On #WorldDayOfSocialJustice, we honour the smallholder farmers, workers and artisans who power global supply chains, yet too often remain unseen and underpaid. ✊ At the #FairTrade Movement, we know social justice requires commitment, action and systems that put people first.

If you'd like to find out more about how the EU does its agri-food and trade business, check this event for #Fairbruary @fairtradeireland.bsky.social - Note - this will be delivered in an approachable way, its not a session only for experts Friday 20th at 12.30 www.fairtrade.ie/eu-green-deal/

SustainableWorkwear won the Sustainable Impact Award at #HEX2026 for their Fairtrade At Work offer among other things!👏👏 www.sustainableworkwear.ie/shop/categor...

Fatima Ismael from SOPPEXCCA coop in Nicaragua.

A good long coffee listen this #Fairbruary to Fatima Ismael from Nicaragua and to Bewleys, in Ireland. open.spotify.com/episode/2tpc...

Fairtrade came away with 50% of the best chocolate picks in the Taste Test for Dark Chocolate by Katy McGuinness in the Irish Independent yesterday - or 4 out of 8 bars being Fairtrade! Aldi - Green & Blacks - M&S - Lidl That’s very #Fairbruary 👇

February marks 'Fairbruary': Fairtrade Belgium calls on shoppers to support farmers' welfare by filling baskets with fair trade products like coffee, bananas, and chocolate.

As we head into Fairbruary in the coming days we’re delighted that our JCDecaux partnership is brightening the grey sky’s in Dublin’s Camden Street, and showing the way! . @jcdecaux.bsky.social

Green deal? Not so much..

The right to safe, nutritious & sustainable food is a fundamental right, yet not guaranteed across the EU. Through #GoodFood4All, we call for fair & sustainable food systems: ✔️ Food for all ✔️ Fair incomes for farmers & workers ✔️ End food speculation ✔️ Protect nature ✍️ eci.ec.europa.eu/053/public

They also have a great range of items for a Fairtrade Workplace www.fairtrade.ie/get-involved...

Great to see some Fairtrade Cotton products being promoted at the Irish Health Store annual bash in Shannon today. Health Stores, Oxfam, Trocaire and Amnesty shops are where Fair Trade started and as important today for the Fairtrade movement as then. Www.sustainableworkwear.ie

The FTAO welcomes the UN's decision to declare 2026 the International Year of the Woman Farmer.👩🏽‍🌾 Women make up 41% of the global agri-food workforce, yet many face precarious work & limited rights. We hope #IYWF2026 drives action for fairer trade, decent livelihoods & real power for women farmers.

Seems nobody is happy with EUs turn, turn again approach to making new social and env. laws. The big companies dislike uncertainty as much as small- scale farmers. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

🌱 The Commission's proposal to simplify the #EUOrganic regulation is a step forward. We urge MEPs & Member States to adopt it swiftly and ensure organic rules address the challenges faced by organic farmers, within & beyond EU borders. 📄 Our statement with Fairtrade International: bit.ly/4aohVLF

This, the EUDR, the green deal, the not restoring nature - had to apologize for Europe today on a call with colleagues from around the world which is new. We huffed, and we puffed ourselves up, brought people to the mountain top - and then we let them and ourselves down…

Probably a bit too close here to Black Friday carry on, but if you are spending some money in coming weeks here’s some suggestions - and there’s loads more out there too! www.fairtrade.ie/our-top-chri...

📢 The climate talks #COP30 in Belém conclude with a largely empty deal: ❌ No halt to deforestation, ❌ No fossil fuel phaseout, and ❌ No climate finance at the scale the crisis demands. Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/cop30-f... A 🧵👇

There’s us in Europe Increasingly focused on the price competition issues and lower regulation, whist here’s Colombia looking out for its large share of the Amazon.. and hoping other Amazon countries will too. We still need a global green deal.. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Some seasonal colour from Aldi Ireland. These Poinsettias come to you from the Wagagai farm in Uganda via O’Connors in Nursery in Co Wexford!

Reportedly, continuation of the Rainforest Alliance scheme in Kenya depends on Govt recommendations being implemented over the next three months. The Kenya Govt. is emphasizing that sustainability standards operating there should be fair, transparent, and locally contextualised. Sounds fair.

Europe is now getting alot wrong about trade and sustainability - greater competitiveness for large companies ✅ and greater compliance for small-scale farmers ✅ - the trickle down myth used to be about benefits - now it’s true about trickle down costs. www.fairtrade.net/en/get-invol...

👍 Looking forward to the new Fairtrade textile Standard coming through too to add to our work with cotton farmers!

This is from our ongoing Charity campaign with JC Decaux I.e a free campaign - the image is based on an old World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO) campaign..

Women in Sierra Leone are often at a disadvantage when it comes to land. Traditional ideas often leave women disenfranchised. In Sierra Leone, we're working with women to make sure they know & assert all their rights under legal frameworks. Read more here www.solidaridadnetwork.org/news/leaping...

