Annual report 2014 - World Fair Trade Organization

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2014 ANNUAL REPORT
I. Table of Contents
I. Table of Contents
2
II. Letter from the President
3
III. About WFTO
4
A global network of Fair Trade Organisations
4
Our vision and mission
4
A membership organization
5
The Goals of WFTO
5
Credibility & identity
5
Learning
5
Voice
5
Market access
5
Capability
5
I V. Our achievements and activities
6
a. Credibility and Identity
6
b. Learning
7
c. Market Access
9
d. Voice
10
e. Capability
13
V. The WFTO enlarged family: WFTO Regions
16
VI. Our supporters
18
VII. ANNEXES to 2014 Annual Report
18
Financial Overview for 2014
18
Balance Sheet 2014
18
Income and Expenditure
19
List of WFTO members, as of 31 December 2014.
20
List of WFTO individual associates,
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2 - 2014 WFTO Annual Report
as of 31 December 2014.
I. Letter from the President
Dear WFTO members, provisional Member, Associates and Fair Trade friends,
Last year I had the chance
to encounter again in my
travels around the globe
countless enthusiastic
promoters of Fair Trade
(FT) principles and Fair
Trade products. I realized
once more that after several decades of existence,
there continues to be an
increasing number of people which are seeking for
Rudi Dalvai, WFTO President
greater equity in international trade and which are vigorously animated to prove
that it is possible to build trading partnerships, based on
trust, transparency and respect. There are many values
which are shared by these people but it is also remarkable and fascinating to realize how national Fair Trade
platforms have developed their FT activity differently in
different countries. Building connections, diversity and
individualism have always been specific characteristics
of Fair Trade people and the essential basis for critical
analyses and constructive dialectic in and between Fair
Trade Organisations (FTOs) at national and international
level. This characteristic was the driving force that 25
years ago brought together people in Noordvijk, in The
Netherlands, in order to found the global network of Fair
Trade Organisations then called IFAT (now WFTO). At
that time Fair Trade was still a niche market mainly known
to committed people. There was no need for FTOs to promote a common identity at national or international level.
This has changed. Now there are more and more organisations out in the market which claim to practice Fair
Trade and, in the absence of any public regulation of this
sector, anybody can make such claim, independently from
the principles and values which are behind this claim.
The need to be recognized as a Fair Trade Organisation,
which has small and marginalised producers as its main
target group, and which sticks still to the initial Fair Trade
values, has become essential for us.
The Fair Trade Standard and the Guarantee System
have been developed into a valid tool which allows to
prove the ‘FTO identity’ and the compliance of WFTO
members with FT principles. By the end of 2014, more
than 2/3 of our member had started their GS process.
This lets us hope that soon most of our members will
be Guaranteed FTO. Guaranteed members are allowed
to place the WFTO product label on their products and
many members are asking how the label will be promoted to generate sales. In this context I believe that it is of
vital importance for the sustainability of the Fair Trade
Movement that our FTO members focus their time, money
and energies on developing their own strong consumer
brands. At the same time it is also necessary for WFTO
to develop a strategy to position the label as a valuable
additional tool to support members’ own branding initiatives. For those members who do not have their own
strong branding though, it will be possible to use the
WFTO label as an initial marketing tool to develop their
sales and expand their markets. The wide use of the label
by all interested members will reinforce the credibility of
everyone’s own branding, where it exists, and help some
members to begin developing their own brand.
To promote WFTO membership and the product label,
resources are required. I am happy to announce that, after
several years of austerity budget, which were required
to bring WFTO out of negative reserves and back to
financial stability, that the accounts for the end of the
year 2014 are showing positive reserves. This allows
WFTO to start using resources to promote our common
values and identity as the global network of Fair Trade
Organisations. I am sure we will have now some exciting
years ahead in which we will focus on promoting the
beauty of the global Fair Trade society.
With warm regards and best wishes for the success of
your own work,
For and on behalf of the WFTO Board,
Rudi Dalvai
WFTO President
April 2015.
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II. About WFTO
A global network of Fair Trade
Organisations
WFTO is a global network of local Fair Trade Organisations, national Fair Trade networks and Fair Trade support
organisations, including associate organisations and individuals in around 80 countries across the globe. It has a
small dynamic Office for global coordination. Five regional
networks in Africa (including Middle East), Asia, Europe,
Latin America and the Pacific Rim support the WFTO.
These regional branches have their own respective operational structures and offices and are legally independent.
There is also a growing number of (independent) country
networks that coordinate with the WFTO regional networks mostly on advocacy and campaigning activities.
The global, regional and country network structures aim
to facilitate core services to WFTO members on market access and market development, capacity-building
(Fair Trade compliance and business development) and
advocacy and campaigning for Fair Trade, and serve as
a facilitator and a platform for exchanges between members, as well as being the focal point for alliances with
external stakeholders.
Our vision and mission
WFTO has a vision of a world in which trade structures
and practices have been transformed to work in favour
of the poor and promote sustainable development and
justice.
WFTO’s mission is to enable producers to improve their
livelihoods and communities through Fair Trade. WFTO is
the global of and advocate for Fair Trade Organisations,
ensuring producer voices are heard. The interests of producers, especially small farmers and artisans, are the
main focus in all the policies, governance, structures and
decision-making within the WFTO.
A membership organization
The Goals of WFTO
By the end of 2014, the WFTO had 359 members and
46 individual associates in 79 countries. The 359 member organizations consisted of the following: 308 Fair
Trade Trading Organizations (FTO), 24 Fair Trade Support
Organizations (FTSO), 26 national Fair Trade Networks
(FTN), as well as and 1 Associate Organization (AO).1
More than 70% of the members of WFTO were based
in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
Table 1: Membership Types per Region
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
FTN
FTO
CREDIBILITY & IDENTITY
To be the global membership body for all fully committed
Fair Trade Organisations (FTOs) seeking to empower
groups of vulnerable producers, farmers and workers
through trade.
LEARNING
To be a space where members connect with each other
– to work together, to cooperate, create synergies, and
share innovative ideas and learning.
VOICE
To create a common voice that speaks out loudly for Fair
Trade and trade justice – and is heard.
Africa
& ME
Asia
Europe
LA
Pacific
6
4
113
1
6
16
56
5
2
52
4
3
13
AO
FTSO
WFTO activities focus on achieving WFTO’s strategic
goals. For the period 2013-2017, these are divided into
the following:
3
1
74
MARKET ACCESS
To enable members to access tools and training to improve market access locally, regionally and internationally.
During 2014, 47 members left WFTO. These departures
from membership can be divided into two categories:
those choosing to withdraw (11) and those terminated
(36) mainly due to unpaid fees dating back to 2012 and
2013. Most of the withdrawals were based on financial
considerations.
CAPABILITY
To have the internal leadership, capacity, resources and
structure/s for good network governance, which enable
the WFTO to be dynamic, flexible and healthy.
Table 2 : Membership Balance 2014
20
15
10
5
0
Africa
& ME Asia Europe
LA
Pacific
NEW
9
19
6
8
3
EX
16
12
7
9
3
Image: Shared Interest
WFTO welcomed 45 new members in 2014. Overall
membership, thus, kept quite stable, which was a rather
positive resukt given that the progressive implementation
of the Guarantee System may force some members to
leave.
1 Three members had their status suspended.
Image: People Tree
III. Our achievements and activities
There were several noteworthy activities and achievements during 2014 within or involving WFTO. The most
important ones are briefly listed below, per WFTO main
working area.
a. Credibility and Identity
To be the global membership body for all fully committed
Fair Trade Organisations (FTOs) seeking to empower
groups of vulnerable producers, farmers and workers
through trade.
involving self assessment, peer review and audit, the
Guarantee System ensures a high standard for membership (more on the GS in section III.c.).
Additionally, for those members who require it, the right to
use the WFTO product label is available at no extra cost.
By the end of 2014, WFTO had 14 Guaranteed Members and the Fair Trade Accountability Watch (FTAW)3
had already began to be used, proving to be a valuable
tool to ensure best practices within the membership.
By then, WFTO had also finished all preparations for the
first training (pilot) for WFTO-accredited GS auditors,
which would take place in early 2015.
The annual celebration of World Fair Trade Day took
place on 10 May 2014 with the theme ‘Fair Trade People’
(more in section III.d. below).
Image: SelynExporters
Membership of the WFTO identifies the member organisation as a committed Fair Trade Organisation. Only
organisations that are fully committed to Fair Trade are
eligible for membership and this is an important point of
differentiation. Many commercial businesses are involved
in “fair washing”, usually with unsubstantiated claims, and
it has become important for those involved in genuine Fair
Trade to use the WFTO’s 10 Principles of Fair Trade as
the definition of what fair trade really means.2 These principles form the basis of the WFTO Fair Trade Standard,
which further reflects the values WFTO stands for.
