Are your customers the type of people attuned to proof of sustainable business practices? If you're in the business of selling food-stuffs or body-care products, you might want to pay attention to new ...

At a glance, buying a product marked “fair trade” seems like one of the easiest ways to turn the prosaic act of shopping into consumer activism. Fair trade products have proliferated in stores, ...

You might not know it from its generally low price tag, but chocolate has a host of production issues, from child labor on cacao farms to issues with deforestation. Chocolate isn’t alone in this ...

A lot of people wonder about Fair Trade... What is it and does it really make a difference? Fair trade is best described as a movement to help producers in developing countries. Get a fair price for ...

Because of an investigative series in The Times, American consumers are more aware that a “Product of Mexico” label on their tomatoes or broccoli might mean that the produce has been picked by people ...

“We are a trade association of fair trade enterprises in the U.S. and Canada,” says Chris Solt, executive director of the Fair Trade Federation. “What we do is different (than individual product ...

West Elm expects 40% of its products to be fair trade–certified by 2020. Two execs leading explain how to create more responsible products at scale. Five years ago, West Elm may have had very little ...

You’ve most likely seen the Fair Trade Certified label on your morning coffee or tea, but do you know what it really means? Fair Trade goods are really just that, fair. When you place a Fair Trade ...