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Fair Trade Timeline

By AlynJessenia

  • First Fair Trade Organization

    First Fair Trade Organization
    Edna Ruth Byler imports needlecrafts from low-income women in Puerto Rico, and displaced in Europe, laying the groundwork for Ten Thousand Villages, North America’s first fair trade organization

  • SERRV

    SERRV
    Church of the Brethren establishes SERRV, North America’s second fair trade organization, to import wooden clocks from German refugees of WWII

  • Trade not Aid

    Trade not Aid
    United Nations Conference on Aid and Development (UNCTAD) embraces “Trade not Aid” concept, bringing fair trade into development policy.

  • First World Shop

    First World Shop
    Oxfam and other European humanitarian organizations open the first World Shop in the Netherlands to sell crafts, build awareness and campaign for trade reform

  • Ten Thousand Villages

    Ten Thousand Villages
    Ten Thousand Villages opens their store, the first fair trade retail outlet in North America

  • Equal Exchange

    Equal Exchange
    Equal Exchange is established as the first fair trade cooperative in North America, importing coffee from Nicaragua as a way to make a political statement with a high-quality, household item

  • Fair trade certification system

    Fair trade certification system
    Farmers and activists launch the first fair trade certification system, Max Havelaar, in the Netherlands to offer third-party recognition and a label for fair trade products.
    Launch of the first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, under the initiative of the Dutch development agency Solidaridad. The first Fairtrade coffee from Mexico was sold into Dutch supermarkets. It was branded Max Havelaar, after a fictional Dutch character who opposed the exploitation of coffee pickers in Dutch colonies.

  • IFTA

    IFTA
    International Fair Trade Association (IFTA), now WFTO, is established by fair trade pioneers as the first global fair trade network.

  • Fair Trade Federation

    Fair Trade Federation
    Fair Trade Federation is formed as the first network of fair trade organizations in North America

  • FLO

    FLO
    Fairtrade International (formally known as Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International or FLO) was established in Bonn, Germany to unite the national Fairtrade organizations under one umbrella and harmonize worldwide standards and certification.

  • TransFair USA

    TransFair USA
    TransFair USA begins certifying fair trade coffee using the TransFair USA label

  • FairTrade certification

    FairTrade certification
    FLO launches the international “FairTrade” certification mark.
    The goals of the launch were to improve the visibility of the Mark on supermarket shelves, facilitate cross border trade and simplify export procedures for both producers and exporters.
    Producer representatives join the Fairtrade International Board of Directors.

  • Fair trade associations

    Fair trade associations
    Producers form national and regional fair trade associations across Asia, Latin America and Africa

  • FLO y FLO-CERT

    FLO y FLO-CERT
    Fairtrade International splits into two independent organizations: FLO, which sets Fairtrade standards and provides producer support, and FLO-CERT, which inspects and certifies producer organizations and audits traders.

  • Fair for Life

    Fair for Life
    The Institute for Marketecology (IMO) begins their “Fair for Life” certification program

  • Fair trade sales

    Fair trade sales
    Fair trade retail sales top $1 billion in the U.S. And $2.5 billion worldwide

  • Recognition by ISEAL

    Recognition by ISEAL
    Fairtrade International is recognised by ISEAL as one of seven organizations that have reached the highest standards for defining ethical trade.
    Producers become full members in Fairtrade International’s governance.

  • New Fairtrade organizations

    New Fairtrade organizations
    New Fairtrade organizations: Fairtrade Label South Africa and Czech Fair Trade Association.

  • Fair World Project

    Fair World Project
    Organic Consumers Association (OCA) launches Fair World Project, the first fair trade consumer organization, to promote and protect the integrity of the fair trade movement

  • Fairtrade International

    Fairtrade International
    Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International decides to go by the abbreviated name 'Fairtrade International'. It reflects the Fairtrade vision to simplify the system and extend its benefits to a greater number of farmers and workers, traders and consumers.

  • Fairtrade Korea

    Fairtrade Korea
    Two new Fairtrade organization were established in Korea and Hong Kong

  • Fairtrade International’s General Assembly

    Fairtrade International’s General Assembly
    A change in Fairtrade International’s constitution gives farmers and workers an equal say in running the global Fairtrade movement. From now on the producer networks have half the votes at Fairtrade International’s General Assembly.

  • New Fairtrade organizations

    New Fairtrade organizations
    New Fairtrade organizations were established: Fairtrade Eastern Africa and Fairtrade India. Portugal is added to the mandate of Fairtrade Spain and they are renamed Fairtrade Ibérica

  • Fairtrade Czech Republic and Slovakia

    Fairtrade Czech Republic and Slovakia
    Slovakia is added to the mandate of Fairtrade Czech Republic and they are renamed Fairtrade Czech Republic and Slovakia.

  • Chair of the Fairtrade International Board

    Chair of the Fairtrade International Board
    Marike de Peña is the first producer to be elected Chair of the Fairtrade International Board.
    Fairtrade International begins the transition of the provision of producer services to the producer networks. Fairtrade Africa is the first to take on this responsibility, giving farmers and workers a greater say in the type of services and support they need.

  • Fairtrade Sourcing Programs

    Fairtrade Sourcing Programs
    Fairtrade International rolls out the Fairtrade Sourcing Programs for cocoa, sugar and cotton – the first major change to Fairtrade labelling in its history. Rather than focusing on all the ingredients for one final product, companies participating in the Fairtrade Sourcing Programs can make big commitments to sourcing one or more specific commodities for use across ranges, or even their whole business.

  • New Fairtrade organizations

    New Fairtrade organizations
    Fairtrade Brazil, Fairtrade Taiwan and Fairtrade Philippines were created as new fairtrade programs

  • Bibliografía

    Bibliografía