How does Fairtrade address climate change?
Tuesday 19 April 2022
Climate change is not fair. Learn more about the eight different ways in which Fairtrade protects the environment.
Fairtrade and the SDG’s
Tuesday 03 May 2022
How does Fairtrade contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals?
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The Sustainable Development Goals
All United Nations (UN) Member states adopted the 2030 agenda for sustainable development in 2015. This document provides a blueprint for people, planet and prosperity for now and into the future. The document focuses on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are necessary to achieve a more sustainable future for everyone.
Fairtrade’s SDG focus for flowers and plants
Similar to our sustainability strategy, Fairtrade’s work is guided by the global SDGs. Within the flower- and plant sector, Fairtrade focuses on the 3 following SDG pillars:
1 - No poverty: To end poverty in all its forms everwhere
This goal is central to Fairtrade’s mission as they seek to ensure that farmers and workers make strong progress towards a living income- and wage.
5 - Gender equality: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Fairtrade supports women to participate equally in their cooperatives and workplaces, earn better wages and diversify their incomes. A push for equity will result in increased opportunities and representation for women as well as young people.
8 - Decent work and economic growth: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Fairtrade promotes better working conditions, supports workers to negotiate for better pay and is striving to achieve living wages for workers on Fairtrade plantations. Our standards prohibit child and forced labour and we work with young people, their communities, producer organizations and governments to enable them to tackle the root causes themselves.
How the Fairtrade premium contributes to the SDGs
The image below shows a summary of the Fairtrade premium investments made by flower growers and their contribution to SDGs. For the sake of simplicity, Fairtrade has mapped each category of spending to a unique SDG.
Do you want to learn more about how Fairtrade contributes to the SDG’s in other sectors? Read more about it here.