Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO)
@fairtradeftao.bsky.social
The FTAO regrets the European Parliament’s failure to safeguard core protections in the #CSDDD.
⚠️ Weak rules risk leaving smallholders & workers behind, undermining supply chain resilience.
Co-legislators must use trilogue negotiations to restore ambition and ensure #CSDDD delivers on its purpose.
⚠️ Weak rules risk leaving smallholders & workers behind, undermining supply chain resilience.
Co-legislators must use trilogue negotiations to restore ambition and ensure #CSDDD delivers on its purpose.
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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☕Petit-déjeuner annuel avec les acteurs du commerce équitable
🌍Assurer des conditions de vie dignes grâce à un salaire décent : c’est possible, des initiatives le prouvent. Un salaire décent, pas pour survivre, mais pour vivre pleinement
#Fairtrade
🌍Assurer des conditions de vie dignes grâce à un salaire décent : c’est possible, des initiatives le prouvent. Un salaire décent, pas pour survivre, mais pour vivre pleinement
#Fairtrade
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
☕Petit-déjeuner annuel avec les acteurs du commerce équitable
🌍Assurer des conditions de vie dignes grâce à un salaire décent : c’est possible, des initiatives le prouvent. Un salaire décent, pas pour survivre, mais pour vivre pleinement
#Fairtrade
🌍Assurer des conditions de vie dignes grâce à un salaire décent : c’est possible, des initiatives le prouvent. Un salaire décent, pas pour survivre, mais pour vivre pleinement
#Fairtrade
Shamsiya, a cotton producer from Tajikistan, spoke at the European Parliament’s #FairTrade Breakfast about how living incomes transform lives. 🌱🤝
Tomorrow’s #Omnibus vote is a chance for MEPs to back an ambitious #CSDDD that helps make this possible for all farmers, workers & artisans.
Tomorrow’s #Omnibus vote is a chance for MEPs to back an ambitious #CSDDD that helps make this possible for all farmers, workers & artisans.
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Shamsiya, a cotton producer from Tajikistan, spoke at the European Parliament’s #FairTrade Breakfast about how living incomes transform lives. 🌱🤝
Tomorrow’s #Omnibus vote is a chance for MEPs to back an ambitious #CSDDD that helps make this possible for all farmers, workers & artisans.
Tomorrow’s #Omnibus vote is a chance for MEPs to back an ambitious #CSDDD that helps make this possible for all farmers, workers & artisans.
Delighted to celebrate the #FairTrade Breakfast at the European Parliament, hosted by @bernd-lange.bsky.social & the Fair Trade Working Group.
We explored cooperatives, living incomes & wages with inspiring voices from across the movement.
Thanks to MEPs, Commission & CSO allies for joining us.
We explored cooperatives, living incomes & wages with inspiring voices from across the movement.
Thanks to MEPs, Commission & CSO allies for joining us.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Delighted to celebrate the #FairTrade Breakfast at the European Parliament, hosted by @bernd-lange.bsky.social & the Fair Trade Working Group.
We explored cooperatives, living incomes & wages with inspiring voices from across the movement.
Thanks to MEPs, Commission & CSO allies for joining us.
We explored cooperatives, living incomes & wages with inspiring voices from across the movement.
Thanks to MEPs, Commission & CSO allies for joining us.
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The cocoa in your chocolate bar didn’t grow itself. Someone farmed it. And too often, smallholder farmers aren't earning enough to ensure a decent living.
Today’s @fairtradeftao.bsky.social Breakfast was another reminder that we need to work together to make living incomes and wages the norm.
Today’s @fairtradeftao.bsky.social Breakfast was another reminder that we need to work together to make living incomes and wages the norm.
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The cocoa in your chocolate bar didn’t grow itself. Someone farmed it. And too often, smallholder farmers aren't earning enough to ensure a decent living.
Today’s @fairtradeftao.bsky.social Breakfast was another reminder that we need to work together to make living incomes and wages the norm.
Today’s @fairtradeftao.bsky.social Breakfast was another reminder that we need to work together to make living incomes and wages the norm.
The #FairTrade Advocacy Marathon 2025 is officially ON!
