THE TOTAL number of small-scale farmers involved in Fairtrade schemes has topped one million. By the end of 2011, sales revenues on Fairtrade terms were also 26% higher than the previous year. The data comes rom a stretching new report by Fairtrade International (FLO), which [...]
A NEW PRICING deal with suppliers has ensured that Bartlett Mitchell can offer Fairtrade bananas at competitive prices. The boutique contract caterer has announced a new deal with fresh produce supplier, Reynolds, which will allow it to offer customers Fairtrade bananas at the same price [...]
CONSUMERS SPENT almost 5 billion euros (4.9bn, US$6.6bn) on Fairtrade certified products last year, according to figures released today by Fairtrade International. In Fairtrades biggest market, the UK, shoppers spent 12% more on Fairtrade certified products in 2011 than they did in [...]
FAIRTRADE PRODUCTS achieved double digit growth in 2011, according to the latest figures from the Fairtrade Foundation. Estimated retail sales of Fairtrade products in 2011 reached £1.32bn, a 12% increase on sales of £1.17bn in 2010. Bananas, coffee, tea are all [...]
Footprint Forum 23 November 2011 (For Video at the Forum click here) The foodservice industry faces many headaches when it comes to international sourcing of raw materials. But Octobers forum provided a clarity and vision that ensured it was only the not-so-Innocent cocktails that had attendees reaching for the Aspirin. IT WAS always going to [...]
Barbara Crowther is the Director of Communications and Policy for the Fairtrade Foundation The Fairtrade Foundation is a non-profit organization that works with businesses, community groups and individuals to improve the trading position of producer organizations in the global south, and promote sustainable livelihoods. The Fairtrade licences the use of the FAIRTRADE Mark on [...]
As consumers become increasingly interested in the origins and sustainability credentials of their food, companies like Nestlé are taking important steps to improve economic and social conditions for the cocoa farming communities. Nestlé, one of the biggest global users of cocoa, has set out an ambitious global Cocoa Plan to improve the lives of cocoa [...]
This, for us, is a special issue of Foodservice Footprint. It is our 2nd Anniversary Issue and whilst we still regard ourselves as in our infancy, it is hugely rewarding to see the strides we as an industry have taken in the last two years on the road to sustainability. 3 years ago when [...]
With over 100 eco-labelling schemes in the EU alone, accusations of greenwash filling the columns and once simple eco-ethical claims becoming more complicated, the humble – yet enormously powerful – consumer can be forgiven for finding themselves in the health food aisle at the supermarket scratching their heads in a state of ethical angst. Emiliana [...]
Why food companies need to support climate change adaption
By footprint on August 28, 2012
Published in: Comment, Green Scene, News Analysis and tagged Adapt Now, Cafedirect, Climate Change, Diivine Chocolate, Fairtrade, Gumutindo, Jessica Frank, Liberations Foods CIC, Reforestation, Twin, Uganda.
Septembers Foodservice Footprint will reveal the findings of a new government report showing that businesses are slow in adapting to climate change especially the opportunities it provides. Here, Jessica Frank, climate change project manager at Twin, explains why adaptation is the key to survival. [...]