Fairtrade
Farmers get a guaranteed minimum price plus an extra premium, and farms are checked for child and forced labour.
- Counts as proof that workers are paid a living wage
- Counts as an independent check of the supply chain
What it is
Fairtrade certifies crops such as cocoa, coffee, tea and cotton. Buyers must pay farmer groups at least a set minimum price, plus a Fairtrade Premium that farmers decide how to spend, often on schools, clean water or better farming. Independent auditors (FLOCERT) check farms and cooperatives.
What it checks
- A minimum price and an extra premium paid to farmer groups
- Bans on forced labour and the worst forms of child labour
- Farmers' right to organise in democratic cooperatives
- Independent audits by FLOCERT
What it doesn't
- The minimum price doesn't always add up to a living income for farmers
- It covers the farm, not the factory that makes the final product
Brands with Fairtrade
Tony's ChocolonelyChocolate & cocoa · Fairtrade chocolate barsGoodVerifiedCafédirectCoffee · Fairtrade coffee and teaAlmost goodVerifiedClipper TeaTea · Fairtrade organic teabags and teaAlmost goodVerifiedNumi Organic TeaTea · Organic and fair trade teasAlmost goodVerifiedHampstead TeaTea · Organic biodynamic teaAlmost goodVerifiedOxfam Fair CoffeeCoffee · Fairtrade organic coffee and chocolateAlmost goodVerified