We’re thrilled to bring the Movement together to dive into key topics:
🌍 Fair Trade for a warming world
🤝 Bridging EU & national advocacy
☕ Transparency in supply chains
🛍️ Fair consumption & fashion
📣 Stronger communication
And much more!
We’re thrilled to bring the Movement together to dive into key topics:
🌍 Fair Trade for a warming world
🤝 Bridging EU & national advocacy
☕ Transparency in supply chains
🛍️ Fair consumption & fashion
📣 Stronger communication
And much more!
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The #FairTrade Advocacy Marathon 2025 is officially ON!
We’re thrilled to bring the Movement together to dive into key topics:
🌍 Fair Trade for a warming world
🤝 Bridging EU & national advocacy
☕ Transparency in supply chains
🛍️ Fair consumption & fashion
📣 Stronger communication
And much more!
We’re thrilled to bring the Movement together to dive into key topics:
🌍 Fair Trade for a warming world
🤝 Bridging EU & national advocacy
☕ Transparency in supply chains
🛍️ Fair consumption & fashion
📣 Stronger communication
And much more!
Grateful to MEPs @larawolters.bsky.social & @maritmaij.bsky.social for welcoming cotton producer Shamsiya Shamsiddinova from Tajikistan & the FTAO to the European Parliament today.
We look forward to continuing our work to ensure smallholder farmers' realities are at the heart of trade structures.
We look forward to continuing our work to ensure smallholder farmers' realities are at the heart of trade structures.
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Grateful to MEPs @larawolters.bsky.social & @maritmaij.bsky.social for welcoming cotton producer Shamsiya Shamsiddinova from Tajikistan & the FTAO to the European Parliament today.
We look forward to continuing our work to ensure smallholder farmers' realities are at the heart of trade structures.
We look forward to continuing our work to ensure smallholder farmers' realities are at the heart of trade structures.
The EU Commission is gearing up to revise the Directive on Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs).
At the FTAO, we welcome steps to improve farmers' position, but key gaps remain:
🛡️ Non-EU suppliers lack protection
💰 Below-cost buying persists
🗣️ Fear silences complaints
Our position ➡️ bit.ly/4omgNfA
At the FTAO, we welcome steps to improve farmers' position, but key gaps remain:
🛡️ Non-EU suppliers lack protection
💰 Below-cost buying persists
🗣️ Fear silences complaints
Our position ➡️ bit.ly/4omgNfA
November 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The EU Commission is gearing up to revise the Directive on Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs).
At the FTAO, we welcome steps to improve farmers' position, but key gaps remain:
🛡️ Non-EU suppliers lack protection
💰 Below-cost buying persists
🗣️ Fear silences complaints
Our position ➡️ bit.ly/4omgNfA
At the FTAO, we welcome steps to improve farmers' position, but key gaps remain:
🛡️ Non-EU suppliers lack protection
💰 Below-cost buying persists
🗣️ Fear silences complaints
Our position ➡️ bit.ly/4omgNfA
📚 The next #FairTradeReadingClub is coming up!
Hosted by Prof. Magdalena Śliwińska, we’ll explore Fair Trade’s roots & evolution with Prof. Peter van Dam, author of Fair Trade: Humanitarianism in the Age of Postcolonial Globalization.
📍 Online
✍️ Register to join us: lnkd.in/e5BRA4_t
Hosted by Prof. Magdalena Śliwińska, we’ll explore Fair Trade’s roots & evolution with Prof. Peter van Dam, author of Fair Trade: Humanitarianism in the Age of Postcolonial Globalization.
📍 Online
✍️ Register to join us: lnkd.in/e5BRA4_t
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📚 The next #FairTradeReadingClub is coming up!
Hosted by Prof. Magdalena Śliwińska, we’ll explore Fair Trade’s roots & evolution with Prof. Peter van Dam, author of Fair Trade: Humanitarianism in the Age of Postcolonial Globalization.
📍 Online
✍️ Register to join us: lnkd.in/e5BRA4_t
Hosted by Prof. Magdalena Śliwińska, we’ll explore Fair Trade’s roots & evolution with Prof. Peter van Dam, author of Fair Trade: Humanitarianism in the Age of Postcolonial Globalization.
📍 Online
✍️ Register to join us: lnkd.in/e5BRA4_t
Delighted to be part of the @coordcomerciojusto.bsky.social Assembly last weekend.
