Transform Trade
@transform-trade.org
Standing together with communities experiencing injustice, we fight for trade that values people over profit.
We used to be called Traidcraft Exchange.
We used to be called Traidcraft Exchange.
Riverford's survey is damning - over two thirds of UK famers feel their relationship with retailers has worsened over the last two years.
It's a similar story for farmers in countries around the world that supply the UK market.
wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/radical...
It's a similar story for farmers in countries around the world that supply the UK market.
wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/radical...
Radical reform of supermarket practices urgently needed, say farmers
Over two thirds of farmers feel the relationship between growers and retailers has worsened in the last two years, according to a new survey commissioned by Riverford…
wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Riverford's survey is damning - over two thirds of UK famers feel their relationship with retailers has worsened over the last two years.
It's a similar story for farmers in countries around the world that supply the UK market.
wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/radical...
It's a similar story for farmers in countries around the world that supply the UK market.
wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/radical...
Calls for a #JustTransition at #COP30 are key for women workers in India and across the world - enabling them to become more resilient to climate shocks by building social protection systems that secure their livelihoods.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/03/f...
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/03/f...
For Indian women workers, a just transition means surviving climate impacts with dignity
SEWA's members call for just transition talks at COP30 to help them become more resilient to climate shocks by building social protection systems that secure their livelihoods
www.climatechangenews.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Calls for a #JustTransition at #COP30 are key for women workers in India and across the world - enabling them to become more resilient to climate shocks by building social protection systems that secure their livelihoods.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/03/f...
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/03/f...
At #COP30, the UK Government should be committing to finance international efforts targeted at helping indigenous people - including farmers - to preserve forests.
Read our latest blog here: www.transform-trade.org/blog/why-cop...
Read our latest blog here: www.transform-trade.org/blog/why-cop...
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
At #COP30, the UK Government should be committing to finance international efforts targeted at helping indigenous people - including farmers - to preserve forests.
Read our latest blog here: www.transform-trade.org/blog/why-cop...
Read our latest blog here: www.transform-trade.org/blog/why-cop...
To mark #WorldFoodDay, we’re calling on the UK Government to make sure new deforestation laws work with farmers, not against them.
The food and drink we love most - chocolate, coffee, and more - depends on millions of smallholder farmers.
The food and drink we love most - chocolate, coffee, and more - depends on millions of smallholder farmers.
October 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
To mark #WorldFoodDay, we’re calling on the UK Government to make sure new deforestation laws work with farmers, not against them.
The food and drink we love most - chocolate, coffee, and more - depends on millions of smallholder farmers.
The food and drink we love most - chocolate, coffee, and more - depends on millions of smallholder farmers.
The UK market is responsible for clearing a forest area the size of Liverpool every year.
It is therefore welcome to see the EU and the UK take steps to address this.
It is therefore welcome to see the EU and the UK take steps to address this.
October 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The UK market is responsible for clearing a forest area the size of Liverpool every year.
It is therefore welcome to see the EU and the UK take steps to address this.
It is therefore welcome to see the EU and the UK take steps to address this.
Trump's visit legitimises his tariff actions that are destroying small producer livelihoods and undermining national economies across the globe.
September 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Trump's visit legitimises his tariff actions that are destroying small producer livelihoods and undermining national economies across the globe.
A proposal has been put forward in Parliament calling for stronger protections and better regulation of the food supply chain - and your MP needs to know about it.
This is a huge opportunity for farmers at home and abroad - find out more here: www.transform-trade.org/fairness-for...
This is a huge opportunity for farmers at home and abroad - find out more here: www.transform-trade.org/fairness-for...
September 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A proposal has been put forward in Parliament calling for stronger protections and better regulation of the food supply chain - and your MP needs to know about it.
This is a huge opportunity for farmers at home and abroad - find out more here: www.transform-trade.org/fairness-for...
This is a huge opportunity for farmers at home and abroad - find out more here: www.transform-trade.org/fairness-for...
🇵🇸 🌾Seed banks are a lifeline for farmers the world over.
