We #quitTwitter .
Social media aren't just about giving everyone a voice, they should also protect society from hate speech, racism and conspiracy theories. WFTO won't be part of the “new” Twitter, but will keep working for social and environmental justice on other platforms.

#COP27 has started.

The Fair Trade movement knows that climate despair is a luxury, as says Rebecca Solnit. We can't afford to stop working for solutions.

#LetsDoItFair #PurposeBeforeProfit

“That desperate hope is why the world is looking to you and why you are here”

A year ago today, Sir David Attenborough addressed world leaders at the #COP26 opening ceremony.

With less than one week until #COP27 , his powerful words still ring true 👇

#COP27 is about to start.

Among non-state actors, environmental defenders will be largely outnumbered by corporate representatives. The #FairTrade movement will side with them, asking for a just and fair transition! 📢

Read our position paper at wfto.com/article/clock-…

📣 On the initiative of GEPAFairTrade, we join the call on Frans 🏴‍☠️ and the 🇪🇺 to provide more funding, advice & training for smallholder farmers to face up to the consequences of the climate crisis and preserve their livelihoods.

Sign the petition👇bit.ly/3Tzlkvk

We are looking for a creative mind with a #FairTrade mindset to join us for 6 months (Jan-Jun 2023)!

The position is based in Culemborg (NL), the working language is English.

💼 Send your CV and cover letter to [email protected]. Check our website to know more.

#FairTrade Jobs

🗓️ Today's the International Day for the #EradicationofPoverty .

Dignified living goes beyond civil rights only, as it requires social, economic and climate justice, too. ✊

🌍 #FairTradeEnterprises work to redistribute wealth and power for many.

#PeopleBeforeProfit

🥕🧑‍🌾 #WorldFoodDay is a deeply felt remark that much is still left to be done.

The Fair Trade community joins the global call for #FairFoodSystems , creating food security through dignified livelihoods and capacity building at the community level.

#LetsDoItFair #ZeroHunger

👏Thank you to Bernd Lange for hosting this morning's #FairTradeBreakfast and to all MEPs that joined us. We hope we can count on your support for calling 🇪🇺 leaders to ensure a global, fair, and ecological transition.

Read our full recommendations👉bit.ly/3V7riVP

This morning our fair trade working group exchanged with young fair trade advocates on what the EU can do to make fair trade a reality. We have achieved a lot already, but our work is not over! Happy to continue the work based on our exchanges this morning!

#fairtradeweek

This morning in the Fair Trade Working Group. It's really good to see so many young people - including Portuguese representatives - discussing the recommendations to ensure an ecological, fair and global transition in the EU.

Fair Trade Advocacy Office Pedro Sousa Bernd Lange

Cheap tomato sauce requires discounted human rights. 🍅
Harvesting often relies on the illegal recruitment of immigrant workers.

🌾 altromercato works with agricultural cooperatives in areas at high risk of depopulation and exploitation of labour.

#FairFoodSystems

📢Ahead of #FairTradeBreakfast : the 🇪🇺 is the top trading partner for 80 countries & has 130 trade agreements in place/in process

This means that the EU can play a big role making the global, fair & ecological transition possible! Stay tuned to find out how 👀
#OurFutureOurVoice

In 2012, 258 garment workers died in a factory fire in Pakistan. Ten years after, way too many still do not protect their employees.

Today's World Day for #DecentWork . We want to make this date an obsolete remark.

📢 Take action to #HoldBizAccountable : justice-business.org

♻️ There's still time to join the #SmallButPerfect call for accelerators!

Until 30th October 2022 (midnight, CEST), Business Support Organisations from EU member states and COSME countries are welcome to apply for a 2000 euro grant.

Find out more at small-but-perfect.com. 🔗

Fair Trade does high fashion. But we do it differently. ✨

The WFTO Fashion Lookbook 2022 displays the unique beauty of #FairTrade garments that intertwine traditional craft skills into a modern global aesthetic.

📸 Check out the full Lookbook on our website.

#FairFashion

📢 Stop human rights violations against #EnvironmentalDefenders !

Over 1700 have been killed protecting their land and communities against corporate grabbing and environmental destruction in the past 10 years.

Check out the report by Global Witness: bit.ly/3Rws0cc

If there’s nothing to hide, why dodge transparency? 👀

Break an opaque system. Make fashion transparent.

#FairFashion #LetsDoItFair #PeopleAndPlanet

21st to 23rd October, delegations from the International and Latin American Cities for Fair Trade campaign will gather in Quito to discuss the role of #FairTrade in local economic development. 🏘️

🔗 Join in person or online by registering for free at fairtradetowns.org

The time interval between catastrophic climate disasters is getting shorter. Floods in #Pakistan last week & Hurricane #Ian in the USA today are unravelling who the vulnerable communities are. #ClimateChange will cause more rise in inequality if we delay action on #ClimateJustice