Thank you for the warm invitation and for continuing to build bridges that connect national realities with the work we do at the EU level.
Thank you for the warm invitation and for continuing to build bridges that connect national realities with the work we do at the EU level.
Asamblea CECJ Este fin de semana celebramos un espacio para compartir y fortalecer el movimiento del #ComercioJusto, con la participación de @fairtradeftao.bsky.social que presentó los avances en Europa.
¡Seguimos trabajando por un futuro más justo y sostenible!
¡Seguimos trabajando por un futuro más justo y sostenible!
November 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Delighted to be part of the @coordcomerciojusto.bsky.social Assembly last weekend.
Thank you for the warm invitation and for continuing to build bridges that connect national realities with the work we do at the EU level.
Thank you for the warm invitation and for continuing to build bridges that connect national realities with the work we do at the EU level.
🔵 The FTAO joins over 140 EU & non-EU CSOs to call on MEPs to back a strong, fair #Omnibus deal that protects workers, communities & our planet.
An ambitious #CSDDD must:
✅ Cover more companies
✅ Include a serious climate commitment
✅ Guarantee access to justice
@eccjorg.bsky.social
An ambitious #CSDDD must:
✅ Cover more companies
✅ Include a serious climate commitment
✅ Guarantee access to justice
@eccjorg.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🔵 The FTAO joins over 140 EU & non-EU CSOs to call on MEPs to back a strong, fair #Omnibus deal that protects workers, communities & our planet.
An ambitious #CSDDD must:
✅ Cover more companies
✅ Include a serious climate commitment
✅ Guarantee access to justice
@eccjorg.bsky.social
An ambitious #CSDDD must:
✅ Cover more companies
✅ Include a serious climate commitment
✅ Guarantee access to justice
@eccjorg.bsky.social
The FTAO joined 200+ industry stakeholders, EU institutions & CSOs at the European Sustainable Industry Summit.
European companies see sustainability as key to their long-term resilience & competitiveness. We hope the EU co-legislators use corporate sustainability rules to match this ambition.
European companies see sustainability as key to their long-term resilience & competitiveness. We hope the EU co-legislators use corporate sustainability rules to match this ambition.
October 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The FTAO joined 200+ industry stakeholders, EU institutions & CSOs at the European Sustainable Industry Summit.
European companies see sustainability as key to their long-term resilience & competitiveness. We hope the EU co-legislators use corporate sustainability rules to match this ambition.
European companies see sustainability as key to their long-term resilience & competitiveness. We hope the EU co-legislators use corporate sustainability rules to match this ambition.
The International #FairTrade Towns Conference is coming to Belgium next year! 🎉
We’re already excited - check out the teaser 👇
We’re already excited - check out the teaser 👇
Save the date! 📣
The International Fair Trade Towns Conference 2026 will take place in Belgium from 9–11 October 🌍
hosted by Faire Gemeenten & Communes du Commerce Équitable.
🎥 Watch the teaser:
The International Fair Trade Towns Conference 2026 will take place in Belgium from 9–11 October 🌍
hosted by Faire Gemeenten & Communes du Commerce Équitable.
🎥 Watch the teaser:
Aankondiging International Fair Trade Towns Conference 2026 in België
Van vrijdag 9 tot zondag 11 oktober 2026 organiseren de Vlaamse Faire Gemeente en de Franstalige Communes du Commerce Equitable de Internationale Conferentie...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The International #FairTrade Towns Conference is coming to Belgium next year! 🎉
We’re already excited - check out the teaser 👇
We’re already excited - check out the teaser 👇
Thrilled to be in Gent with the International Working Group on Ethical Public Procurement, exchanging ideas on how #PublicProcurement can drive social & environmental responsibility.
With the revision of the 2014 Directives coming up, now’s the time to make procurement a force for good! 🌱
With the revision of the 2014 Directives coming up, now’s the time to make procurement a force for good! 🌱
October 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Thrilled to be in Gent with the International Working Group on Ethical Public Procurement, exchanging ideas on how #PublicProcurement can drive social & environmental responsibility.
With the revision of the 2014 Directives coming up, now’s the time to make procurement a force for good! 🌱
With the revision of the 2014 Directives coming up, now’s the time to make procurement a force for good! 🌱
🚨 The European Parliament has rejected the #Omnibus compromise, giving MEPs a crucial opportunity to restore core protections in the #CSDDD.