The credibility of membership of the WFTO is based
on the Guarantee System (which builds on the WFTO
FT Standard to assesses member’s compliance against
it). A robust, credible and soon to be accredited system,
2 The Charter of Fair Trade Principles (2001), the result of an agreement signed by international Fair Trade Networks, recognises two
different Fair Trade routes: the product certification route and the organizational route.
After the adoption of the WFTO Fair Trade Retailer
Standard4 in the 2013 AGM, two members which had
already began a piloting period in 2013 signed agreements with WFTO for the launch of the national implementation of this Retailer Standard during 2014. WFTO
has now approved the monitoring system of Fair Trade
shops of both national platforms - AGICES (in Italy)
and the Weltladen-Dachverband e.V. / German World
Shop Association (in Germany) - and allowed them to
use the WFTO logo in their national retailer logo (which
in turn should provide an element of consistency to the
different national logos and facilitate recognition from
country to country).
3 The FTAW is a social accountability tool that allows the public and
members to submit positive and negative comments regarding WFTO
members, eventually to be followed upon by WFTO.
4 The WFTO Retailer Standard represents the first tool that allows the
development of credible monitoring systems to verify the compliance
of individual shops against concrete minimum requirements for Fair
Trade retailers.
Strengthening existing and investigating possible new
partnerships and cooperation with others was also
an important topic on the WFTO agenda of 2014.
Representatives of WFTO met (at times virtually only)
with representatives of FLO-CERT, ISEAL Alliance,
Fair Trade Towns (FTT), Fair Trade Advocacy Office
(FTAO), International Federation of Organic Agriculture
Movements (IFOAM), Misereor and Bread for the World,
Body Shop Foundation, Naturland, Dutch Association
of Worldshops (DAWS), Centre for the Promotion of
Imports from developing countries (CBI), Fair Plaza,
Zensho Japan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan representatives,
and several national Fair Trade network organisations5.
Close discussions with other organisations have now
also started.
5 These national Fair Trade networks included namely the French
Platorm for Fair Trade (PFCE), the (North American) Fair Trade
Federation (FTF) and Fair Trade Group Nepal (FTG-Nepal), the British
Association of Fair Trade Shops (BAFTS), and the Chilean Fair Trade
Network.
b. Learning
To be a space where members connect with each other
– to work together, to cooperate, create synergies, and
share innovative ideas and learning.
The Fair Trade world is rapidly changing and the WFTO
is committed to being a place of learning and engagement. WFTO members, representing the full spectrum
of the global Fair Trade supply chain, have in-depth
knowledge, experience and skills of the business of Fair
Trade. The WFTO is one of a handful of global organisations that brings together all the practitioners in a supply
chain. Various physical and virtual platforms are available
for members to share and learn from each other. The
WFTO is the place where the philosophy and the underlying principles of Fair Trade are discussed, debated
and determined.
WFTO representatives attended all the biennial conferences and annual meetings of the WFTO Regions: WFTO
Image: Sindyanna of Galilee
Latin America organised a virtual meeting on 2 June,
WFTO-Europe met in Elspeet (The Netherlands) on 1214 June, WFTO Pacific met in San Diego (USA) on 1-2
August, WFTO-Asia met in Seoul (South Korea) on 1619 October and WFTO-Africa met in Arusha (Tanzania)
on 15-17 November.
WFTO also continued to embrace online technology,
mostly aiming to cut down costs related to membership
meetings and increase members’ participation in the internal democratic processes of WFTO. This was visible both
in the use of its online community platform for members
– the WFTO Network (at times also called the Ning platform) – for the discussions of several working groups, as
well as in the organisation of its first-ever entirely virtual
Annual General Meeting (see more on section III.d)6.
The implementation of
the project Promoting
Responsible Investment and Commerce in
Europe (PRICE Project)
entered its second year in
2014. The PRICE project
aims at raising public awareness and promoting education to mobilize greater financial support for actions
against poverty and for fairer relations between developed and developing countries in the field of responsible
investments for fair and sustainable trading activities.
WFTO has been participating in the project by providing
the project’s research and promotion access to WFTO’s
network of Fair Trade organisations.
More specifically, WFTO’s involvement in 2014 included: attendance the project’s Steering Committee and
Watchdog Committee meetings as well as to a trainers’training (Portugal), organisation of a seminar on Fair
Trade and Ethical Finance in Amsterdam (Netherlands)
with participants from the business sector, a project presentation during the WFTO-Europe regional conference,
publication of articles in the WFTO newsletter and social
media channels as well as redistribution of the PRICE
newsletter, and the collection of case studies.
6 In 2013, WFTO had organized a first virtual Extraordinary General
Meeting, for the approval of some resolutions only.
WFTO Asia Conference, October 2014, South Korea
WFTO Pacific Conference, August 2014, USA.
WFTO Europe Conference, June 2014, the Netherlands.
c. Market Access
To enable members to access tools and training to improve market access locally, regionally and internationally.
WFTO’s activities do not include the promotion of sales
of any indidivudal members. Nevertheless, the WFTO
has strong and growing relationships with many other
international trade-related groups including the solidarity
economy movement, organic movement and especially
with the Fair Trade Towns (FTT) Movement and the Fair
Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO). Through these relationships the WFTO is able to promote market access and
market development for Fair Trade Organisations. The
WFTO facilitates attendance at international trade fairs
and organises a biennial Fair Trade Week including a
marketplace for the selling and promotion of members’
products.
The Guarantee System and the WFTO product Label
associated with it are progressively proving to be a credible yet affordable system that can provide members with
an effective market access and market development tool.
After hiring its Guarantee System Manager in December
2013, the WFTO gave high priority to the implementation
of its new Guarantee System to its wider membership.7
In 2014, as they became ‘guaranteed’, more members
started using the WFTO Product Label (initially launched
during the 2013 World Fair Trade Week, in Rio). Every
purchase of products with the WFTO Label supports
small producers and their communities, and the battle
against poverty and inequality. By the end of 2014, 14
WFTO members had gained the right to use the WFTO
product label, following their successful completion of a
Guarantee System full cycle. In addition, close to 100
WFTO members had started taking steps towards becoming a Guaranteed Organisation by submitting their
Self Assessment Report; many more were in the final
stages of preparing the Report to be submitted in early
2015.
WFTO along with some of its Guaranteed members also
signed the first agreements for the use of the WFTO label
by first-buyers, non-WFTO members – the ‘WFTO Buyer
Contract’ – during this year, opening the door to greater
market opportunities.
Finally, WFTO was represented in many events and
international fairs – either through its Board, staff or
members – such as Ambiente (Frankfurt) and the Fair
Trade & Friends Fair (Dortmund), to name just a few.
7 It is foreseen that the first cycle of the GS will have been started
by all members by late 2015, but each member has his own individual
calendar to follow.
Fair Trade & Friends Fair, Germany, Sept 2014. From left to right: Zulma Britez, Natalia Leal and Augusto Estrella.
d. Voice
To create a common voice that speaks out loudly for Fair
Trade and trade justice – and is heard
The WFTO principles are widely recognised, and used,
as the benchmark for Fair Trade practice. We leverage
this to ensure our values are the defining characteristic
for Fair Trade at both governmental and practical level.
Advocacy is an integral part of our activity and we are
able to provide a strong and credible voice for Fair Trade
Organisations.
The 2014 World Fair Trade Day celebrated the people
behind Fair Trade products: the producers, marketers,
and consumers who are responsible for the global success of Fair Trade. This year’s festivities focused around
the movers and shakers of the movement - the Fair Trade
People. The men and women who have pushed Fair
Trade to become the world’s leading movement against
poverty, social injustice and environmental degradation.
“Thank you” to the thousands of producers, workers,
consumers, volunteers, and even children who took part
in the worldwide celebrations. Over 1,600 major events
and more than 10,000 minor events were held in a worldscale celebration.
WFTO utilised social media, an online event calendar and
a Fair Trade People app to drive the WFTDay 2014 campaign. Fair Trade people across the globe tweeted and
posted images of their support through social media and
other online channels. On Facebook alone, WFTO managed to reach directly the screens of over 170,000 people, while Twitter was buzzing with innumerable tweets
bearing the hashtags #WFTDay and #FairTrade. There
were over one hundred mentions of the celebrations in
online press websites and blogs, and the press release
was translated into 14 languages increasing the campaign’s global scope. Hundreds of people engaged by
using our app to show their support to Fair Trade.
Outside of the digital world, an enormous amount of public awareness was made through local, national and international activities that took place on or around the day.8
WFTO continued its engagement with the Fair Trade
Towns (FTT) campaign, namely in the WFTO Newsletter.
