Posted on February 22, 2013 The International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) recently released a report documenting their investigation of labor rights violations at Theo Chocolate, a fair trade chocolate company. The report focuses on Theo’s fair trade certifier, IMO and IMO’s Fair for Life program, criticizing them for continuing to certify Theo despite serious worker complaints. [...]

With a newly established office in Washington, D.C., Fairtrade International USA is open for business and proud to announce its Board of Directors and Interim Operations Manager. The move connects US shoppers with over 25 other Fairtrade organizations in the international Fairtrade system and 1.2 million producers around the world, all working together for a [...]

  In This Issue 2012: A Year In Review Quick Links Donate Fair World Project is a 501c(3), your donations are tax deductible. Dear [[First_Name]], 2012: A Year In Review Like many of you, we have been reflecting back on what we have accomplished this year, a time of opportunity and change in the fair [...]

In November 2012, the Forum for African Investigative Reporters (FAIR), an association of professional investigative journalists throughout Africa dedicated to information dissemination and social justice, issued the following report on fair trade cocoa production in Africa. As the title – “Fair Trade Rip-off” – suggests, they were critical of fair trade in the region. They [...]

In This Issue An Honest Look at Honest Tea Labels North American Unity Statement Opposing NAFTA Expansion Through the Transpacific Partnership (TPP) It’s Not Too Late: Order “For a Better World” Publication Help Dr. Bronner’s Support communities in Eastern Ghana! Fair World News Bytes Quick Links Donate Fair World Project is a 501c(3), your donations [...]

December 11, 2012 Dear Senator, On November 24, at least 112 factory workers died in a horrific fire at Tazreen Fashions factory in Bangladesh. The fire at Tazreen is only one in a series of factory fires that have killed over a thousand workers in the garment industry in South Asia in the past decade. [...]

Read more info in French… We, representatives of the CNCR member farmers’ and producers’ organizations, as well as other national platforms member of the ROPPA (Network of West-African Farmers’ and Producers’ Organizations), met from 20 to 22 November, 2012 in Dakar with technical services officers and technical and financial partners in the framework of the [...]

Florentine Meinshausen Institut für Marktökologie, IMO IMO Group office Weststrasse 51 CH-8570 Weinfelden – Switzerland Dear Florentine, Thank you for your formal response on November 22nd to our labeling concerns. We have posted your response on our website http://ow.ly/fJ3m1. While we appreciate you taking this seriously and your thorough response and commitment to correct, we [...]

Prepared by Lillian Grosz, CAGJ Volunteer The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, is a secretive regional free trade/investor rights initiative led by the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam, with an open-docking clause allowing for additional countries to join. In theory, the TPP seeks to increase trade [...]

[MANILA, 28 November 2012] The 5th World Social Forum on Migrations is happening with many historic firsts from 26-30 November 2012. It is the first time the World Social Forum on Migrations has come to Asia. This is also the first forum with the biggest diversity of participants: more than 800 hundred people are coming [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 24, 2013 CONTACT:    Kerstin Lindgren, Ph: 617-680-9862 Email: kerstin@fairworldproject.org Ryan Fletcher, Ph: 202-641-0277 Email: ryan@mintwood.com Fair World Project Believes that Diluted Labeling Policy Hurts Farmers, Misleads Consumers, and Creates Market Disadvantage for Truly Committed Fair Trade Brands PORTLAND, OR – Fair World Project (FWP), a project of the Organic Consumers [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                               CONTACT:      Ryan Zinn, Ph: 907-947-6046 October 19, 2011                                                                           Email: ryan@fairworldproject.org Fair Trade USA Goes Rogue: New “Standards” Undermine Fair Trade Commitment to Farmers and Consumers   Fair Trade Advocates Reject Certifier Scheme to Allow “Fair Trade” Chocolate Bars to Contain No Actual Fair Trade Cocoa, Among Other Examples [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ariel Vegosen 516-­ 732-­ 0579 ariel@mintwood.com February 24, 2012 Adam Eidinger 202-­ 744-­ 2671 adam@mintwood.com Dedicated Fair Trade Brands Announce Major Consumer Campaign for World Fair Trade Day -­ May 12, 2012 More than 500 Retailer Events Planned National Contest Offers a Fair Trade Adventure to Sri Lanka PORTLAND, OR – [...]

Fair World Project (FWP), United Students for Fair Trade (USFT) Announce Formal Partnership United States Students for Fair Trade to Join Fair World Project as a Special Campaign to Catalyze University Students for Fair Trade and Social Justice June 22, 2012, Portland Oregon: Today, the Fair World Project (FWP), Organic Consumers Association’s Fair Trade Program, [...]