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The Fairtrade Foundation
Charity promoting and licensing Fairtrade certification in the United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fairtrade Foundation is a charity based in the United Kingdom that aims to help disadvantaged producers in developing countries by tackling injustice in conventional trade, in particular by promoting and licensing the Fairtrade Mark, a guarantee that products retailed in the UK have been produced in accordance with internationally agreed Fairtrade standards. The foundation is the British member of FLO International, which unites FLO-CERT, 25 National Fairtrade Organisations and 3 Producer Networks across Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
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Company type | Charitable organisation |
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Founded | 1992; 32 years ago (1992) |
Headquarters | London, E1 United Kingdom |
Key people | Mike Gidney (Chief Executive) |
Website | www.fairtrade.org.uk |
The organisation is an independent non-profit organisation that licenses use of the Fairtrade Mark on products in the UK in accordance with internationally agreed Fairtrade standards.