1. © Fairtrade 2010 Textile Roundtable – KAURI 14/06/13 – Lily Deforce

2. © Fairtrade 2010 Injustices in Trade that Producers face For example: There are 25 million coffee farmers worldwide, yet just 4 traders control 40% of the coffee trade; selling to millions of consumers. 6 sugar traders hold two-thirds of the sugar trade Just 3% of the retail tea price reaches workers. Unlocking the Power of the Many The global economy is an hourglass economy

3. © Fairtrade 2010 Unlocking the Power of the Many Fairtrade: What we have achieved so far

4. © Fairtrade 2010 Unlocking the Power of the Many More than 1100 Fairtrade Towns in over 20 countries The model has been shown to work; now we need to take it wider.

5. © Fairtrade 2010 The Fairtrade Cotton Opportunity Cotton from Sustainable Sources Global Cotton Production 25 Million MT Fairtrade in 2012 Sustainable cotton in 2012 2015 demand for sustainable cotton

6. © Fairtrade 2010 The Fairtrade Cotton Opportunity: Producers 35 to 50 million small scales farmers in the developing world depend on cotton as their source of income.

7. © Fairtrade 2010 FAIRTRADE IN THE GLOBAL COTTON CONTEXT AN AMBITIOUS VISION FOR GROWTH “ Fairtrade’s vision is to build a model which will enable 10-fold cotton sale increases by 2016 (5-year goal) and 40-fold by 2021 (10-year goal), reaching 1.8 million producers, whilst also deepening the benefits to farmers and workers (including workers in processing and manufacturing)” Fairtrade needs to focus all of its work on one overarching objective: to allow producers to sell more cotton on Fairtrade terms.

8. © Fairtrade 2010 Creation of a CSR approach for sustainable commodity sourcing About corporate sustainable sourcing Complementary to Product Certification & Labelling No changes on Farm level – Minimum Price and Premium is maintained + extra investments in FIP Based on long term partnership brands Fairtrade Coherent with Fairtrade’s ambitions

9. © Fairtrade 2010 Two stage approach to labelling textiles. Phase 1, just the raw cotton, as a primary product, is Fairtrade certified and labelled. Traders need to provide evidence of their efforts to comply with key ILO conventions (Forced Labour, Freedom of Association, Worst Forms of Child Labour, etc) Phase 2, working towards a textile strategy and a textile standard covering cotton production, processing and manufacturing What about textile?

10. © Fairtrade 2010 For more information : Rossitza Krueger r.krueger@fairtrade.net +49 (0) – 228 – 949 23 – 289 THANK YOU!