Global supply chains lead to companies capturing most of the value, while suppliers – and especially workers – get a much smaller share.
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The 5th Edition of the Chocolate Scorecard reveals that some retailers are lagging when it comes to selling sustainable products.
If you’ve decided to look for coffee that’s better for the earth or the people making it, you might need some help translating all the industry lingo.
Most of us enjoy chocolate this time of year, but how many of us appreciate its historical roots and significance?
Monitoring and enforcing competition rules is essential to level the playing field for fairer food markets.
Eighteenth-century Quakers attempted to align their religious beliefs with what they purchased. These Quakers led some of the early campaigns against sugar being produced by enslaved people.
Low-paid workers at both ends of the supply chain – the small farmers who grow most of the crop and the casual staff who serve you at the cafe – weren’t well off even before the pandemic hit.
Some initiatives aim to develop more ethical and equitable models.
Food suppliers and sellers around the world are using blockchain technologies to ensure that what consumers buy is labeled clearly and accurately.
Our energy supply underpins everything we do – so why is it exempt from the fair trade arguments used for food and clothing?
While the commitment of vegan businesses to animal well-being is laudable, is that where their ethical commitments stop? Are they reproducing bare-minimum labour standards, or aiming higher?
The benchmark scheme that protects cocoa farmers and local communities could be toppled as big players rethink their role.
Sugar and saturated fat aren’t ‘evil’ and kale and avocado aren’t ‘good’.
Some old favourites are shrinking or changing shape and introducing new ingredients.
Leading progressives including Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have been very vocal in opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Here’s why they should get on board.
The crisis of confidence at Tesco signals a remarkable fall from grace given that it wasn’t so long ago that Britons were spending one pound in every seven in its stores. But should we feel sorry for Tesco…
Two weeks of campaigning to raise awareness of Fairtrade products have come to a close. But coffee farmers around the world face an ongoing crisis that the Fairtrade Foundation has done little to mitigate…
Four-year-old Ar Zin stared at my bag. He knew there was something special inside. The classroom full of 30 Burmese refugee children was so hushed that I could each child’s breath, and Ar Zin’s eyes followed…
Companies using the Fairtrade mark demonstrate different types of commitment to the fair trade movement, claims a new study…
Recent high prices for minerals have inspired a lot of companies and countries to start mining. But with a lead-time of up to five years for developing a mining operation, it is difficult to take advantage…
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