Israeli forces' recent, deliberate destruction of a Palestinian seed bank in the West Bank is an attack on the right to share and save indigenous seed varieties. (1/2)
Israeli forces' recent, deliberate destruction of a Palestinian seed bank in the West Bank is an attack on the right to share and save indigenous seed varieties. (1/2)
August 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🇵🇸 🌾Seed banks are a lifeline for farmers the world over.
Israeli forces' recent, deliberate destruction of a Palestinian seed bank in the West Bank is an attack on the right to share and save indigenous seed varieties. (1/2)
Israeli forces' recent, deliberate destruction of a Palestinian seed bank in the West Bank is an attack on the right to share and save indigenous seed varieties. (1/2)
More Trump tariffs are on their way: with unrealistic and unfair demands brought upon countries including Bangladesh - which has been hit with a 35% tariff.
The UK Government must stand with the Global South and support trade justice.
Read our latest blog: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
The UK Government must stand with the Global South and support trade justice.
Read our latest blog: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
July 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
More Trump tariffs are on their way: with unrealistic and unfair demands brought upon countries including Bangladesh - which has been hit with a 35% tariff.
The UK Government must stand with the Global South and support trade justice.
Read our latest blog: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
The UK Government must stand with the Global South and support trade justice.
Read our latest blog: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
🌞Exploitation is no picnic - so we’re marking #NationalPicnicWeek by handing in the Corporate Justice Coalition's #BizHumanRights petition at Downing Street and the Department for Business and Trade.
145,000 people called for this new law - including 33,000 from Transform Trade!
145,000 people called for this new law - including 33,000 from Transform Trade!
June 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🌞Exploitation is no picnic - so we’re marking #NationalPicnicWeek by handing in the Corporate Justice Coalition's #BizHumanRights petition at Downing Street and the Department for Business and Trade.
145,000 people called for this new law - including 33,000 from Transform Trade!
145,000 people called for this new law - including 33,000 from Transform Trade!
Trade democracy is common sense - but currently, the UK Parliament has no guaranteed right to debate or vote on deals - and the current government is yet to set out its trade strategy.
We unpack all this and more in our latest blog: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
We unpack all this and more in our latest blog: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
June 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Trade democracy is common sense - but currently, the UK Parliament has no guaranteed right to debate or vote on deals - and the current government is yet to set out its trade strategy.
We unpack all this and more in our latest blog: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
We unpack all this and more in our latest blog: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
Trade democracy means having full democratic oversight of trade deals and policies- and it's currently something the UK lacks.
We've unpacked the tariff chaos and the need for scrutiny on both sides of the pond in our latest blog post: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
We've unpacked the tariff chaos and the need for scrutiny on both sides of the pond in our latest blog post: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
June 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Trade democracy means having full democratic oversight of trade deals and policies- and it's currently something the UK lacks.
We've unpacked the tariff chaos and the need for scrutiny on both sides of the pond in our latest blog post: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
We've unpacked the tariff chaos and the need for scrutiny on both sides of the pond in our latest blog post: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
Our new Wearing Thin report, which surveyed 198 Indian garment manufacturers, report found brands cancelling orders, paying late and refusing to pay minimum wage.
Read the report and email your MP today, we need a Fashion Watchdog to hold brands to account.
www.transform-trade.org/fashion-watc...
Read the report and email your MP today, we need a Fashion Watchdog to hold brands to account.
www.transform-trade.org/fashion-watc...
May 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Our new Wearing Thin report, which surveyed 198 Indian garment manufacturers, report found brands cancelling orders, paying late and refusing to pay minimum wage.
Read the report and email your MP today, we need a Fashion Watchdog to hold brands to account.
www.transform-trade.org/fashion-watc...
Read the report and email your MP today, we need a Fashion Watchdog to hold brands to account.
www.transform-trade.org/fashion-watc...
This Earth Day, we're talking about one of the planet's most delicious natural resources - cocoa - and why the climate crisis is hitting growers and consumers alike.
Read more: bit.ly/3YdSc1I
Read more: bit.ly/3YdSc1I
April 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This Earth Day, we're talking about one of the planet's most delicious natural resources - cocoa - and why the climate crisis is hitting growers and consumers alike.
Read more: bit.ly/3YdSc1I
Read more: bit.ly/3YdSc1I
The Trump administration's wave of worldwide tariffs is the biggest upheaval to world trade in 100 years.
