Shared Interest Chair, Dr. Yvonne Gale, welcomed over 100 members to our Annual General Meeting on Friday 15th March. Check out an excerpt from our Q&A session in our latest member magazine.

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Our deep understanding of challenges faced by producer groups through 33 years of working with them, enables us to find the best financial solutions while considering customers’ harvest time and cash flow limitations 💷

Read our 2023 Social Accounts ⬇️
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Following on from our Easter celebrations, we have a delicious chocolate cupcake recipe to share with you inspired by our #LittleBookofFairness 😋

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In April and June, we will be hosting a series of supporter events across the UK. As well as sharing insights into our work and impact, the events will also involve a presentation from a special guest speaker.

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The far-reaching consequences of changes in our climate represent an increasing need for producers to access our financial services in the parts of the world most disproportionately affected by climate change 🌡️

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Our spring member magazine includes highlights from our AGM and stories of our customers in Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda and Uganda, where our members’ investments are making a significant difference to farmers and their communities.

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Our colleagues in East and West Africa have been very busy lately. Read our new blogs to find out more about their work.

Attending Aceli and RICE 2024 ⬇️
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Visiting our customers in West Africa ⬇️
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#investinafairerworld #fairtrade

2024 is the 30th anniversary of the FAIRTRADE Mark in the UK, and we will be celebrating the achievements of the movement with innovative events and campaigns throughout the year 🎉

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With concern for our environment, we created an Environment Team to strengthen colleagues’ sustainability efforts and knowledge-base. We also follow #WFTO 'Principles of Fair Trade' and we are exploring our role in the drive for #NetZero 🌍

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Kwami, our West Africa Lending Representative, had the opportunity to deliver a presentation about Shared Interest during his recent visit to RICE (Réseau ivoirien du commerce équitable), a fair trade conference held in Ivory Coast 📍

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Our colleague Grace has shared an exciting update from her recent monitoring visits in Ivory Coast, where she met with Socak Katana and SOCODD, cocoa co-operatives we are supporting with fair finance.

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We are proud to have long-standing relationships with our customers as we build their capacity and facilitate trade. In 2023, we attended 10 international events during 2023 to meet with customers and understand their needs 🤝

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#AFCA #biofach

Happy Easter weekend! To celebrate, we wanted to share our pick of Fairtrade Intl Easter eggs for you to discover and be inspired by - in case you needed to do some last minute Easter Egg shopping! 🐣

And above all, because to #ChooseFairtrade means choosing a fairer future for

The world can indeed be fair when you #ChooseFairtrade and take a stand for trade justice. Thank you Fairtrade Foundation for 30 years of supporting farmers and advocating for change 💚

Last week, our colleagues serving the East Africa region were in attendance at Aceli, Uganda, from 19th - 20th March. At the event, we engaged in discussions around #SMEs , #climatechange , #climatefinance , #agrilending and the incentives of the Aceli programme.

Last week, our West Africa team attended a national fair trade conference held in Ivory Coast where they presented, networked, met customers and were recognised with a certificate of commendation signed by the President of RICE (Réseau ivoirien du commerce équitable) 🇨🇮

#DYK the producer groups we finance support over 400,000 farmers, artisans and workers. There was a 25% increase in workers from both producer and buyer organisations from 2022 to 2023.

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#employmentcreation