The number of Fair Trade Towns increased from just below 1,400 to 1,607 during 2014 (a 15% increase globally), with a far greater number of active campaigns that
have yet to make an official declaration.9
8 Wide variety of events like conferences, seminars, rallies, workshops,
debates, and petition signing to support Fair Trade radiated awareness
on Fair Trade in various demographic groups. To mention a few, the
red carpet was rolled out as ethical fashion events, cinema evenings
and wine tours were organised to promote responsible consumption
across Europe and North America. Fair Trade People across Asia,
Latin America, Africa and Oceania dabbled in plenty of art projects,
from drawing competitions, craft workshops, clothing design events,
in-store painting and more.
9 Fair Trade Towns now exist in 25 countries, with campaigns in another
eight countries yet to see their first declaration (including South Korea,
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Lebanon). Fair Trade Towns are having an
indirect, positive impact on Fair Trade producers by delivering growth
in the demand and consequent sale of Fair Trade products in all 25
countries involved. The impact on public procurement is proven and
well reported in many countries (e.g. Oslo, Norway; Malmo, Sweden;
and Hanover, Germany) where the consumption of Fair Trade products
by Local Authorities remains at a level far greater than average. Fair
Trade Towns in the global South serve namely to increase awareness
and understanding of Fair Trade within the ‘producer communities’.
Finally, within the FTT’s process to update its International
Guidelines, WFTO also supported the FTTowns ISC in
the (ongoing) discussion around the potential need to
revise the existing Charter of Fair Trade Principles
and the related definition of a fair trade product.
Throughout the year WFTO met also with the Fair Trade
Advocacy Office (FTAO) for constructive discussions
around specific topics and the engagement between
WFTO-FTAO. By the end of the year, the WFTO had
communicated to the FTAO its clear intent to (re)take
its seat in the Board of the FTAO as of 1 January 2015,
following invitation by the FTAO Board.
In May 2014, the WFTO Board appointed Tadeusz
Makulski of the Polish Fair Trade Association as official
Representative of WFTO in the Fair Trade Towns
International Steering Committee, to ensure even
closer links.
WFTO was present in the first annual FTT conference
to be held outside Europe. Holding the 2014 conference
in Kumamoto, Japan, allowed for a boost in campaigns in
this part of Asia and challenged others to follow. In fact,
there was progress on Fair Trade Towns in the South
too, with the strengthening of the campaign in Brazil, a
second active Ghanaian campaign in Bolgatanga and a
possible new initiative starting up in India.
Image: Tadeusz Makulski
2014 International Fair Trade Towns Campaign Conference, Japan.
In 2014, the FTAO successfully run the “Vote for Fair
Trade” campaign linked to the European Parliament
Elections and, in coordination with WFTO-Europe and
Fairtrade International members, managed to have 110
candidates committing to the Fair Trade manifesto, 50
of which are now Members of the European Parliament
(MEPs). This should further promote EU measures to
promote better access to the EU market by WFTO members as well as fairer trade. The FTAO also launched the
“power in supply chains” campaign, with the launch of
a report highlighting the imbalances of power in supply
chains and how they impact small producers and workers.
Other (internal) advocacy and campaigning work included the revival of the Advocacy and Campaigning
Committee and the approval of its new Work Plan 20142015. Now including also representatives from the FTAO
and the FTTowns, this Committee was involved in the discussions on the revision of the Advocacy Strategy as well
as on the selection of the topic for the next WFTDays. The
final decision from the WFTO Board approved a 3-year
WFTDAy theme – “An agent for change” – which will
then be given specific focuses each year (2015-2017).
Our online engagement to speak for Fair Trade continued throughout the year. In November, WFTO launched
a revamped website with new contents and a more
user-friendly functionality, including dedicated sections
on the Guarantee System and Events. The Fair Trade
section contains a new ‘mini’ online library of Fair Trade
The WFTO social media engagement grew by leaps and
bounds in 2014, and it is still growing. Popular social networking sites have been tapped to deliver external messages. Facebook and Twitter remained the most popular
channels for WFTO in reaching out the online community.
To keep up with the growing popularity of visual social
media, WFTO opened Pinterest and Instagram spaces
to widen its online community engagement.
WFTO also took advantage of the social media using it
as the primary platform for some of its campaigns, such
as the World Fair Trade Day, International Women’s Day
(IWD) and Fashion for Change.
Image: People Tree UK
WFTO celebrated International Women’s Day through
the inspiring stories of change of women fair traders.
As endorsed by the WFTO Gender Policy Working
Group, the celebration adopted the theme ‘Fair Trade
– Inspiring Change in Women’s Lives’. The IWD campaign is held annually in support of the gender equality
campaign, and advancement of women’s right. WFTO
believes that Fair Trade paves the way for women to take
active control of their lives through economic means, and
capacity building.
Another key campaigning moment in 2014 concerned
the Fashion for Change Campaign. The Rana Plaza
building collapse shocked the world when over a thousand garment factory workers died and more than 2000
workers were seriously wounded. The incident opened
the public’s eyes about the dire situation of the people
behind the clothes of some fashion brands. Over one
year after the fateful day (24 April 2013), together with
Fair Trade fashion brands People Tree and Pachacuti, in
September WFTO launched the ‘Fashion for Change’
campaign to raise awareness on the plight of clothing
factory workers, and to give voice to faceless people in
the fashion supply chain.
The results of WFTO activities to speak out for Fair Trade
were positive but there is still a long way to go to change
the rules and practices of conventional trade.
Image: Richard Ilse/Traidcraft
resources, which is updated regularly with new studies
on the field of Fair Trade and related topics. Overall, the
website is a work in progress, given that some upgrades
and a few functionalities were still to be added in the near
future. For technical reasons, the Members’ Only section
is still housed on the old website awaiting completion of
the new WFTO GS database by CISE.
e. Capability
To have the leadership, capacity, resources and structure/s for good network governance which enable the
WFTO to be dynamic, flexible and healthy.
The WFTO membership met in their respective regional
meetings during 2014, but it was also called to a (global)
general meeting. For the first time in its history, as mentioned before, WFTO held its (main) annual general
meeting of members entirely virtually. The move to go
virtual was dictated by the fact that physical gathering
is costly and expensive for members, and online tools
already offer all the necessary functionalities. The virtual
AGM was well received with a higher turnout of eligible
voters compared to previous AGMs that were held in
non-conference years.10 Out of 213 eligible voters, 141
cast their votes. See table of result below.
Members decided on the agenda via electronic voting.
The WFTO Network provided the space for discussion.
It was notable that the space was not exhaustively used
by members for exchange of opinions. The challenge is
to get members to become familiar with the tool, while
ensuring that it is used without abuses.
Table 3. AGM RESULT SUMMARY (in %)
Total completed votes = 141
VoteRes3 Res4Res5Res6 Res7Res8
Yes 89,36 91,4989,3689,36 89,3688,65
No 1,42 1,422,131,42 2,132,13
Members of the WFTO Board remained the same in
2014:
- Rudi Dalvai, President;
- Ana Asti, Vice-President;
- Johny Joseph, Secretary;
- Roopa Mehta, Treasurer and independent Director;
- Robert Chase, independent Director;
- Malcolm Curtis;
- Geoff White;
- Fred Masinde; and
- Mona El Sayed, independent Director.
The Board of Directors met in person twice during 2014,
in March (Culemborg) and in September (Venice). They
also organised their first virtual meeting in June, a successful but challenging gathering for members across
very different time zones. Minutes were always sent to
the membership soon after these meetings. Following
previous common practice, a considerable part of Board
discussions and decisions took place online, via email
and/or the WFTO Network (Ning).
The WFTO Staff remained mostly stable, though there
were some changes in the Financial sector:
- Chief Executive: Natália Leal.
- Communications Officer: Michael Sarcauga;
- Guarantee System Manager: Tamara Cobussen;
- Finance and Administration Officer: Silvia Prince,
until end August; Sylvana Lubuva, from September
2014-January 2015.
Abstain
9,22 7,098,519,22 8,519,22
Total
100 100100100 100100
Among the regular documents, in the 2014 AGM the
WFTO membership approved a revised Strategic Plan
for 2013-2014 under the overarching theme “Together,
building a more just economy”, which built closely on the
Plan previously approved in 2013.
Regarding the internal governance and structures of
WFTO, its Board of Directors continued to be largely pro-active and dynamic, and its small but committed
number of staff worked hard to deliver added-value within
considerable resource limitations. The need for improvements regarding WFTO Committees remained, however,
very obvious.
10 Non-conference years are even years (2010, 2012, 2014) with no
global conference taking place. WFTO holds its biennial conferences
in odd years (2009, 2011, 2013).