Would also be great if the EU Green Deal, which birthed the Nature Restoration Law, also enabled farmers and communities in the Global South to benefit from wise stewardship of the natural world. The EU deforestation regs (EUDR), alive again today, need to pay for Regen ag in poorer countries.

Organic farmers are vital for sustainable food systems, but many risk exclusion under the new EU Organic Regulation. This #WorldFoodDay, we urge the EU to ensure fair, clear rules so smallholders stay in the system & consumers continue to have access to sustainable organic food.🌍🌱 📄 bit.ly/42K5aGG

🌎Without equity at the center, climate transitions cannot succeed. New @wriclimate.bsky.social research reveals five key lessons learned from #JustTransition efforts across the globe, from Colombia to Indonesia: bit.ly/3L9QeeP

Lots of support and enthusiasm in Edinburgh for the International Fairtrade Towns Conference! ✅ youtu.be/GUtYlnmXPTk

🚨The FTAO is deeply concerned by the @ec.europa.eu’s proposal to delay the #EUDR. This risks legal uncertainty for producers and raises doubts about the EU’s commitment to sustainable value chains. Any delay must be strictly limited & used to support smallholders in a fair, sustainable transition.

Fairtrade Fortnight is here. Starting this week and ending on Sunday 5th October, Fairtrade asks you to Do it Fair. Join us as we come together to call for fairer trade across the world and create real impact in people’s futures.

That's a wrap! We’ve had an inspiring week in Bengaluru at the 2nd National Fairtrade in India Conference.🌱 Grateful for the exchanges with producers, partners & government representatives shaping a fairer, more sustainable trade system. 🙌Thanks to Fairtrade India & Fairtrade NAPP for having us!

The FTAO is excited to join 150+ delegates at the 2nd National Fairtrade in India Conference in Bengaluru! 🌍 Our Managing Director, @jorgeconesa.bsky.social, will moderate sessions on EU sustainability regulations and spotlight producer voices shaping resilient, fair supply chains. 👨‍🌾🌱

The story of a lovely woman who lived to be 95 and died yesterday in Clonakilty. She achieved alot by not accepting the status quo - in the church, in international trade - and did things about it herself. She set up the Fairtrade communities in Ireland 🙌🏼🙏 👏👌 www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

🗣️ Indigenous communities in Brazil are speaking out against carbon credits Indigenous leaders like Alessandra Munduruku stress that Indigenous voices have been sidelined, even though they are nature's true guardians, when it's come to conversations around carbon credits.

Bizarrely life goes on, and can even get better sometimes - check out the Palestinian olive oil zaytoun.uk available in select stores in Ireland. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Int Day for the Remembrance of Slavery and It’s Abolition The injustices of slavery have long tail legacies all over the world. Tea, sugar, coffee all have slavery in their international trade history - the roots of the exploitation of farmers and workers still It’s personal and political.

Democracy is a participative activity - it’s not a bauble we inherit and bequeath. Creative activities like this one are everywhere required, always needed. Fairtrade was created to help transform trade for small-scale farmers and workers. Lot more to do www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Democracy is a participative activity - it’s not a bauble we inherit and bequeath. Creative activities like this one are everywhere required, always needed. Fairtrade was created to help transform trade for small-scale farmers and workers. Lot more to do www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

We don’t think enough about medieval levels of inequality in the world, in Fairtrade. 🤔 Income and wealth inequality topped with the hot spice of chaotic climate change will burn us all. Or we can work to change things for everyone and our beautiful planet www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Doesn’t matter whether it is organic food production or deforestation free food production - rich counties don’t have the right to dump all the costs of environmentally better food production on small-scale food farmers in poorer countries - being ‘competitive’ at their expense is a cheap shot.

A good news story that adds up - smart people smart money - SMART FUTURES en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_c...

We very much doubt that any of the people calling for a stall on this have any idea of the amount of time and money that has been spent by small-scale coffee and cocoa farmers to be able to comply with the regs. Europe is embarrassing itself on this one - need to be #CompetitiveANDSustainabble

The FTAO acknowledges the #IMCO vote on #PublicProcurement & recognises positive steps. ✅ Moving beyond lowest price ✅ Better access for SMEs ✅ Recognition of trustworthy certifications Ahead of September’s plenary, we urge MEPs to protect long-term social & environmental goals. ➡️ bit.ly/403DdIz

That’s good news then - hopefully these kinds of agreements will stick the course..

🍫 On #WorldChocolateDay, we celebrate the cocoa farmers, cooperatives & social enterprises behind every bar. Many still face poverty, climate stress & unfair markets. Measures like the #EUDR are vital steps toward a more sustainable sector. 👇 Hear their voices in #SeedsOfResilience bit.ly/3IuTksw

Ireland’s pilot on basic income which pays €325 a week for some lucky artists, decided by a lottery, due for extension in next year’s budget. Govt needs to support basic income for all; and ensure companies pay for living incomes and living wages for all.. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Ethiopia - the home of the giddy goat that first ate coffee - then its goatherd, and all of us followed suit! Has some of the finest coffees in the world. China says it will be importing 50% of all its arabica coffee from Ethiopia replacing Brazil and Colombia. www.fairtrade.net/en/get-invol...