Workers and producers in the Global South are likely to be hardest hit. Bangladesh is facing 37% tariffs, Sri Lanka 45%, Cambodia 49%.
Workers and producers in the Global South are likely to be hardest hit. Bangladesh is facing 37% tariffs, Sri Lanka 45%, Cambodia 49%.
April 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Trump administration's wave of worldwide tariffs is the biggest upheaval to world trade in 100 years.
Workers and producers in the Global South are likely to be hardest hit. Bangladesh is facing 37% tariffs, Sri Lanka 45%, Cambodia 49%.
Workers and producers in the Global South are likely to be hardest hit. Bangladesh is facing 37% tariffs, Sri Lanka 45%, Cambodia 49%.
Until the 11th of April, your donations to the #1000BusinessesAppeal will be DOUBLED.
Your donation will make twice the impact to the farmers and producer businesses that are transforming trade every day.
Find out more and donate here: www.transform-trade.org/1000
Your donation will make twice the impact to the farmers and producer businesses that are transforming trade every day.
Find out more and donate here: www.transform-trade.org/1000
March 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Until the 11th of April, your donations to the #1000BusinessesAppeal will be DOUBLED.
Your donation will make twice the impact to the farmers and producer businesses that are transforming trade every day.
Find out more and donate here: www.transform-trade.org/1000
Your donation will make twice the impact to the farmers and producer businesses that are transforming trade every day.
Find out more and donate here: www.transform-trade.org/1000
Our campaign to get damaging UPOV91 seed laws out of UK trade deals is growing steadily.
UPOV91 threatens the way farmers have exchanged and saved seeds for generations - by letting large multinationals privatise seeds.
Find out more and take action:
www.transform-trade.org/seeds-campaign
UPOV91 threatens the way farmers have exchanged and saved seeds for generations - by letting large multinationals privatise seeds.
Find out more and take action:
www.transform-trade.org/seeds-campaign
February 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Our campaign to get damaging UPOV91 seed laws out of UK trade deals is growing steadily.
UPOV91 threatens the way farmers have exchanged and saved seeds for generations - by letting large multinationals privatise seeds.
Find out more and take action:
www.transform-trade.org/seeds-campaign
UPOV91 threatens the way farmers have exchanged and saved seeds for generations - by letting large multinationals privatise seeds.
Find out more and take action:
www.transform-trade.org/seeds-campaign
With Trump's trade tariffs dominating the headlines right now, you might be wondering what they are and why they matter – and how they impact producers across the world.
www.transform-trade.org/blog/tariffs-trade-and-trump-what-do-recent-headlines-mean-for-producers-in-the-global-south-nbsp
www.transform-trade.org/blog/tariffs-trade-and-trump-what-do-recent-headlines-mean-for-producers-in-the-global-south-nbsp
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
With Trump's trade tariffs dominating the headlines right now, you might be wondering what they are and why they matter – and how they impact producers across the world.
www.transform-trade.org/blog/tariffs-trade-and-trump-what-do-recent-headlines-mean-for-producers-in-the-global-south-nbsp
www.transform-trade.org/blog/tariffs-trade-and-trump-what-do-recent-headlines-mean-for-producers-in-the-global-south-nbsp
Want to ensure a fairer deal for fashion’s worst paid workers?
We need to talk about collective bargaining.
Read our new blog by guest collaborators Rohan Preece and Shriya Srivastava: www.transform-trade.org/blog/a-faire...
We need to talk about collective bargaining.
Read our new blog by guest collaborators Rohan Preece and Shriya Srivastava: www.transform-trade.org/blog/a-faire...
Want to ensure a fairer deal for fashion’s worst paid workers? We need to talk about collective bargaining. — Transform Trade
This blog has been written by Rohan Preece and Shriya Srivastava. The visit was enabled by a partnership between SOAS University of London and Transform Trade. When we met her in her village in Nor...
www.transform-trade.org
February 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Want to ensure a fairer deal for fashion’s worst paid workers?
We need to talk about collective bargaining.
Read our new blog by guest collaborators Rohan Preece and Shriya Srivastava: www.transform-trade.org/blog/a-faire...
We need to talk about collective bargaining.
