• Become recognised as a Guaranteed Fair Trade Enterprise
   
• Use and own the Guaranteed Fair Trade product label (no license fee)
   
• Connect with WFTO wholesalers committed to buying Fair Trade (over €500m in imports)
   
• Connect with WFTO retailers committed to buying Fair Trade (over 1,500 shops)
   
• Forge new partnerships across the broader WFTO community of over 1,000 social enterprises

Are you a social enterprise? Are your workers, farmers or artisans your main priority? If so, here are 5 reasons you should join WFTO:

1. This is your tribe: we are a democratically-run global community of mission-led enterprises. Everything about the WFTO is created by the members, decided by the members.

2. Credible, clear and affordable: WFTO verification system was built by the Fair Trade movement to be credible, and adopts a common-sense approach. It carefully minimises costs and uses a combination of peer reviews and independent audits (4 yearly audits).

3. The label is yours: members own the Guaranteed Fair Trade label (no license fee), and (once verified as a mission-led Fair Trade Enterprise) they can use it on all their products.

4. Grassroots community: members support and trade with each other, speak up collectively on social justice and Fair Trade, deepen ties at global and regional gatherings and collaborate at trade fairs.

5. Visibility as a true Fair Trader: buyers and consumers are looking for more Fair Trade brands and products. They search the WFTO website and social media to find them.

Organisations fully committed to the Fair Trade Principles and Code of Practice are welcome to join WFTO. Potential applicants are encouraged to do a self-check against the membership prerequisites to determine eligibility to apply. These are listed in the WFTO Standard. Successful applications are based on the compliance with these requirements. Apart from the yearly membership fees (see fee calculator below), there is also a one-time application fee that is explained further in the membership fee policy.

Organisations whose main activity is not trading may apply as Fair Trade Support Organisation or Fair Trade Network. If your organisation does not fall in the above membership types, we welcome you to have a closer look at becoming an Associate Organisation of WFTO. See more on the different membership types here.

Newly approved members become Provisional members with limited rights. Full membership is attained after the organisation has successfully passed the first Monitoring Audit.

To apply for WFTO Membership, applicants are to submit the following documents: 

• Mission Statement where economically marginalised Producers and Workers are the priority.
• WFTO Code of Practice
• Most recent financial statement
   

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Supporting Documents: 

• WFTO Standard