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Supporting sustainable and Fairtrade roasteries with a tasty cuppa? We’ll drink to that

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

Best supermarket coffee, taste-tested by a caffeine lover

Get café-quality flavour at home, without the price tag or queue

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2025

Fairtrade flags ‘window of opportunity’ to drive systemic change for tea farmers

The organisation is urging the Government, businesses, retailers and tea drinkers to take action that ensure fairer pay and working conditions.

Evening Standard · May 20, 2025

Climate change will destroy cocoa yields by 2030 without support, farmers warn

Farmers, officials and industry leaders in Ivory Coast said fairer prices for cocoa are more urgent than ever before.

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025

Longer-term supermarket contracts for cocoa ‘can help tackle child labour’

Yeyasso farming co-operative in Ivory Coast is trialling a new supply chain initiative that aims to increase the Fairtrade premium it receives.

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025

Farmers warn all cocoa trees could be ‘destroyed’ by 2030. Here’s why

While UK shoppers pay 50 per cent more for some chocolate this Easter, farmers living in poverty at the other end of the supply chain are calling for help

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025

Fairer chocolate trade ‘transforming mothers’ lives in Ivorian cocoa villages’

Women in the African nation’s cocoa villages face acute challenges, including gender inequality, economic exclusion and limited access to healthcare.

Evening Standard · Mar 30, 2025

I tried the viral Waitrose pistachio Easter egg – but is it worth £17?

The egg boasts a blonde chocolate outer and pistachio-flavoured inner shell

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025

Fairtrade could help tackle exploitation in UK factories and farms, new boss says

Ethical trade body could ‘offer solutions’ in advising government on protecting workers, says Eleanor Harrison

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2025

Surprise flop in retail sales in December after ‘poor’ month for supermarkets

The volume of retail sales, which measures the quantity bought, fell by 0.3% in December, the Office for National Statistics said.

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025