The WFTO Office also counted on the support of a several volunteers and interns11 during 2014, to whom we
are deeply thankful. A few consultants have also contributed to our work throughout the year.
Regular virtual meetings were held between the Chief
Executive and other staff and the regional Directors, but
unfortunately it was not possible to organise a physical
joint meeting in 2014.
11 Tommi Hatinen was an intern August 2013-January 2014;
Nina SpoorenJanuary-July.; Katie Ramsbotham February-August
2014; Natalia Baez Zamudio August 2014-Feb. 2015; Jose Tortosa
September 2014-Feb. 2015; and Teba Fiuza since December 2014.
2014 in revising the Terms of References of basically all
its Committees, but lack of resources and an overloaded
agenda meant that these could be properly implemented
in only a few cases.
WFTO Board of Directors: (L-R back) Johny Joseph, Bob Chase, Geoff White,
Malcolm Curtis and Fred Masinde. (L-R front) Mona ElSayed, Rudi Dalvai and
Roopa Mehta. Not in the photo is Ana Asti.
To perform the activities necessary to achieve its goals,
WFTO counts on several internal bodies. During 2014,
both the Fair Trade Towns Working Group (WG) and the
Gender Policy WG were considered to have achieved
their targets and were, thus, successfully dissolved. At
the same time, following previous AGM decisions, WFTO
established the ‘Fair Wages, Fair Prices’ Working Group
(FWFP/WG), as well as the Standard and Guarantee
System Committee (which was rather occupied providing some recommendations for the Board, namely following some complains). The Gender Policy WG was
re-launched with a revised mandate for a ‘Stage 2’ and
the Social & Solidarity Economy WG continued its research through most of the year. As already mentioned
above, the Adocacy and Campaiging COM was also
fairly active, though not all of its members participated
equally. Unfortunatly, the Milan 2015 WG proved to be
not very lively.
It is a fact, indeed, that some of the existing internal bodies – especially WFTO Committees – remained largely
inactive during 2014. Even in those internal bodies that
showed significant work, often only some of the nominated members made actual contributions. WFTO worked in
Financially, WFTO had another positive year in 2014.
For the first time in over 5 years, WFTO was able to
close the year with positive reserves, even if only a very
small one (see Table 5). Core costs remained as low as
possible, and were fully covered by core income. Fee
collection rates were on target/as foreseen, though this
meant that some members continued to pay their annual
fee very late, severely affecting WFTO liquidity. WFTO
also benefited from a new grant, the financial income
from ongoing projects and a short-term loan to address
liquidity issues.
Table 4: End-year Result
€100.000
€50.000
€
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
-€50.000
-€100.000
Table 5: General reserves
€50.000
€-€50.000
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
-€100.000
-€150.000
-€200.000
-€250.000
Table 6: Core vs. other income
€700.000
€600.000
€500.000
From left to right: Michael Sarcauga, Natália Leal, Tamara Cobussen, Sylvana
Lubuva
€400.000
€300.000
€200.000
€100.000
€2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
IV. The WFTO enlarged family:
WFTO Regions
WFTO Regions are separate and legally independent
organisations, which share the same ethos and values
as WFTO: the commitment to Fair Trade and the WFTO
Principles, the goal to support WFTO and its membership
(namely in the implementation of the Guarantee System),
as well as a joint brand and identity – to mention just a
few.
Throughout 2014, all regions continued to support the
members in their region to implement the GS and were
processing both new applications and SARs under the
new System. Alignment between regional and global
memberships was complete. As previously mentioned,
all WFTO Regions held a regional (conference and) meeting during 2014, even if only virtually as was the case
of Latin America.
Greater detail on what were the 2014 milestones in each
region is available in their respective Annual Reports,
which can be found in their respective websites. Below
is a short summary of their most important activities.
Table 7a: Overview of regional achievements and activities during 2014 (part 1)
- Membership grew by 16%,
Credibility & - 59 members.
up to 102 members, plus 19
Identity
- 1 Guaranteed Member.
provisional members, repre- Several members reached the last step
senting 17 countries.
of the GS.
- 10 Guaranteed Members.
- Social Media and regional webpages
used to promote the GS, its benefits
for small producers and consumers
and the WFTO’s product label.
- 77 members (55 FTO, 16
FTN, 6 FTSO), including 4
new members in 2014.
- 3 Guaranteed members.
- Launched a survey to assess
the communication impact of
the region and start elaborating a communication strategy.
Learning
- WFTO-Europe’s monthly
Newsletter, with a new training section on the Guarantee
System.
- Website with new sections,
such as advocacy
- Social media (reached more
than 2100 likes on Facebook;
over 1000 followers on Twitter
and 200 on LinkedIn).
- WFTO Biennial Conference
and AGM in Elspeet (NL) in
June 2014: several workshops
organised on the Guarantee
System, advocacy: FTAO
and Southern prospective,
domestic Fair Trade, FTTowns
campaign, Retailers Standard,
role of national platforms and
Fair Prices Fair Wages.
- 2014 Regional Conference
- WFTO-LA’s members participated
and AGM held in Seoul in the
in the project “Promoting trading
City Hall, supported by the
cooperation with Latin America
Mayor Pak Won Soon reportProducers of Fair Trade – FAIR2014,
ed in media including the main
a Research’s travel in Germany from
Hankyore Daily Paper. Over
30.08.2014 to 08.09.2014”, organized
64 international organisations
by the International Cooperation Agenwere represented, and in total
cy in Germany (Deutsche Gesellschaft
300 participants represented
für Internationale Zusammenarbeit 20 countries.
GIZ) and the Regional Office of RenaWFTO-Asia (founding member
nia of the Nort-Westfalia. The project
of ISEAL) participated in the
offered participants the opportunity to
ISEAL conference ‘Entrepremake new business contacts with Gerneurship with Poor People
man Fair Trade companies; increase
Stakeholders (SEPP)’.
their knowledge on the structures of
- Workshops for training on the
the local market and improve their
Guarantee System in India,
competitiveness on the commercializaBangladesh, Indonesia, Philiption of their products.
pines, Vietnam and Thailand.
- WFTO-LA 2014 Virtual Conference
discussed key topics such as Fair
Price, Fair Wages; Guarantee System;
and AGM elected new members for
Regional Board.
Advocacy :
- actively participated in the FTAO
team on ‘Power in Supply Chains’
and ‘European Strategy for FT’
as well as in meetings at the European Parliament and European
Commission and with other CSO
partners.
- succeeded in its constant commitment to encourage WFTO to be
part of the FTAO.
- continued to express the voice of
its members, namely by exchanging questions and views with
WFTO Global, especially on the
issue of “use of label for first buyers non-WFTO members”.
Project/ campaigns/events
- Vote For Fair Trade Campaign:
mainly focused on advocacy
activities around the EP elections
held in May 2014 and on several events organized by the 4
European project associates of
WFTO-Europe.
- WFTDay: a Fair Trade lunch
with a puzzle competition on the
theme of the Day “FT People” was
organised by WFTO-E while several events took place across the
different European countries.
- Belgian Fair Trade Week: a public
debate amongst young people
and Fair Trade national actors
was organised in Brussels. 4 main
topics discussed: domestic FT, FT
in supermarkets, public regulation
of FT and how to raise awareness
on FT at local level.
- Fair Trade Towns Campaign:
WFTO-E continued to contribute
to the campaign .
Voice
- Different WFTDAy activities
organized by WFTO-LA’s
members in various countries;
the Regional Secretariat provided support for coordination
of activities and spreading the
WFTDay’s tools.
- The Consortium of Solidarity
Economy and Fair Trade of
Ecuador, composed also by
WFTO-LA members in that
country, made very important
advocacy activities, among
which the work meetings with
institutions of the government
which led to the document
“Ecuadorian Strategy of Fair
Trade” being given to the institution in charge of the public
policy for trading of Ecuador.
Market Access
- Committee on Retailers and
- WFTO Asia encouraged
- 10 WFTO-LA members parWorldshops launched a survey to
members to join the Fair Trade
ticipated in the “Latin America
assess the differences between
Finest Program, to match proSpecial Edition” of the “Fair
the existing national FT Retailducers with market needs.
Trade & Friends” Fair, held
ers Standard. An analysis on FT
from 5-7 September 2014, in
Retailers Standard started at end
Dortmund - Germany. During
of 2014.
this activity several members
- 2 WFTO-E members (Itay and
achieved very important trading
Germany) signed the agreement
businesses with importers
with WFTO Global to use the
and wholesalers of the local
WFTO logo for retailers.
German market.
- WFTDay celebrated across
Asia: members held events
and made ‘posters’ of the
Individuals and organizations
promoting Fair Trade.
