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Dutch missionary who co-founded the Fairtrade movement through guaranteeing prices for coffee farmers in Mexico The Dutch-born Catholic missionary Frans van der Hoff, who has died aged 84, was ...

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/15/father-frans-van-der-hoff-obituary

Creditors include UK suppliers, customers and staff, as businesses in Europe and Japan continue The ethical fashion brand People Tree is putting its UK business into liquidation with debts of m...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/27/ethical-fashion-brand-people-tree-uk-liquidation

Energy bill amendment requires large solar energy projects to prove supply chain free of slave labour The UK risks becoming a dumping ground for the products of forced labour from Xinjiang prov...

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/sep/03/uk-solar-could-be-dumping-ground-for-products-of-chinese-forced-labour-ministers-warned

As an Israeli minister calls for a Palestinian town to be ‘wiped out’, an olive farmer tells of living with fear in the West Bank Doha Asous is an olive farmer from a village near Nablus in...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/05/palestinian-farmer-israeli-settlers-west-bank-wiped-out-olive

Snap up some good deals for Fairtrade Fortnight, and help encourage wineries run by talented people from more diverse backgrounds Being a Guardian reader, you may have clocked it’s Fairtrade ...

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/mar/03/wines-that-taste-good-and-do-good

The ethical label has become mainstream, and is thriving despite the rising cost of living Fairtrade tea, coffee and chocolate was once the mainstay of church hall fetes and upmarket delis but ...

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/feb/25/uk-supermarkets-budget-fair-trade-ranges-ethical-label

Santander hasn’t transferred our balance to a new Lloyds account and we need it to pay Traidcraft I AM THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR A FAIRTRADE STALL RUN WEEKLY BY OUR BRANCH OF CHURCHES TOGETHER. ...

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/sep/20/money-is-running-out-to-pay-for-our-fairtrade-products

Retailers accused of ignoring soaring production costs to keep prices low, with Aldi singled out as leading way HOW DO UK SUPERMARKETS RATE ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS? WANT TO BE A GREENER SHOPPER? E...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/30/banana-price-war-uk-supermarkets-hurting-farmers-growers-warn

Amid the complex web of international trade, proving the authenticity of a product can be near-impossible. But one company is taking the search to the atomic level. By Samanth Subramanian Contin...

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/oct/15/food-and-counterfeit-cotton-the-detectives-untangling-the-global-supply-chain-podcast

Amid the complex web of international trade, proving the authenticity of a product can be near-impossible. But one company is taking the search to the atomic level Five years ago, the textile g...

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/sep/16/food-fraud-counterfeit-cotton-detectives-untangling-global-supply-chain

Ethical banker whose innovations including direct debits and free accounts transformed financial services for the British public Alastair Hanton, who has died aged 94, was a banker and pioneer o...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/11/alastair-hanton-obituary

Snap up Fairtrade Cape wines, help support beleaguered agricultural communities and get some choice tipples into the bargain ... Fairtrade fortnight , which starts next week, has become such a ...

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/feb/19/why-south-africa-winemakers-need-our-help-now-more-than-ever

More than half of users will walk or cycle instead of taking buses and trains, Co-op survey finds Over half of public transport users in the UK say they will continue to avoid buses and trains a...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/30/uk-public-transport-downturn-to-continue-after-pandemic-ends

Children as young as five still exposed to hazardous work in countries including Ghana and Ivory Coast, report reveals Nearly 20 years after the world’s major chocolate manufacturers pledged ...

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/oct/20/chocolate-industry-slammed-for-failure-to-crack-down-on-child-labour

Coffee sales around the world have fallen, risen and plunged again, hitting producers hard From cool beans to has-beens The scale of the downturn hitting the coffee industry is reflected in fi...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/04/the-global-coffee-market-has-had-a-rollercoaster-year-amid-covid-crisis

Nestlé is big in York, but the city is fighting the brand’s decision to make life harder for African cocoa farmers Here’s a quiz question: how many KitKats are produced in the Nestlé fact...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/05/have-a-heart-kitkat-dont-break-with-fairtrade

Fairtrade label guarantees farmers get a set minimum price and a financial bonus KitKat has severed its ties with Fairtrade, despite the organisation behind the scheme warning that thousands of...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/23/profoundly-disappointing-kitkat-cuts-ties-with-fairtrade

Mark Hayes, who has died of cancer aged 63, founded Shared Interest, a UK cooperative that provides financial services to fair trade producers worldwide. Established in 1990, today it has more th...

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/12/mark-hayes-obituary

Move will boost market for fairly traded goods in the UK, worth about £1.6bn The pub chain JD Wetherspoon is brushing up its “ethical” credentials by serving up only Fairtrade sugar in a...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/feb/17/jd-wetherspoon-to-serve-only-fairtrade-sugar-in-pubs

Market including food, drinks, clothing and energy has risen almost fourfold in past 20 years Ethical consumer spending has hit record levels in the UK, according to a new report that reveals ...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/30/uk-ethical-consumer-spending-hits-record-high-report-shows