According to the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), “fair trade” is a trading partnership based on transparency, respect, and dialogue which seeks to establish greater equality in international ...

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 ...

“International trade is an engine for inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction, and contributes to the promotion of sustainable development,” reads paragraph 68 of the 2030 Agenda for ...

The regulation of commercial activity across countries is the focus of free trade and fair trade policies, but both address the topic from different perspectives. Free trade focuses on the reduction ...

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 ...

The Citizenry announced this month that they are the largest U.S. home decor retailer to have its complete product line made under standards guaranteed by the World Fair Trade Organization. The ...

If the droves of ecologically sourced, direct-to-consumer start-ups that have launched over the past few years are any indication, customers are becoming both savvier and more discerning about where ...

At a 2007 craft fair in Seattle, I found a vendor selling olive oil from the Holy Land that he called “fair trade” Peace Oil. I asked why the label on his bottles carried no service mark certifying ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — If you are looking to start shopping sustainably within the realm of fair trade, Richmond has several options to choose from. Firstly you might be asking — what is fair trade?

The Ten Thousand villages store in the Center City of Philadelphia is crammed with $8 Ghanaian soaps, $16 Indonesian beaded necklaces, $48 Vietnamese serving dishes and $115 Peruvian wall hangings. As ...

Sustainable fashion has a definition that’s hard to pin down. While some say that wool is natural and biodegradable, others would argue that the amount of water, grain and deforestation required for ...