

9 July 2020

The UK-based Co-op group has re-purposed a total of £310,000 funding to directly support Fairtrade cocoa sector producers around the world, including farmers in Peru,…

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Fairtrade report claims key progress on training West African cocoa farmers

5 June 2020

A series of schemes from Fairtrade International designed to assist cocoa farmers in Ghana and Ivory Coast has made notable gains in improving conditions for…

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Fairtrade establishes producer resilience funds to combat coronavirus impact

11 May 2020

Fairtrade International has unveiled the launch of multi-million funding streams known as “Fairtrade producer Relief Fund” and a separate producer resilience initiative in response to…

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