The Fair Trade Movement calls on MEPs to raise ambition & protect farmers, workers & responsible businesses.
Our joint statement 👉 bit.ly/3WlDcNQ
The Fair Trade Movement calls on MEPs to raise ambition & protect farmers, workers & responsible businesses.
Our joint statement 👉 bit.ly/3WlDcNQ
October 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🚨 The European Parliament has rejected the #Omnibus compromise, giving MEPs a crucial opportunity to restore core protections in the #CSDDD.
The Fair Trade Movement calls on MEPs to raise ambition & protect farmers, workers & responsible businesses.
Our joint statement 👉 bit.ly/3WlDcNQ
The Fair Trade Movement calls on MEPs to raise ambition & protect farmers, workers & responsible businesses.
Our joint statement 👉 bit.ly/3WlDcNQ
The FTAO welcomes the EU Commission’s move away from a full #EUDR delay but warns: transitional measures must not slow progress.🛑
Fair, timely implementation requires strong partnerships to protect forests, livelihoods & promote sustainable trade.
Our views 👉 fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/198-no...
Fair, timely implementation requires strong partnerships to protect forests, livelihoods & promote sustainable trade.
Our views 👉 fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/198-no...
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The FTAO welcomes the EU Commission’s move away from a full #EUDR delay but warns: transitional measures must not slow progress.🛑
Fair, timely implementation requires strong partnerships to protect forests, livelihoods & promote sustainable trade.
Our views 👉 fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/198-no...
Fair, timely implementation requires strong partnerships to protect forests, livelihoods & promote sustainable trade.
Our views 👉 fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/198-no...
Last week, @virginiaenssle.bsky.social joined partners in Nairobi to advance a sharper advocacy agenda for #FairTrade at EU & global levels.
Participants visited the New Gikaru Cooperative in Nyeri, a coffee farm championing sustainable practices, income diversification & gender inclusion.☕🌱
Participants visited the New Gikaru Cooperative in Nyeri, a coffee farm championing sustainable practices, income diversification & gender inclusion.☕🌱
October 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Last week, @virginiaenssle.bsky.social joined partners in Nairobi to advance a sharper advocacy agenda for #FairTrade at EU & global levels.
Participants visited the New Gikaru Cooperative in Nyeri, a coffee farm championing sustainable practices, income diversification & gender inclusion.☕🌱
Participants visited the New Gikaru Cooperative in Nyeri, a coffee farm championing sustainable practices, income diversification & gender inclusion.☕🌱
💬“Children’s hands will change the world, we must teach those hands to work towards healthy eating,” says David, teacher from Valencia (Spain).
🎉This #WorldFoodDay, our #SchoolFood4Change project & @fao.org celebrated schools working hand in hand for a better food future.
Read more👉 bit.ly/3LdGXCu
🎉This #WorldFoodDay, our #SchoolFood4Change project & @fao.org celebrated schools working hand in hand for a better food future.
Read more👉 bit.ly/3LdGXCu
October 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
💬“Children’s hands will change the world, we must teach those hands to work towards healthy eating,” says David, teacher from Valencia (Spain).
🎉This #WorldFoodDay, our #SchoolFood4Change project & @fao.org celebrated schools working hand in hand for a better food future.
Read more👉 bit.ly/3LdGXCu
🎉This #WorldFoodDay, our #SchoolFood4Change project & @fao.org celebrated schools working hand in hand for a better food future.
Read more👉 bit.ly/3LdGXCu
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
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
October 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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
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
Join our friends at Oxfam-Magasins du Monde for the opening of 'Women at the Heart of Fair Trade', a photo exhibition celebrating women driving the #FairTrade movement, from production to volunteer action. ♀️🌿
🗓️ 5 Nov, 18:30
📍Maison Amazone, Brussels
🥂Drinks & bites provided
ℹ️ bit.ly/48qjoQF
🗓️ 5 Nov, 18:30
📍Maison Amazone, Brussels
🥂Drinks & bites provided
ℹ️ bit.ly/48qjoQF
October 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Join our friends at Oxfam-Magasins du Monde for the opening of 'Women at the Heart of Fair Trade', a photo exhibition celebrating women driving the #FairTrade movement, from production to volunteer action. ♀️🌿
🗓️ 5 Nov, 18:30
📍Maison Amazone, Brussels
🥂Drinks & bites provided
ℹ️ bit.ly/48qjoQF
🗓️ 5 Nov, 18:30
📍Maison Amazone, Brussels
🥂Drinks & bites provided
ℹ️ bit.ly/48qjoQF
🔴 The #JURI Committee has betrayed smallholder farmers & responsible businesses.