- Fashion Revolution Day
(24th of April): encouraged
members to take part in this
international campaign (event
to revisit the production and
consumption of clothes and
fashion).
- Alongside Rudi Dalvai, presented WFTO and the GS
system to the Asean Solidarity Economy Council. WFTO-Asia was part of a live TV
interview with WFTO members ‘Southern Partners for
Fair Trade’. Talks have been
given to students, practitioners and acedemics in Thailand
(Payap university, INTG), UK
(Ethicial Fashion Forum),
and the Philippines (St Nino,
Cebu).
Capability
- Office moved location from the
- Used virtual channels and
Philippines to Thailand. The
online voting as successful
VIPprogram has placed students
communication tools with its
from Taiwan in Nepal in the new
members, namely for the 2014
Office.
AGM which had a very important participation (21 members - New Board member Mitos Urgel
from WEAVE based in Thailand.
were virtually present and 26
New Executive Director, Chrismembers sent their electronic
tine Gent.
votes on the key issues to be
decided by them).
- All Regional Board meeting
also held through a virtual
platform (WizIQ).
- Regional Secretariat also held
several meetings with different
organizations interested on Fair
Trade and the GS.
- Still welcoming several interns from
different nationalities.
- Transparency and accountability:
keeps working on a double-entry
accounting system with the support
of an accountant. Year 2 of Vote4FT
project audited and favorable opinion of the auditor on the financial
health of the organization.
- Fundraising: several calls submitted. 1 new EC project approved for
the next 2 years.
Table 7b: Overview of regional achievements and activities during 2013 (part 2)
12
Credibility
& Identity
- 78 members.
- Concluded 2 pending cases for alignment. Fully Aligned.
- 1 Guaranteed Member; at least 5 members getting ready for the external
audit.
Learning
-Regional meeting held in San
- Held Regional Conference, in Arusha (Tanzania) attended by about 30
Diego, 31 July – 3 August
members.
and hosted by Dr Bronners
- Partnership with Women in Informal Employment Organizing and Globalizwith about 30 attendees.
ing (WIEGO), Kenya Federation for Alternative Trade (KEFAT), Uganda
Federation for Alternative Trade (UGAFAT), Gumotindo Coffee Cooperative (Uganda) and Kuapa Kokoa Cooperative (Ghana), on the development
of training modules for informal women workers in Fair Trade (targeted for
wider regional dissemination and use from 2015).
- Together with WIEGO, hosted the first ever learning and sharing forum on
Home Based Workers (HBWs), bringing together participants from Egypt,
Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Voice
- Marked one of the most active World Fair Trade Day celebrations through
social media and individual activities in recognition on Fair Trade People.
Market
Access
- 10 members participated at the Stuttgart Fair (Germany).
- 4 members participated at the Ambiente Trade Fair (Germany) under CBI
Programme.
- 13 members participated at the Arusha Christmas Fair (Tanzania).
Capability
-N/a; no regional structure.
- New Board elected at the AGM, including the first woman chair to the
-Memorandum of Agreement
Board. The meeting also passed a resolution for name change to WFTO
signed with WFTO.
Africa & Middle East.
- Funding sources: Misereor, WIEGO, Bread for the World and Membership - Regional membership revenues remained about the
Fee.
same.
-1 Guaranteed member.
-20 members, including 3 new
ones.
-Individual country member
activities only.
12 The Pacific Rim region is a special case with no regional office or official regional Board. The group of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada
and USA is a loosely associated group with no formal structure and staff. Tony Hall looks after the issues surrounding Membership & Monitoring
(GS); other activities are initiated by individual members themselves.
V. Our supporters
Many of the activities developed and results achieved throughout 2014 would not have been (fully) possible without
the contribution of other organisation and individuals, which have supported our work – whether financially or in kind.
WFTO would like to thank them all and extend a particular appreciation to the external donors who have contributed
to the WFTO 2014 budget and activities:
- CTM Altromercato (Italy), for supporting the development and implementation of the Guarantee System, as well as the
2013 WFTO Conference;
- Mr. Ignacio Arragues, through Creative
Handicrafts (India) , for supporting
the implementation of the Guarantee
System;
- Traide Aid (New Zealand), for supporting work with the World Fair
Trade Day 2014 and theme for next 3 years; and
- The Fair Trade Shop from Bolzano (Italy),
for providing a short-term, interest-free
loan to overcome temporary liquidity
issues.
VI. ANNEXES to 2014 Annual Report
Financial Overview for 2014
BALANCE SHEET 2014
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets
Other fixed assets
Total tangible assets
CURRENT ASSETS
Shares in capital
Debtors and other receivables
Trade debtors
Other receivables
Liquid assets
Total current assets
CURRENT LIABILITIES,
ACCRUALS AND DEFERRED INCOME
Creditors
Loans
Taxation and social security
Accruals and deferred income
Current assets minus current liabilities
Assets minus current liabilities
LONG TERM LIABILITIES
Long term liabilities
RESERVES
WFTO Brand Protection
Other reserves
31st December 2014
€
31st December 2013
€
3,899
3,899
3,181
3,181
-
906
18,574
29,919
48,493
26,496
13,795
40,291
182,155
230,648
76,254
117,451
18,572
15,000
31,862
166,971
232,405
15,489
48,000
9,946
68,523
141,958
-1,757
-24,507
2,144
-21,326
0
0
3,000
-856
2,144
3,000
-24,326
-21,326
2,144
-21,326
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
Actual 2014
€
Actual 2013
€
465,915
405,000
507,952
196,589
189,000
154,639
789
789
2,750
2,750
2,688
2,688
68,853
15,315
5,000
154,503
243,671
46,550
15,000
5,000
144,000
210,550
57,064
12,199
6,000
202,569
277,832
441,049
402,300
435,159
24,866
2,700
72,793
358
-1,754
-1,396
-1,750
-1,750
542
-6,969
-6,427
23,470
950
66,366
Image: © Florian Schüppel Photography
INCOME
EXPENSES
Employee expenses
Depreciation fixed assets
Other operating expenses
General expenses
Housing expenses
Activity expenses Advocacy
Activity expenses WFTO
Total expenses
Interest income and expenses
Interest and similar income
Interest and similar expenses
NET (DEFICIT)/SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR
Budget 2014
€
List of WFTO members, as of 31 December 2014.
IDOrganisation Name
Country
Region
Type
of Member
Member
since
2
Nepal
Asia
FTO
2003
15Apikri
Association for Craft Producers (ACP)
Indonesia
Asia
FTO
2000
17
Aranya Crafts Ltd.
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
2000
19
Fédération Artisans du Monde
France
EUR
FTN
2002
20
Artisanat Sel
France
EUR
FTO
2003
21
Arum Dalu Mekar (P.T.)
Indonesia
Asia
FTO
2004
22
Asociación Artesanal Señor de Mayo (ASARBOLSEM)
Bolivia
LA
FTO
2000
24
Asha Handicrafts Association
India
Asia
FTO
1998
31
Assisi Garments
India
Asia
FTO
2004
34
BAFTS - British Association of Fair Trade Shops
United Kingdom
EUR
FTN
2002
36
Bamenda Handicraft Cooperative Society Limited
Cameroon
AF/ME
FTO
1997
38
Bangladesh Hosto Shilpo Ekota Sheba Songshta (BaSE)
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
1999
42
Blue Hand LLC
United States
Pac
FTO
1998
44
Bombolulu Workshops
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
1998
54Camari
Ecuador
LA
FTO
1997
55
Candela Peru
Peru
LA
FTO
1998
57
Community Crafts Assoc of the Philippines (CCAP)
Philippines
Asia
FTO
1997
62CHILDREN-Nepal
Nepal
Asia
FTO
2002
64
CIAP-Intercrafts Peru SAC
Peru
LA
FTO
2002
66
claro fair trade plc
Switzerland
EUR
FTO
1998
69Comparte
Chile
LA
FTO
1998
71
Contigo Fair Trade Gmbh - Contigo Fairtrade GmbH
Germany
EUR
FTO
2004
74
CORR - The Jute Works
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
1998
75
Craft Link
Vietnam
Asia
FTO
2002
77
Craft Aid Mauritius
Mauritius
AF/ME
FTO
2001
80
CTM Altromercato
Italy
EUR
FTO
1998
84
Development Wheel (DEW)
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
2001
91
dwp eG
Germany
EUR
FTO
1996
92
ECOTA National Fair Trade Network of Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Asia
FTN
1998
94
European Fair Trade Association (EFTA)
Netherlands
EUR
FTN
1998
96
El Puente GmbH
Germany
EUR
FTO
1998
98
Equitable Marketing Association (EMA)
India
Asia
FTO
1998
101 Equo Mercato Societa’ Cooperativa
Italy
EUR
FTO
1999
102 Eswatini Swazi Kitchen
Swaziland
AF/ME
FTO
2009
103 Estacion A - Nucleo Cultural
Paraguay
LA
FTO
2004
107 EZA Fairer Handel GmbH
Austria
EUR
FTO
1998
116 Fair Trade Group Nepal (FTGN)
Nepal
Asia
FTN
1998
120 Fundación Sinchi Sacha
Ecuador
LA
FTO
1998
123 Gebana Ag
Switzerland
EUR
FTO
1998
124 GEPA The Fair Trade Company
Germany
EUR
FTO
1998
125 Get Paper Industry (GPI)
Nepal
Asia
FTO
2003
128 Fair Trade Company - People Tree Japan
Japan
Pac
FTO
1998
129 Godavari Delta Women Lace Artisans
Coop Cottage Industrial Society Ltd.
