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At its heart, Fair Trade is about people. It shapes trade in order to benefit cocoa and coffee farmers. It transforms business to empower garment workers and artisans.Around the world, it has forged a movement that is about putting producers first. But it turns out that working for people also means working for our planet. When we look across our global community of Fair Trade Enterprises, we see a surge in upcycling waste, organic agriculture, investments in renewable energy and efforts to eliminate water pollution. The heart of Fair Trade is both people and planet.
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Highlights of the summit:
• 300+ Fair Trade leaders and buyers from across the world
• Meet with dozens of importers and retailers (incl. beyond the WFTO community)
• Programme focused on innovation in marketing, design and market access
• Latest market insights and trends
• House of Nations, exhibiting the best of Fair Trade from individual countries
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Sri Lanka's burgeoning social enterprise sector - Selyna and Amanda tell the story of this grassroots community.
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A Canadian NGO is offering support to WFTO members
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WFTO community has many stars and many have shined brightly on social media in 2018. Here are the top performing posts from the WFTO in 2018:
- Top post overall - the charter launches
Top post (Facebook and Twitter) and most watched event video - International Fair Trade Charter
- Top video about a member - the designer and the Fair Trade Enterprise
Most watched video about a member - Mahaguthi story
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Seventy years ago today, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the world. It is a turning point in world history, spawning other treaties, laws and regulations across our planet that protect the rights of every human. The idea of human rights embodies our collective dignity. It gives us hope.
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The Fair Trade International Symposium Steering Group (SG) invites applications from institutions interested to host the next Fair Trade International Symposium.
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Toys, twitter and social enterprise - building a brand through social media. In this podcast, Erinch chats with Samantha Morshed about the social media strategies deployed by Pebble.
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Small-scale farmers must be supported in the fight against climate change
The International Fair Trade Movement today called on the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to introduce transparent, fair and binding mechanisms for trade justice in order to achieve climate justice in their negotiations at COP24.
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This is a podcast with Erinch Sahan (WFTO) and Rafik Riad (Buy Good Feel Good Expo in Toronto) interviewing each other.
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Designer and social entrepreneur Priscila Menezes talks about trends, colors, quality and production of stylish textile design and colours weaved by Guatemalan Maya women, using a fusion of traditi
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Across the globe there exists an endless supply of conscious products created as either a means to lift communities out of a cycle of exploitation or to set an example for sustainable and fair business practice.
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Maggie’s Organic: The story of an inspirational entrepreneur and her flourishing Fair Trade Enterprise.
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Solid Rock: Mixing circular economy with Fair Trade is proving to work and this story from Ghana showcases how.
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Creative Handicrafts and Sasha: Two successful Fair Trade Enterprises from two ends of India.
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Tony Hall: A business leader turned Fair Trade activist, this is the story of Tony Hall and his role in the Fair Trade movement in the US.