Read our new blog by guest collaborators Rohan Preece and Shriya Srivastava: www.transform-trade.org/blog/a-faire...
It's Blue Monday - but we've decided to fight back against pessimism and look forward to the year ahead.
There's no limit to the brilliant things you can do to support the fight for a fairer trade system in 2025!
Read more: www.transform-trade.org/blog/transfo...
There's no limit to the brilliant things you can do to support the fight for a fairer trade system in 2025!
Read more: www.transform-trade.org/blog/transfo...
Transforming Trade in 2025 - what’s in store for the New Year? — Transform Trade
Already, we are mid-way through January - and we’re looking ahead to what 2025 has in store for the global trade system, and to Transform Trade’s plans to tackle injustice across the world. From sup...
www.transform-trade.org
January 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's Blue Monday - but we've decided to fight back against pessimism and look forward to the year ahead.
There's no limit to the brilliant things you can do to support the fight for a fairer trade system in 2025!
Read more: www.transform-trade.org/blog/transfo...
There's no limit to the brilliant things you can do to support the fight for a fairer trade system in 2025!
Read more: www.transform-trade.org/blog/transfo...
The right to share and save seeds is under threat - and a little-known trade mechanism called UPOV91 is to blame.
And to make matters worse - UK trade deals are complicit in spreading this around the world.
Find out more and take action here: www.transform-trade.org/seeds-campaign
And to make matters worse - UK trade deals are complicit in spreading this around the world.
Find out more and take action here: www.transform-trade.org/seeds-campaign
January 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The right to share and save seeds is under threat - and a little-known trade mechanism called UPOV91 is to blame.
And to make matters worse - UK trade deals are complicit in spreading this around the world.
Find out more and take action here: www.transform-trade.org/seeds-campaign
And to make matters worse - UK trade deals are complicit in spreading this around the world.
Find out more and take action here: www.transform-trade.org/seeds-campaign
🎄Our UK office Christmas tree is full of messages of hope and solidarity from supporters and donors to the #WorkWithoutFear Appeal.
Thank you to everyone who sent in a paper bauble message.
🎅Merry Christmas!
Thank you to everyone who sent in a paper bauble message.
🎅Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2024 at 12:01 PM
🎄Our UK office Christmas tree is full of messages of hope and solidarity from supporters and donors to the #WorkWithoutFear Appeal.
Thank you to everyone who sent in a paper bauble message.
🎅Merry Christmas!
Thank you to everyone who sent in a paper bauble message.
🎅Merry Christmas!
It's Christmas Jumper Day - and here's your chance to stand with the people who make millions of jumpers for the UK market.
Call upon your MP to stand up for fairer fashion by backing the #FashionWatchdog - it takes less than a minute!
bit.ly/4ivX9LK
Call upon your MP to stand up for fairer fashion by backing the #FashionWatchdog - it takes less than a minute!
bit.ly/4ivX9LK
December 12, 2024 at 2:56 PM
It's Christmas Jumper Day - and here's your chance to stand with the people who make millions of jumpers for the UK market.
Call upon your MP to stand up for fairer fashion by backing the #FashionWatchdog - it takes less than a minute!
bit.ly/4ivX9LK
Call upon your MP to stand up for fairer fashion by backing the #FashionWatchdog - it takes less than a minute!
bit.ly/4ivX9LK
Read more about the Work Without Fear appeal here - and remember, your DOUBLED donation will be the best deal you'll get this Christmas... www.transform-trade.org/christmas
December 3, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Read more about the Work Without Fear appeal here - and remember, your DOUBLED donation will be the best deal you'll get this Christmas... www.transform-trade.org/christmas
🚨Today is #GivingTuesday – until midnight, donations to the Work Without Fear Christmas Appeal will be DOUBLED!
Will you fight for a safer future for women across the world?
bit.ly/4ikXSzs
Will you fight for a safer future for women across the world?
bit.ly/4ikXSzs
December 3, 2024 at 12:07 PM
🚨Today is #GivingTuesday – until midnight, donations to the Work Without Fear Christmas Appeal will be DOUBLED!
Will you fight for a safer future for women across the world?
bit.ly/4ikXSzs
Will you fight for a safer future for women across the world?
bit.ly/4ikXSzs