At Biofach in Germany last week I attended an excellent session masterminded by Harriet from Fairtrade Intenational which was designed to inform the process by which they determine future policy.
Here are some interesting snippets I picked up along the way:
- 51% of all Fairtrade producers are also organically certified
- 40% of Fairtrade organisations sell more than 50% of their production as Fairtrade (2012-3)
- For 2012-3 Fairtrade sales delivered 944m Euros in producer revenues plus 95.2m Euros in premiums
- 86% of premiums were invested by farmers and workers to strengthen their organisations
Cocoa – The Hourglass
- 90% is grown on 5.5m farms
- 3 companies grind 40% of world cocoa
- 5 companies control 57% of cocoa sales
- 1 billion consumers
Cocoa smallholders receive 3.5 – 6% of the retail value of a chocolate bar
Themes for Fairtrade going forward
- Increasing producer impact
- Building on unique strengths
- Working as one
- Fairtrade to have a wider influence