Our 2025 Annual Report is out! 📣 We stayed active in key EU policies, strengthened ties with the Fair Trade Movement and deepened work with policymakers, unions, farmers' orgs and more. Thank you to all our partners. Here's to continuing this journey together 🤝 📄 fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/257

🤝 Prevention must be at the heart of effective due diligence. As the European Commission develops guidance for implementing the #CSDDD, the FTAO is calling for guidance that puts people first and prevents harm before it occurs. 📣 The consultation is open until 24 July. Have your say!

Great to partner with the @eccjorg.bsky.social to explore how the EU’s UTP Directive and CSDDD can work together to tackle unfair purchasing practices, strengthen due diligence and build more resilient supply chains. 📺 Missed the webinar? watch the recording ⤵️ youtu.be/Y1wkxb8EnYQ

WEBINAR | Aligning the Unfair Trading Practices & Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directives

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🗳️ Adopted! @agri.europarl.europa.eu's vote is a key step in updating the EU Organic Regulation. The proposed changes on Group of Operators are welcome news for farmers & cooperatives. We hope for swift adoption by the plenary in September & an ambitious political agreement in upcoming trilogues.

JUST OUT! 📢 The World Fair Trade Organization has launched three new toolkits to support artisan producers & #FairTrade enterprises in navigating: 📜 EU compliance under new regulations ♻️ sustainability and circular fashion 🤝 brand–producer collaboration Check them out 👉 wfto.com/toolkits/g2f...

⏰ Last call to register Join us for a webinar exploring the intersections between the EU Unfair Trading Practices (UTP) Directive & the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and how to leverage both instruments for supply chain resilience. ⬇️ Save your spot!

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🚨 What does it take to make supply chains fairer, more accountable and resilient? Join us with @eccjorg.bsky.social on how the EU’s UTP Directive and CSDDD fit together in practice. 📆 Tuesday, 14 July 🕑 14:00–15:00 CEST 🖥️ Online Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/24107a...

A pleasure to convene an expert meeting with SOLIDAR on the implementation of the EU Forced Labour Regulation. Experts, trade unions, CSOs & policymakers exchanged views on its strong potential & the importance of effective implementation to drive transparency & accountability across supply chains.

Sustainable production methods play a key role in reducing emissions across #FairTrade supply chains. When producers earn a living income and work in decent conditions, they're better able to invest in sustainable practices and protect the environment. Learn more ➡️ fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/244

🚨 What does it take to make supply chains fairer, more accountable and resilient? Join us with @eccjorg.bsky.social on how the EU’s UTP Directive and CSDDD fit together in practice. 📆 Tuesday, 14 July 🕑 14:00–15:00 CEST 🖥️ Online Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/24107a...

The biggest barrier to using the complaint mechanism of the EU Directive against unfair trading practices is the fear of retaliation. The EU must make it safe for all suppliers to raise concerns. 👉 Our recommendations for a Directive that truly protects farmers: fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/2233

Consumers play a key role in advancing sustainable food systems, but they need ambitious policies that support systemic change. 🥗🛒 It was a pleasure to present key findings alongside Heidelberg University, analysing 10 years of EU policy enabling (or slowing) sustainable food choices.

Great discussion over breakfast on the future of EU public procurement! ☕🥐 Experts, policymakers, trade unions, CSOs & social economy actors came together to explore how the upcoming revision of the EU Directive can drive sustainable food systems, quality jobs & ethical supply chains across Europe.

We are looking forward to World of Coffee 2026! ☕🧑‍🌾 Together with the International Coffee Organization (ICA), we'll be bringing EU policymakers, embassies from coffee-producing countries and producer organisations together to explore how policy can help advance living incomes in the coffee sector.

It was great to be at the #EUFoodJusticeForum! 🍽️🍎 Our Senior Project & Policy Officer, Paola Plaku, moderated a workshop on rights-based approaches to EU food policy, including public procurement and the ECI on the #RightToFood. 🤝 Thank you to the organisers for having us!