India
Asia
FTO
1998
132 Gospel House Handicrafts Ltd
Sri Lanka
Asia
FTO
1998
136 Green Net Cooperative
Thailand
Asia
FTO
2003
141 Holy Land Handicraft Cooperative Society
Palestinian Authority AF/ME
FTO
1998
142 Honey Care Africa Limited
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
2004
145 IFOAM: Int. Fed. of Organic Agriculture Movements
Germany
EUR
AO
2002
147Imagination
India
Asia
FTO
1999
150 Intermón Oxfam
Spain
EUR
FTO
2000
152 Jahanara Cottage Industries
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
1998
160 Kazuri 2000 Limited
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
2004
165 Kisumu Innovation Centre Kenya (KICK)
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
1998
170 Kumbeshwar Technical School (KTS)
Nepal
Asia
FTO
2002
IDOrganisation Name
Country
Region
Type
of Member
Member
since
172 Kwanza Collection Company Ltd
Tanzania
AF/ME
FTO
2003
174 La Maison Afrique FAIR TRADE AB
Sweden
EUR
FTO
2002
176 Libero Mondo Scs. Arl.
Italy
EUR
FTO
2003
178 Machakos Co-operative Union Ltd (MCU)
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
1998
179 Madhya Kalikata Shilpangan (MKS)
India
Asia
FTO
1997
180 OXFAM Magasins du Monde
Belgium
EUR
FTO
2000
181 Mahaguthi Craft with a Conscience
Nepal
Asia
FTO
2002
183 Manos Amigas S.A.
Peru
LA
FTO
2002
184Manushi
Nepal
Asia
FTO
2003
187 Maquita Cushunchic (MCCH)
Ecuador
LA
FTO
1998
189 Marvelous Flotea Co Ltd
Tanzania
AF/ME
FTO
2001
191 Handicraft Marketing Company Tanzania Ltd (MIKONO)
Tanzania
AF/ME
FTO
1998
194 Mitra Bali Fair Trade
Indonesia
Asia
FTO
2000
195 MarketPlace: Handwork of India
United States
Pac
FTO
1998
197 Mereville Trust
India
Asia
FTO
2004
198 Omba Arts Trust
Namibia
AF/ME
FTO
2000
201 National Association of Women’s Organisations (NAWOU)
Uganda
AF/ME
FTO
1998
207 Centrum Mondiaal
Netherlands
EUR
FTN
2002
208 Noah’s Ark International Exports
India
Asia
FTO
2002
209 Noakhali Rural Development Society (NRDS)
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
1998
211 Nyabigena Soapstone Carvers Organization
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
2005
215 OIKOCREDIT, Ecumenical Development Co-op. Society UA.
Netherlands
EUR
FTSO
1999
218 Oxfam Australia Trading Pty Ltd
Australia
Pac
FTO
1989
222 Panay Fair Trade Center
Philippines
Asia
FTO
1999
224 Indonesian People’s handicraft foundation (Pekerti)
Indonesia
Asia
FTO
1998
226 Phontong Handicrafts Cooperative and Cama Crafts
Laos
Asia
FTO
1998
228 Plate-forme pour le Commerce Equitable (PFCE)
France
EUR
FTN
2002
229 People’s Org. For Dev. Import and Export (PODIE)
Sri Lanka
Asia
FTO
1998
230 Polle Unnoyn Prokolpo (PUP)
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
1999
232 PROFAIRTRADE Development Agency
(formerly Preda Fair Trade Organization)
Philippines
Asia
FTO
1999
233 Presbyterian Handicraft Centre (PRESCRAFT)
Cameroon
AF/ME
FTO
1998
241 Artesanias Pueblos del Sur - Chile
Chile
LA
FTO
2011
243 The House of Fair Trade
Sweden
EUR
FTO
2002
249 Sackeus AB
Sweden
EUR
FTO
1998
250 SAFFY, Inc.
Philippines
Asia
FTO
1998
252 Salay Handmade Products Industries Inc.
Philippines
Asia
FTO
2002
253 Corporación Gruppo Salinas
Ecuador
LA
FTO
2004
255 Sana Hastakala
Nepal
Asia
FTO
2003
258 Sasha Exports Unit of Sasha Association for Craft Producers
India
Asia
FTO
1998
259 Stichting SawaHasa (SawaHasa Foundation)
Netherlands
EUR
FTO
2004
261 SERRV International
United States
Pac
FTO
1989
266 SHARE - Self Help Association Regn No 5/92
for Rural Education and Employment
India
Asia
FTO
1998
268 Shilpa Trust
India
Asia
FTO
1998
269 Shared Interest Society Ltd
United Kingdom
EUR
FTSO
1995
273Silence
India
Asia
FTO
1998
274 Sindyanna of Galilee
Israel
AF/ME
FTO
2003
275 Federation of South India Producer Associations / SIPA
India
Asia
FTO
1991
279 Smolart Self-Help Group
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
2004
281Solidar’Monde
France
EUR
FTO
2004
282 Southern Partners and Fair Trade Corporation (SPFTC/Trufood)
Philippines
Asia
FTO
2003
284 Sunderban Khadi and Village Ind Society (SKVIS)
India
Asia
FTO
1997
286 Sunbula
FTO
1998
IDOrganisation Name
Country
Region
Type
of Member
Member
since
287 Coop. Regional de Producción
Agropecuaria La Sureñita (COREPROSUL)
