All Fairtrade articles – Page 5
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Comment & Opinion
Tax is back on the agenda. Only this time with a third world spin
Until Brexit, tax was one of the hottest issues in business. Starbucks, Mondelez, Google, Facebook, Amazon et al
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News
Sainsbury's to face MPs over Fairtrade replacement scheme
Sainsbury’s has consistently said it will reap no financial benefit from the Fairly Traded scheme
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Comment & Opinion
Sainsbury's Fairtrade fiasco
Sainsbury’s intention to ditch Fairtrade for its own weak and woolly Fairly Traded equivalent has provoked an outcry
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News
Waitrose commits to more Fairtrade tea
The retailer has announced all 46 of its own-label tea lines will be Fairtrade-certified as of October. It comes as Sainsbury’s is facing growing protests over its decision to pull away from the scheme for its tea lines
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News
Sainsbury's faces protests over dropping of Fairtrade label
Campaigners gathered outside the company’s AGM in London to speak out against in-house ’Fairly Traded’ scheme
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News
Co-op and Kumala link up to offer new Fairtrade wine
Funds from its sales will be invested back into farming communities in South Africa
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News
Sainsbury's petitioned to backtrack on dropping Fairtrade tea
Nearly 10,000 people have called on CEO Mike Coupe to abandon pilot of its in-house ‘Fairly Traded’ label
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Analysis & Features
As supermarkets turn away, what's Fairtrade's future?
Cadbury, Sainsbury’s, Tesco have sought alternative accreditation after concerns regarding the effectiveness of the scheme
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News
Tesco to axe Fairtrade for own label coffee
Move is yet another blow to the Fairtrade Foundation following a similar decision by Sainsbury’s earlier this month
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News
Chris Noel joins Divine Chocolate as sales director
Noel joins from Waitrose, where he was confectionery buyer for almost four years…
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News
NGOs attack Sainsbury's over Fairtrade row
Group writes to retailer’s CEO Mike Coupe to express dismay at new Sustainability Standards
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Analysis & Features
Can Sainsbury's standard prove fairer than Fairtrade?
What is the business case and how will growers be affected?
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News
Sainsbury's trials own sustainability scheme to replace Fairtrade
The scheme will be trialled on tea first, but Fairtrade has warned growers will be ‘disempowered’
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News
Lidl follows Co-op in 100% sustainable cocoa pledge
Ethically sourced cocoa will be used in more than 120 of the retailer’s own label goods
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News
Fairtrade first claim by baby brand Piccolo
The startup’s new Pure range is set to reach Waitrose next month
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Analysis & Features
How Brexit trade changes could hit the developing world
Fairtrade warns poor planning could have dire consequences
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News
Co-op pledges Fairtrade cocoa in all own label
The Co-op is to become the first UK retailer to sell and use only Fairtrade cocoa in all own-brand products
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News
New Co-op ad champions Fairtrade and British sourcing
The society is targeting a million new members by the end of 2017 - a year ahead of its original plans
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Category Report
Fairtrade for the people: Fairtrade category report 2017
Thousands more shoppers pouring into the Fairtrade market means 94% of the population are now in on the revolution. So how much has Mars had to do with this?
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News
Fairtrade appeal broadens as Mars bars drive growth
Fairtrade food & drink is no longer the sole preserve of the well-heeled, The Grocer can reveal