1. COnTINUITY & CHANGE IN Fairtrade MIKE GIDNEY

3. eVOLVING & Extending how we work with businesses
This is the framework for our new offer to business – you can find more information on our website under the business section. We’re officially launching it at a conference in London in October, so this is a sneak preview!
We’ll be talking about it via business to business channels, so not something you will come across in our s, on our social media etc.

4. Our offer has three overall pillars
Sourcing
on Fairtrade terms
Programmes
with Fairtrade
Expertise
in fair and sustainable supply chains + +
Fairtrade’s core sourcing model and primary focus for sales
Partners can now invest in Fairtrade-developed programmes or develop programmes jointly with Fairtrade
Fairtrade can leverage its 25 years of development experience to advise businesses on effective sustainability approaches
Sales on Fairtrade terms improve terms of trade and share of the value chain for Fairtrade producers.
Fairtrade’s programmes address systemic challenges which producers have identified as priorities.
Guiding a business’s sustainability strategy enables Fairtrade to influence the wider trading practices and initiatives of the business, for all their sourcing
All language is internal

5. INDIVDUAL INGREDIENTS ON FAIRTRADE TERMS
Sourcing – this includes Fairtrade certification and standards, but extends it slightly to be more flexible, with the aim of increasing the volumes of ingredients and produce sold on Fairtrade terms, so farmers can sell more.
You may have heard about Fairtrade Sourcing Programmes in the past, or FSP? Well, the Fairtrade system loves an acronym so it has been re-branded slightly as Fairtrade Sourced Ingredient.
With the Fairtrade Mark, all the ingredients that can be Fairtrade certified, have to be. So for a chocolate bar: cocoa, sugar, vanilla.
With the Fairtrade Sourced Ingredient model, you can have just one ingredient in your product that is certified to Fairtrade standards.
FSI ingredients: everything apart from bananas and coffee, big focus on cocoa at the moment.
We have seen increased commitments from many companies over the past couple of years:
Co-op have committed to source all the cocoa in their own-brand products as 100% Fairtrade
Mars was the first UK company to commit to FSI, all the cocoa in Mars bars is Fairtrade.
Lidl and Aldi are also sourcing cocoa for a range of their products on Fairtrade terms
The FAIRTRADE ingredient Mark can appear on the front, side or back of packaging and in promotion, transparently highlighting the ingredient to consumers in the side tab. If preferred, FSI commitments can be communicated solely through corporate communications, rather than on pack.
INDIVDUAL INGREDIENTS ON FAIRTRADE TERMS

6. DEEPENING & SCALING UP IMPACT
Working with businesses to develop programmes that address systematic challenges in their supply chains to bring about more impact for farmers & workers.
These can be in addition to certification, or a new approach.
Business must meet a minimum amount of investment, depending on if the programme is standard or bespoke.
Not necessarily something that is public-facing.
Co-op & Compass Group UK
Invested £100k in 2017 in an innovative new programme to improve women’s opportunities in cocoa communities in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa.
Women make up 68% of the labour force, yet only 25% own land. Research shows that despite making up almost half of the workforce, the majority of women farmers in developing countries receive lower pay than men, are often unable to own land or access a bank account, and are excluded from business loans or agricultural training that male farmers benefit from.
Research also suggests that closing the gender gap could actually address poverty.
Through a rigorous training programme, the 24 students of the Class of 2017 will become role models and share what they learn within their communities and seven co- operatives, which represent almost 5,000 members. They will gain skills in finance, negotiation, and decision- making as well as greater awareness gender equality.
Waitrose Foundation
Further investing in producers supplying Waitrose bananas from the Dominican Republic, driving increased impact for workers by focusing on key issues such as wages, productivity and worker voice.
Mondelez Cocoa Life
DEEPENING & SCALING UP IMPACT

7. Women’s School of Leadership
Fairtrade Blog:
Compass:
Coop:
Fairtrade Africa:

8. BUSINESS TOOLS & CONSULTANCY from 25 years of experience

9. The Complete Offer – how we organise it externally
Sourcing
on Fairtrade terms
Producer owned and led
Standards for development
Independent certification
Insights into your supply chain
Growing Fairtrade market +
Programmes
with Fairtrade
Gender
Poverty Reduction
Economic Development
Climate Change +
Expertise
in fair and sustainable supply chains
Transform your strategy
Understand your supply chain
Understand your impact
Tell your story
Build your team
All language is internal

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