TDC’s coaching program Backed by our long experience in financing producers’ organisations, we realised that they often had a lot of potential, but lacked knowledge in marketing, business management and sustainability. For example, they had little information about their competitors, and were not very familiar with sales techniques, cost calculations, net profit margins, sustainability and […]
Most people thought that 60% of the end product’s price is for the producer whereas this is only 15% on average for all products Emmanuel Grosjean Tweet Obtaining a fair price and fair remuneration is not only a goal that farmers in the South fight for. In Belgium’s Walloon region the Producers Board has created […]
During the annual Belgian Fair Trade Week in 2019, Sri Lanka’s enthusiastic Ambassador in Belgium brought together producers from Sri Lanka and potential Belgian buyers in Brussels. This event is a first step.
From fair trade coffee to fair fashion For many years the Fair Trade Towns campaign has shown that local authorities can play an important role in promoting fair and sustainable trade. In Belgium’s Flemish region no less than 198 municipalities have become Fair Trade Towns, Wallonia and Brussels have 41 ‘Communes du commerce équitable’. Since […]
Fair trade week Fair trade week is an annual campaign that showcases fair trade and fair trade products in an original way across Belgium, during ten days. Follow our campaign on the Fair trade week website, in French or Dutch.
Where can I find fair trade products? Fair trade organizations Miel Maya Honing Miel Maya Honing is an NGO recognised by the DGDC (Belgian Directorate-General for Development Cooperation): it supports bee-keeping projects in Mexico and Guatemala and carries out development education work in Belgium, focusing on public awareness-raising of Fair Trade issues. Miel Maya Honing Oxfam […]
What is fair trade? Fair trade is a type of trade that gives smallholders, especially in the South, the opportunity to develop in a sustainable way. One of the most important principles is that smallholders get a fair price for their product, but there is more to it than that. Fair trade objective, definition and principles […]
Fair and sustainable trade Fair trade What is fair trade? Where can I find fairtradeproducts? Fair Trade Week Sustainable trade What is sustainable trade? Statistics and trends Organic agriculture in the South What is organic agriculture? Labels, standards and brands organic agriculture: statistics and trends Participatory guarantee systems
Trade for Development Centre Trade for Development Centre is a programme of Enabel, the Belgian development agency. We believe that fair and sustainable trade are a way to decrease poverty. It gives smallholders in the South the opportunity to develop in a sustainable way. We work around three main themes: producer support, sharing information and raising […]
The number of shoe brands claiming to be ethical and/or ecological has mushroomed in recent years. So much so that some of them are on the verge of becoming major players on this huge market. Fleeting fad or a sea change for a business that is worth tens of billions of dollars?
