International Fairtrade Certification Mark

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Über das Zertifikat

Fairtrade ist ein [[]]-Zertifikat.   neues Zertifikat
Fairtrade International aims to secure better trade terms for farmers and workers.
Germany Aussteller: Fairtrade International (FLO)

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Fairtrade wants to improve relationships between producers and consumers. Fairtrade defines fairtrade standards, that need to be complied to by products who want to carry that mark. Standards include:

  • Standards for small producers
  • Standards for hired labour
  • Standards for contract production
  • Trader Standard
  • Climate Standard
  • Textile Standard

The goals for these standards are foremost to ensure adequate prices for sustainable production. Furthermore, they also try to provide a Fairtrade Premium (a payment) for investment in projects, pre-financing for producers, etc. There are core requirements and those of continuous development to be met – around social, economical, environmental development and around labour.

The organisation for auditing this whole process is FLO-CERT.

Licensing happens via national organisations, e.g. for German speaking countries it's Transfair in Germany, Max Mavelaar-Stiftung in Switzerland and Fairtrade Austria.

Naming conventions

See Fair Trade as the concept, Fairtrade as the brand by Faitrade International (FLO).

Fair Trade critique

Fair Trade as a concept has also been criticised:

  • There is no restriction for the declaration of something as "fair", many different unofficial labels make it difficult for the consumer.
  • Only parts of raw materials in the finished product can be fair trade, but the percentage is not declared.
  • Fraud certification marks on products have also been found, i.e. production environment for products with a label have found to not necessarily be better than for products without a label.

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