Honduras
LA
FTO
2004
288 Thanapara Swallows Development Society
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
1999
291 Tampereen Kehitysmaakauppa
Finland
EUR
FTO
1998
293 Tara Projects
India
Asia
FTO
1998
295 Teddy Exports
India
Asia
FTO
1997
296 Ten Thousand Villages USA
United States
Pac
FTO
1989
297 ThaiCraft Fair Trade Company Limited
Thailand
Asia
FTO
1995
299 Thai Tribal Crafts Fair Trade Co. Ltd.
Thailand
Asia
FTO
2002
300 Top QualiTea -Tea Import and Consultancy
Germany
EUR
FTO
1998
301 Trade Aid Importers Ltd
New Zealand / Aotearoa
Pac
FTO
1998
303 Traidcraft Exchange
United Kingdom
EUR
FTSO
1998
305 Trinity Jewellery Crafts
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
1998
308 Ten Thousand Villages Canada
Canada
Pac
FTO
1998
315 Undugu Fair Trade Limited (formerly Undugu Society of Kenya)
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
1998
318 Usha Handicrafts
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
1998
326 Women’s Skills Development Organization (WSDO)
Nepal
Asia
FTO
2002
332 Threads of Yunnan/Yunnan Danyun Fair Trade Development Co Ltd. China
Asia
FTO
2002
339 Fundación Chol-Chol
Chile
LA
FTO
2005
342 Lombok Putri Cenderamata - Lombok Pottery Centre (LPC)
Indonesia
Asia
FTO
2004
347 Barbosa Fair Trade
Netherlands
EUR
FTO
2005
348 IDEAS (Iniciativas de Economia Alternativa y Solidaria)
Spain
EUR
FTO
2004
349 ALTRAQUALITA - Piccola Soc. Coop. a Resons. Ltd.
Italy
EUR
FTO
2007
351 CD CRAFT - Bethesda
Indonesia
Asia
FTO
2005
356 Trade Aid Integrated
Ghana
AF/ME
FTO
2005
359 Coronilla S.A.
Bolivia
LA
FTO
2005
361 African Home Creative Homeware
South Africa
AF/ME
FTO
2005
363 Mpanga Growers Tea Factory Co. Ltd.
Uganda
AF/ME
FTO
2005
369 Sungi Development Foundation
Pakistan
Asia
FTSO
2005
373 Creative Handicrafts
India
Asia
FTO
2005
382 WEAN Multipurpose Cooperative Ltd.
Nepal
Asia
FTO
2006
385 Artisans Association of Cambodia (AAC)
Cambodia
Asia
FTN
2005
386 Boutic Ethic
France
EUR
FTO
2005
389 CRC Exports Private Limited
India
Asia
FTO
2005
391 Importadora Exportador DELTA s.a.c. Peru
Peru
LA
FTO
2005
393 Fundación Pro Pueblo
Ecuador
LA
FTO
2006
398 Maya Organic
India
Asia
FTO
2008
400 Associazione Generale Italia Commercio Equo e Solidale (AGICES) Italy
EUR
FTN
2006
403 New Internationalist Publications Pty Ltd (Australia)
Australia
Pac
FTSO
2005
404 Red Uniendo Manos Perú “Bridge of Hope”
Peru
LA
FTO
2005
413 Egypt Crafts / Fair Trade Egypt Ltd
Egypt
AF/ME
FTO
2008
415 Habitat Integrated Pakistan (HIP)
Pakistan
Asia
FTO
2010
419 Ankur Kala
India
Asia
FTO
2007
420 Aptec Peru
Peru
LA
FTO
2007
432 Rehab Craft Cambodia
Cambodia
Asia
FTO
2006
435 Global Fair Trade Crafts Inc.
United States
Pac
FTO
2006
436 San Arts and Crafts
Botswana
AF/ME
FTO
2006
438 Gone Rural Pty Ltd
Swaziland
AF/ME
FTO
2006
439 Streetwires Artist Collective
South Africa
AF/ME
FTO
2006
442 Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand (FTAANZ)
Australia
Pac
FTN
2006
443 Artesanato Solidário
Brazil
LA
FTSO
2006
445 Frutos de los Andes Fruandes Ltda
Colombia
LA
FTO
2006
448 Pachacuti
United Kingdom
EUR
FTO
2006
452 Lao Sericulture Co. Ltd.
Laos
Asia
FTO
2006
IDOrganisation Name
Country
Region
Type
of Member
Member
since
453 Finnish Association of Worldshops
Finland
EUR
FTN
2006
461 Lanka Lamai
Netherlands
EUR
FTO
2006
462 Ecoffins (former Weiming furniture)
United Kingdom
EUR
FTO
2006
464 Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo - CECJ
Spain
EUR
FTN
2007
466 Tahoua Import
Netherlands
EUR
FTO
2007
468 Dhaka Handicrafts Ltd.
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
2013
469 Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (PARC) Fair Trade Department
FTSO
2006
472 Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Foerderung der Weltlaeden (ARGE)
Austria
EUR
FTN
2007
476 Au-delá des Frontiéres (ADDF)
France
EUR
FTO
2006
477 Forest Management and Product Certification Service (FORCERT) Papua New Guinea
Pac
FTSO
2006
482 Fair Trade Forum India (FTF)
India
Asia
FTN
2006
484 Fundación Silataj
Argentina
LA
FTO
2007
486 Fundación Haciendas del Mundo Maya A.C.
Mexico
LA
FTSO
2007
491 Textielwerkplaats Sari V.O.F.
Netherlands
EUR
FTO
2007
496 Coordinadora Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Pequeños
Productores de Comercio Justo (CLAC)
El Salvador
LA
FTN
2007
499 Oxfam Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Asia
FTSO
2007
500Brac-Aarong
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
2007
501 The Organisation of Swedish Fair Trade Retailers
(formerly known as Swedish World Shops Association)
Sweden
EUR
FTN
2007
502 Township Patterns cc
South Africa
AF/ME
FTO
2007
508 Uganda Crafts 2000 Ltd
Uganda
AF/ME
FTO
2007
510 JW Productions Pvt Ltd
India
Asia
FTO
2008
512 Mai Savanh Lao
Laos
Asia
FTO
2008
518 C C Shroff Self Help Centre
India
Asia
FTO
2007
522 Global Mamas
Ghana
AF/ME
FTO
2007
523 Cottage Industries
India
Asia
FTO
2007
526 Kagera Cooperative Union Ltd
Tanzania
AF/ME
FTO
2007
528 Allpa S.A.C.
Peru
LA
FTO
2008
529 Casa Romero
Mexico
LA
FTO
2007
530 CTM Agrofair Italy
Italy
EUR
FTO
2007
535 Cards from Africa
Rwanda
AF/ME
FTO
2007
540 Selyn Exporters Ltd
Sri Lanka
Asia
FTO
2007
542 Fundacion Adsis - Equi Mercado
Spain
EUR
FTO
2007
543 Nepal Leprosy Trust
Canada
Asia
FTO
2007
544 Fair Trade Federation
United States
Pac
FTN
2007
551 Kenya Federation for Alternative Trade - KEFAT
Kenya
AF/ME
FTN
2008
553 Khoisan Trading Co Ltd
South Africa
AF/ME
FTO
2008
557 Ambala Hammocks
India
Asia
FTO
2007
558 Swazi Indigenous Products
Swaziland
AF/ME
FTO
2008
560 Naturveda Biotech Pvt Ltd
India
Asia
FTO
2007
561 Muya Ethiopia PLC
Ethiopia
AF/ME
FTO
2007
564 Fair Trade Denmark
Denmark
EUR
FTN
2007
569 Onda Solidária
Brazil
LA
FTO
2008
571 Asociacion solidaria de artesanias pachamama
Bolivia
LA
FTO
2007
573 El Tucan GmbH
Switzerland
EUR
FTO
2007
576 Bostex plc (soleRebels)
Ethiopia
AF/ME
FTO
2008
577 CFM Market Linkages P Ltd (formerly Community friendly Movement)India
Asia
FTO
2008
579 People Tree Ltd
United Kingdom
EUR
FTO
2007
590BODHI
India
Asia
FTO
2008
591 Confection sur mesure (CSM)
Senegal
AF/ME
FTO
2008
592 IM Individuell Människohjälp/IM Fair Trade
Sweden
EUR
FTO
2008
594 Pushpanjali Fair Trade (P) Ltd (PFT)
India
Asia
FTO
2008
IDOrganisation Name
Country
Region
Type
of Member
Member
since
601 BHcrafts doo
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
EUR
FTO
2008
603 Feedar & hr The federation of environmental and ecological
diversity for agricultural revampment and human rights
Cameroon
AF/ME
FTO
2014
607 Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institute (VIRI) Vietnam
Asia
FTSO
2008
608 En Gry og Sif
Denmark
EUR
FTO
2008
611 Little Smile Organic Pvt. Ltd.
Sri Lanka
Asia
FTO
2009
614 MESH (Maximizing Employment to Serve the Handicapped)
India
Asia
FTO
2009
616FAIR
Italy
EUR
FTO
2009
622 AHA Bolivia
Bolivia
LA
FTO
2009
627 Mace Foods Ltd
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
2009
629 uSisi Designs
South Africa
AF/ME
FTO
2010
631 Manos del Uruguay
Uruguay
LA
FTO
2009
638 Mai Vietnamese Handicrafts MVH
Vietnam
Asia
FTO
2009
642 Evangelical Social Action Forum (ESAF) - Business Development Service
India
Asia
FTO
2009
643 Training, Assistance and Rural Advancement NGO (TARANGO) - Handicraft Programme
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
2009
645 alexe - International Fair Trade Company (Crearte)
Guatemala
LA
FTO
2009
648 Raymisa S.A.
Peru
LA
FTO
2010
650 Fair Trading Ltd
Denmark
EUR
FTO
2009
654 Ravinala Sarl
Madagascar
AF/ME
FTO
2009
658 Turqle Trading
South Africa
AF/ME
FTO
2009
660 Fundación COPADE España
Spain
EUR
FTO
2010
661Nanay
Bolivia
LA
FTO
2010
664 Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO) and EFTA Public Affairs team
Belgium
EUR
AO
na.
