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Fair Trade news from the Fairtrade Foundation, Guardian news and Ethical Trading Initiative.

European Fair Cotton Procurement Awards

Foundation helps launch first European Fair Cotton Procurement Awards 22 May 2013 The...

Fairtrade launches in the Kenyan market

Fairtrade launches in the Kenyan market 20 May 2013  Fairtrade International has launched...

Joint petition handed to Number 10

Joint petition handed to Number 10 ahead of World Fair Trade Day 10 May 2013  Made in...

The founders of Plümo offer their tips for your summer wardrobe

Esther and Verena Roth, founders of Plümo, tell us what's making stylish online shoppers click this summerFor the Roth sisters, an open-minded approach to is key. Esther is the business brain behind...

Ethical shopping: how the high street fashion stores rate | Lucy Siegle

Last month's factory collapse in Bangladesh revealed horrible truths about the clothes industry. There has never been a better time to choose your shopping carefullyOn 24 April when the Rana Plaza...

Letters: How 'fair trade' could tackle sweatshops

An international minimum wage, whether based on a percentage of the median country wage or on a rate set by international committees, could be destructive to emerging economies (A way to start...

Was your T-shirt made in the Dhaka garment factory? You have no idea | Susanna Rustin

Applying any ethical criteria is ridiculously hard when it comes to fashion. We need Fairtrade labelling for clothesAn hour before reading with horror on Thursday morning that workers at a clothes...

Mythbusting: People buy from social enterprises purely on ethics

Social businesses must do more than simply convince consumers that they are ethical. Quality is essential, says David FloydAs a model for social enterprise, the Fairtrade movement has a lot to answer...