Located in Savar, Bangladesh, Rana Plaza was an eight-story building that housed five garment factories which manufactured clothing for major global brands. Despite workers reporting cracks in the building, an indication of potential structural issues, factory owners demanded they continue…
????WFTO Podcast: In this episode, Zerrin Cengiz, Project Officer at WFTO, talks with Dr. Gisela Carrasco Miró, a scholar with a PhD in gender studies with over 8 years of experience in local economic development programs as well as consulting…
On the occasion of International Women’s Day on the 8th of March, we are campaigning to promote gender justice, understood as the full equality and equity between women and men in all spheres of life. While mainstream business remains to…
The second part of our podcast is on Ethical Consumption. In this episode, Leida Rijnhout, our Chief Executive, emphasizes the role that individuals can play as consumers and citizens in contributing to building a sustainable society and the role of…
We are excited to announce the launch of the Doing Business Differently Toolkit as part of our Small But Perfect programme, in partnership with Fashion Revolution. “Fair trade based on ecological sustainability and social justice has become a survival imperative.…
(Frankfurt, Germany) On Friday 3rd of February 2023, the World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO) and its partner project UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, came together to make a joint statement about the value that Fair Trade practices bring for both…
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting (WEF) 2023 is set to begin this week from the 16th to the 20th of January in the alpine town of Davos, Switzerland. Representatives from governments, (mainly big) business CEOs, youth leaders and civil…
On this week’s podcast, Leida Rijnhout, WFTO’s Chief Executive, shares her thoughts on the weaknesses of our broken economic system. Mass consumption is inevitably causing environmental damage and affecting more vulnerable communities worldwide. What could be the role of governments…
Last month, WFTO President and Chief Executive, Roopa Mehta and Leida Rijnhout attended the International Conference of Fair Trade Towns in Quito (Ecuador) to discuss how to scale up the best practices of Fair Trade Towns to engage more citizens…
Each multilateral negotiation about the future shape of our world in a changing climate presents an opportunity to discuss our current economic system – the cause of so many problems in this world, from increasing degradation of our ecosystems, climate…
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All trading members of WFTO. This includes all organisations that have more than half of their income and/or more than €100,000 in income from trade.
An organisation whose primary mission is to support Fair Trade and/or provide services to organisations that are or want to become Fair Trade Organisations.
An organisation which is an association of organisations committed to Fair Trade.
Individual Associates are supporters of the Fair Trade movement with limited rights. The WFTO Guarantee System does not apply to them.
Associate Organisations are organisations that align with the WFTO’s 10 Principles of Fair Trade. They may be/are donor organisations, national or international agencies that support or campaign for more just trading conditions, and organisations that align with the WFTO Principles but do not yet fulfil the requirements to apply for membership.
Candidates have been conditionally approved for membership but have not completed their first monitoring cycle under the WFTO Guarantee System. They have limited rights within WFTO. They may not use the WFTO Member Mark and Product Label or claim that they are monitored by WFTO.
Guaranteed members have met the WFTO Membership requirements and are monitored under the WFTO Guarantee System.
Organisations that have no or little income from trade go through a reduced version of the WFTO Guarantee System that does not include criteria related to trade. These organisations may use the WFTO Member Mark but cannot use the Product Label for any products they may be trading to support their mission. This status only applies to Fair Trade Networks (FTN) and Support Organisations (FTSO).
Members who are in the process of renewing their guaranteed status and are overdue on some requirements retain full rights while they work to meet the demands of the Guarantee System on an administrative or compliance level.