✊ We join 400+ academics, UN representatives, trade unions, civil society organisations and social movements supporting the Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth. 📰 Read the full opinion piece in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others

Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others

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EU regulations have an impact beyond Europe & their implementation matters as much as their intentions. A new CLAC study finds that implementing #EUDR & the #Organic Regulation is creating real challenges for small-scale cocoa & coffee producers in Latin America. 👉 fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/247

🍃 The climate crisis is not just an environmental emergency. It's rooted in inequality, unfair trade & broken economic systems. Small-scale producers need fair conditions to be part of the solution. When the system is fair, sustainability follows. #WorldEnvironmentDay

JUST PUBLISHED! 🚨 The climate crisis is rooted in inequality & unfair trade. Our new guide shows how #FairTrade is central to climate resilience & why we can't have climate justice without trade justice. 👉 fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/244

20+ European organisations are calling on EU policymakers to ensure that Europe's agricultural transition remains science-based, democratically governed and grounded in the public interest. 🌱 A credible transition must strengthen social & environmental ambition. 👉 fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/245

From food to textiles, public purchases represent €2.5 trillion annually, influencing which products, business models & values are rewarded across the Single Market. 50+ orgs. demand a Public Procurement Act that delivers for the economy, society & environment. 📬 fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/243

Public procurement decisions shape which products and technologies are rewarded across the Single Market. That is why 50+ organisations are calling on @ec.europa.eu for a Public Procurement Act that puts long-term value above cheapest price. 👀 Our joint statement: ecostandard.org/publications...

Help shape the future of #FairTrade 📣 The FTAO & Northumbria University are offering a fully funded 3-year Collaborative Doctoral Research Studentship. 📍 Brussels/UK-based (candidates must meet UK residency requirements) 📩 Apply by 30 June More details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Last week, FTAO's @virginiaenssle.bsky.social was at the #IIForoCaféFairtrade in Perú, exchanging with producers, cooperatives and experts on the current challenges and future of the coffee sector.☕ Thank you to all participants for the great isnights & to CLAC for the great organisation!

As the EU moves forward with new sustainability requirements for textiles under the #ESPR, the transition must be not only greener, but also fair & inclusive. 🧑‍🌾🤝🍃 📕 Read the #FairTrade Movement's recommendations for meaningful engagement with third-country actors: fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/241

Last week we marked World Fair Trade Day with an event co-organised with @bernd-lange.bsky.social and @fairtradeftao.bsky.social. With DG Trade, DG INTPA, civil society and producer organisations, we discussed the the #EUDR and the role of EU trade policy in supporting sustainable products.

What a pleasure to mark World Fair Trade Day with the European Parliament's Fair Trade Working Group.🧑‍🌾🤝🌱 Thank you to @catarina-europe.bsky.social & @bernd-lange.bsky.social forr hosting this timely discussion on the role of the EU's external action in implementing sustainability regulations.

The Deforestation Regulation is moving ahead and that's good news for forests. But smallholder farmers must not be left behind.🌳🧑‍🌾 Now is the time to focus on implementation: 🛠️ Technical & financial support 🤝 Shared responsibility 🗣️ Inclusion in decisions Our views➡️ fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/238

Imagine a fashion industry that puts people before profit.🧵👥 230+ associations & trade unions across 43 countries unite to amplify the voices of garment workers, young people & allies shaping a fairer future for fashion. ✍️ Read the Manifesto & pledge your support: cleanclothes.org/campaigns/ma...

Fashioning A Just Transition Manifesto

A guiding star for a Just Transition to a renewed future of fashion.

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EU Textile Labelling rules are outdated. The “Made in…” label does not reflect today's global textile value chains or consumer demand for transparency. Without EU harmonisation: 🌍 No common origin definition 🧩 Fragmented enforcement 🏭 Legal uncertainty 👤 Misleading info Revision is needed now.

Last week, we joined the @hdhl.bsky.social Conference alongside @iclei.org and colleagues of our CUES EU Project. 🥗🙌 Glad to see growing recognition of Sustainable Food Public Procurement as key lever for change in building healthier, more sustainable and fairer food environments in Europe.