FairtradePolicy Team

Tweets by Policy Team at @FairtradeUK - sharing news & views views on trade justice, sustainable development, responsible business etc.

[FairtradePolicy Team @FairtradePolicy]

Great discussion last night at @stmaryseco on tomato shortages, climate change, and how we can all take action!

[St Mary's Eco Church @stmaryseco]

@FairtradePolicy A chance to talk with one of #Fairtrade Africa's leading #tomato farmers Ines & ask your own questions🍅🍅Plus @FairtradeUK's Head of Policy @timaldredpolicy

https://t.co/Erk3I0Zqap

[FairtradePolicy Team @FairtradePolicy]

This was a great conversation! If you missed out, Tim and Ines will be speaking again at @Stmaryseco in Lambeth on 21st March

[Fairtrade Foundation @FairtradeUK]

Starting shortly! Our final BIG Fairtrade Get Together – hear from Ines Zairi, a Fairtrade tomato farmer in Tunisia, and our Head of Policy @timaldredpolicy on COP27 and the impact of climate change. 🌍

Sign up now 👇
https://t.co/emkFR1GnxN

[Fairtrade Foundation @FairtradeUK]

"We are able to make changes now. We can act now before we see that bleak future that is on display at the Endangered Aisle." 👊🌍

Read more in @BigIssue 👇

https://t.co/MDiVWU1Yv7

[FairtradePolicy Team @FairtradePolicy]

@evidensianews @FAIRTRADE @FairtradeUK @FairtradeAfrica @UNDP @UNFSS1 @OECDdev You're a week early! But thank you!

[FairtradePolicy Team @FairtradePolicy]

Well done to the thousands who called on government to add Fairtrade bananas to the fruit for schools scheme. Will there now be a response from Govt? @RishiSunak @Number10press? https://t.co/y5plH49M2g

[FairtradePolicy Team @FairtradePolicy]

Fairtrade has launched a new risk map tool - this is an important way to understand the biggest human rights and environmental risks in some big supply chains.

[Fairtrade Intl @FAIRTRADE]

To support companies in meeting due diligence duties, our Risk Map visualises the biggest human rights and environmental risks in specific products and countries.

Admitting these risks in supply chains is the 1st step to tackle them: https://t.co/GJPUBP5Nrp

[FairtradePolicy Team @FairtradePolicy]

Tantalisingly close to the 10,000 signatures needed to require a government response... this petition calls for Fairtrade bananas to be added to the Schools free fruit and veg scheme https://t.co/y5plH49M2g

[Fairtrade UK Education @FairtradeUKEd]

It would be great to get Fairtrade bananas in the free fruit and veg scheme for schools, please sign and share this petition, let’s give this campaign maximum reach! https://t.co/dqhPM4nWfa… @coldplay

[FairtradePolicy Team @FairtradePolicy]

Well done St Peters Leatherhead - super video and great message https://t.co/ejCbkllTYc

[FairtradePolicy Team @FairtradePolicy]

A warm welcome to @SophieAujean !

[Fairtrade Intl @FAIRTRADE]

Meet @SophieAujean , our new Director of Global Advocacy!

As she prepares to wrap up her first 100 days at Fairtrade, we caught up with her to discuss her advocacy ambitions, and what attracted her to Fairtrade in the first place.

Q&A: https://t.co/foAdcTx8z8

#futureisfair

[FairtradePolicy Team @FairtradePolicy]

@IntelectualyTal @Maestradelases1 @RubenSanchezTW @OxfamIntermon @FAIRTRADE Of course, many "direct only" firms offer a good deal to farmers, it's just that each company needs to set up their own system for setting ethical objectives and monitoring their delivery - and explaining to the consumer. (4 - postscript)

[FairtradePolicy Team @FairtradePolicy]

@IntelectualyTal @Maestradelases1 @RubenSanchezTW @OxfamIntermon @FAIRTRADE So while "direct" and "fair" trade are often seen as alternatives, they overlap as concepts and in practice. Many companies buy direct under Fairtrade certification, getting the benefit of a close relationship with the producer alongside Fairtrade's independent oversight (3/3)

[FairtradePolicy Team @FairtradePolicy]

@IntelectualyTal @Maestradelases1 @RubenSanchezTW @OxfamIntermon @FAIRTRADE Direct trade means that the buyer is going direct to the farmer without going through an intermediary or commodity market. So this often means a close relationship and better terms of trade, though that's down to the buyer (1/-)

[IISD Economies @IISD_ELP]

How can @Fairtrade, @RnfrstAlliance and other sustainability standards help alleviate poverty amongst smallholder farmers? @IISD_news’ Standards and Poverty Reduction report finds that VSSs can help by increasing resources and opportunities for farmers. https://t.co/r53fr22sxk

[Fairtrade Foundation @FairtradeUK]

Certification can only form part of a company’s sustainability efforts. This is why Fairtrade engages in so many measures beyond certification.

Read more 👇
https://t.co/zM7JUEnPsj

[Fairtrade Intl @FAIRTRADE]

Does Fairtrade reduce the human rights harms in supply chains? What can we offer to corporate sustainability due diligence work?

These questions are focal in a new study published by Fairtrade today.

Read the full study: https://t.co/6u4jxJlmsj

[Fairtrade Intl @FAIRTRADE]

And it was a message we pointedly delivered to government officials and private sector stakeholders: world leaders must acknowledge the critical role that smallholder farmers have in addressing climate change.

More: https://t.co/tWtxqAF0Nq

[Fairtrade Intl @FAIRTRADE]

But it doesn’t have to be that way. That was the message that Fairtrade’s delegation brought to COP27 on behalf of nearly 2 million farmers and agricultural workers from around the world.

[Fairtrade Intl @FAIRTRADE]

Farmers hold the key to the climate crisis – if only world leaders at #COP27 would listen.

Extreme temperatures. Devastating droughts This is the future that the world’s farmers + agricultural workers face. And it imperils the very existence of our planet’s food supply.