❌ 70% fewer companies covered
❌ Weaker safeguards on disengagement
❌ Limited dialogue with suppliers
We urge co-legislators to resist any further weakening and defend an ambitious #CSDDD.
🔗 bit.ly/48u6HnU
❌ 70% fewer companies covered
❌ Weaker safeguards on disengagement
❌ Limited dialogue with suppliers
We urge co-legislators to resist any further weakening and defend an ambitious #CSDDD.
🔗 bit.ly/48u6HnU
October 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🔴 The #JURI Committee has betrayed smallholder farmers & responsible businesses.
❌ 70% fewer companies covered
❌ Weaker safeguards on disengagement
❌ Limited dialogue with suppliers
We urge co-legislators to resist any further weakening and defend an ambitious #CSDDD.
🔗 bit.ly/48u6HnU
❌ 70% fewer companies covered
❌ Weaker safeguards on disengagement
❌ Limited dialogue with suppliers
We urge co-legislators to resist any further weakening and defend an ambitious #CSDDD.
🔗 bit.ly/48u6HnU
Thrilled to welcome 40+ participants at the launch of “Beneath the Seams”, our new report on the state of HRDD & BHR in India’s garment sector, co-created with 100+ stakeholders. 👕🏭
The report outlines key recommendations for governments, the EU & global institutions.
🔗 bit.ly/46wLXdW
The report outlines key recommendations for governments, the EU & global institutions.
🔗 bit.ly/46wLXdW
October 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Thrilled to welcome 40+ participants at the launch of “Beneath the Seams”, our new report on the state of HRDD & BHR in India’s garment sector, co-created with 100+ stakeholders. 👕🏭
The report outlines key recommendations for governments, the EU & global institutions.
🔗 bit.ly/46wLXdW
The report outlines key recommendations for governments, the EU & global institutions.
🔗 bit.ly/46wLXdW
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💥Vos choix de consommation ont un réel impact
📖La semaine dernière, à l'occasion de la journée internationale du cacao, Fairtrade International dévoilait l'impact de l'équitable sur les producteur·ices de cacao en Côte d'Ivoire.
📖La semaine dernière, à l'occasion de la journée internationale du cacao, Fairtrade International dévoilait l'impact de l'équitable sur les producteur·ices de cacao en Côte d'Ivoire.
October 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
💥Vos choix de consommation ont un réel impact
📖La semaine dernière, à l'occasion de la journée internationale du cacao, Fairtrade International dévoilait l'impact de l'équitable sur les producteur·ices de cacao en Côte d'Ivoire.
📖La semaine dernière, à l'occasion de la journée internationale du cacao, Fairtrade International dévoilait l'impact de l'équitable sur les producteur·ices de cacao en Côte d'Ivoire.
The FTAO regrets the European Parliament’s failure to ensure prices truly compensate farmers.
By rejecting a key amendment, MEPs have opened a dangerous backdoor for exploitation, undermining trust in the entire agri-food supply chain and in truly fair schemes.
Our statement 👉 bit.ly/4q1SoNz
By rejecting a key amendment, MEPs have opened a dangerous backdoor for exploitation, undermining trust in the entire agri-food supply chain and in truly fair schemes.
Our statement 👉 bit.ly/4q1SoNz
October 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The FTAO regrets the European Parliament’s failure to ensure prices truly compensate farmers.
By rejecting a key amendment, MEPs have opened a dangerous backdoor for exploitation, undermining trust in the entire agri-food supply chain and in truly fair schemes.
Our statement 👉 bit.ly/4q1SoNz
By rejecting a key amendment, MEPs have opened a dangerous backdoor for exploitation, undermining trust in the entire agri-food supply chain and in truly fair schemes.
Our statement 👉 bit.ly/4q1SoNz