665 FairMail Cards B.V.
Netherlands
EUR
FTO
2008
666 Kiej de los Bosques S.A.
Guatemala
LA
FTSO
2010
667 Fundación COPADE Honduras
Honduras
LA
FTO
2010
668 From The Earth
Jordan
AF/ME
FTO
2012
673 The Basecamp Maasai Brand
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
2009
675 Crossroads Foundation Ltd.
Hong Kong
Asia
FTSO
2014
678 Polskie Stowarzyszenie Sprawiedliwego Handlu
Poland
EUR
FTO
2010
“Trzeci Swiat i My” / The Polish Fair Trade Association
“The Third World and Us”
679 Re-wrap association
United Kingdom
EUR
FTO
2010
682 Shapla Neer
Japan
Pac
FTSO
2010
685 Associazione Botteghe del Mondo Italia
Italy
EUR
FTN
2010
688 Fair Trade Lebanon
Lebanon
AF/ME
FTO
2010
690 Beas y Tapia Ltda.
Chile
LA
FTO
2012
692 Craftbeauty Workshop
Vietnam
Asia
FTO
2010
693 Shiana LLC
Thailand
Asia
FTO
2010
694 Ecoandino sac
Peru
LA
FTO
2010
695 Au Lac Designs
Vietnam
Asia
FTO
2010
697 Third World Craft Nepal
Nepal
Asia
FTO
2010
698 Ayni Bolivia
Bolivia
LA
FTO
2010
700 Freeset Bags and Apparel Private Limited
India
Asia
FTO
2010
701 WEAVE (Women’s education for advancement and empowerment) Thailand
Asia
FTO
2010
702 Comercio Justo Uruguay
Uruguay
LA
FTN
2011
703Baladarshan
India
Asia
FTO
2010
704 E-shop Africa Company Ltd
Ghana
AF/ME
FTO
2010
707 Association romande des Magasins du Monde (ASRO)
Switzerland
EUR
FTN
2010
708 Swazi Art / Doerfler Bauer GbR
Germany
EUR
FTO
2010
709 Opportunity International-Nicaragua
Nicaragua
LA
FTSO
2011
711 Sabahar Private Limited Company (PLC)
Ethiopia
AF/ME
FTO
2010
712 Cojolya Association of Mayan Women Weavers
Guatemala
LA
FTO
2010
713 Mary and Martha Mongolia Ltd.
Mongolia
Asia
FTO
2010
IDOrganisation Name
Country
Region
Type
of Member
Member
since
714 Kuen S.A.
Ecuador
LA
FTO
2010
716 Fairtrade Czech Republic and Slovakia
Czech Republic
EUR
FTN
2010
717 Elvang Denmark A/S
Denmark
EUR
FTO
2010
718 Villageworks Songkhem
Cambodia
Asia
FTO
2011
720 Havilak Company Ltd
Ghana
AF/ME
FTO
2012
722 Salom Enterprises
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
2010
724 Calypso - Chile Glass Fusing
Chile
LA
FTO
2010
725 Cooperative Rurale “Maam samba” de Ndem
Senegal
AF/ME
FTO
2011
726 Hooligans Kids Clothing
South Africa
AF/ME
FTO
2011
730 Weltladen-Dachverband e.V. (WL-DV)
Germany
EUR
FTN
2010
731 Tuyu BV
Netherlands
EUR
FTO
2011
732 Gafreh
Burkina Faso
AF/ME
FTO
2011
733 Perfection Plus Ltd
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
2011
738 Fair Seeds LCD
Denmark
EUR
FTSO
2011
742 Peoples Coffee
Pac
FTO
2012
745 Bawa La Tumaini Ltd
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
2011
748 Fundación Chankuap - Recursos Para El Futuro
Ecuador
LA
FTO
2011
750 Glenart Trading (Pty) Ltd.
South Africa
AF/ME
FTO
2011
751 The Fair Trade Furniture Co Ltd
United Kingdom
EUR
FTO
2012
752 Toca Tapetes Ltda. ME
Brazil
LA
FTO
2013
753 Cangzhou Yuji Zhenhuafa Charcoal Company Ltd.
China
Asia
FTO
2011
754 Hold The Future Centre
Vietnam
Asia
FTO
2011
756 Fundación Fortalecer
Argentina
LA
FTSO
2011
757 Fair Trade Scotland Limited
United Kingdom
EUR
FTO
2014
758 Zimele Developing Community Self-Reliance
South Africa
AF/ME
FTSO
2012
760 ONG Santa Maria de Buena Fe
Chile
LA
FTO
2012
772 Bethlehem Fair Trade Artisans (BFTA)
FTO
2012
775 Gourmet Gardens Ltd
Uganda
AF/ME
FTO
2011
777 BeadforLife Europe
France
EUR
FTO
2012
779 The Ants Craft Pvt Ltd
India
Asia
FTO
2012
780 Easy Afric Designs Limited
Uganda
AF/ME
FTO
2012
781 Cocoon Promotions cc T/a Rain
South Africa
AF/ME
FTO
2011
782 Competa IT B.V.
Netherlands
EUR
FTSO
2013
783 Agrupación de Artesanos Manos del Bío Bío
Chile
LA
FTO
2013
786Maroma
India
Asia
FTO
2012
787 Auromira Exports
India
Asia
FTO
2012
788 Indochine Natural Sdn Bhd
Malaysia
Asia
FTO
2012
789 Wola Nani
South Africa
AF/ME
FTO
2012
791 Kapula Candles South Africa Pty Ltd
South Africa
AF/ME
FTO
2014
792 Royal Knit SAC
Peru
LA
FTO
2012
793 Bean There Coffee Company (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
AF/ME
FTO
2013
794 Prosperity Candle
United States
Pac
FTO
2012
795Sadhna
India
Asia
FTO
2012
796TWINE
Taiwan
Asia
FTO
2013
797 Fair Monkey Economisk Förening
Sweden
EUR
FTO
2012
798 Palestinian Agricultural cooperatives union (PACU)
FTSO
2014
800 African Baby Carrier CCA
South Africa
AF/ME
FTO
2013
801 Nobunto (PTY) Ltd.
South Africa
AF/ME
FTO
2014
802 WomenCraft Social Enterprise
Tanzania
AF/ME
FTO
2012
808 Marie-Sar Agencies Ltd
Uganda
AF/ME
FTO
2014
810 Chrisams Designs Ltd
Uganda
AF/ME
FTO
2014
811 Cracode (Cultural Crafts Consultants & Design Co. Ltd.)
Tanzania
AF/ME
FTO
2014
812 Crafts Caravan
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
2013
814 Asociación Indígena Relmu Witral
Chile
LA
FTO
2013
IDOrganisation Name
Country
Region
Type
of Member
Member
since
815 SeeMe bv
Netherlands
EUR
FTSO
2013
816 Last Forest Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.
India
Asia
FTO
2012
819 Y´abal Handicrafts
Guatemala
LA
FTO
2013
825 KAITE Initiative Pvt. Ltd.
Zimbabwe
AF/ME
FTO
2013
826 Shared Earth UK Ltd.
United Kingdom
EUR
FTO
2013 827 Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps
United States
Pac
FTO
2013
829 Esencia ApS
Denmark
EUR
FTO
2013
832 Top of the World Coffee Pvt. Ltd.
Nepal
Asia
FTO
2014
833 Tunisian American Young Professionals (TAYP)
United States
Pac
FTSO
2014
834 Bio Fair Trade Comercio e Exportaçao de Produtos Artesanais Ltda. Brazil
LA
FTO
2013
837 New Skill and Development Learning Experience (New SADLE)
Nepal
Asia
FTO
2014
838 SABALA (Sabala Handicrafts)
India
Asia
FTO
2014
839 Hong Kong Fair Trade Power
Hong Kong
Asia
FTO
2014
840PIMALPAKA
Peru
LA
FTO
2014
842 Fundacion Tradiciones Mayas (FTM)
Guatemala
LA
FTO
2014
843 Ateliê Especiarias (Biojoias Brazi)
Brazil
LA
FTO
2014
844 Souvenir Museum Verdes y Colores
Costa Rica
LA
FTO
2014
845 Art Brasilis (Brazil Concept comércio, confecção.
e exportação de produtos artesanais Ltda
Brazil
LA
FTO
2014
846Emprediem
Chile
LA
FTO
2014
847 Kiboko Leisure Wear
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
2014
848 Jedando Modern Handicrafts
Kenya
AF/ME
FTO
2014
849 Village Industry PLC
Ethiopia
AF/ME
FTO
2014
850 Highland Coffee Chanchomayo SAC
Peru
LA
FTO
2014
851 Chotanagpurgruppe - Faire Handelsgesellschaft mbH
Germany
EUR
FTO
2014
852 Lemberona Handels gmbH
Austria
EUR
FTO
2014
855 SHISHU POLLI PLUS (SPP)
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
2014
856 DFTA (Domestic Fair Trade Association)
United States
Pac
FTN
2014
858 Mifuko Oy
Finland
EUR
FTO
2014
859 Hathay Bunano Proshikon Society (HBPS)
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
2014
860Prokritee
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
2014
861 One Planet Café Ltd. (OPC) (Kabushiki Gaisha Wanpuranettokafe) Japan
Pac
FTO
2014
862 Belgian Fair Trade federation (BFTF)
Belgium
EUR
FTN
2014
863 Island Spirit
United Kingdom
EUR
FTO
2014
864 Saidpur Enterprises (SE)
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
2014
865SETU
India
Asia
FTO
2014
866 Daughters Interiors Pvt Ltd
India
Asia
FTO
2014
867 UPASANA DESIGN STUDIO
India
Asia
FTO
2014
868 Lofty Bamboo
Thailand
Asia
FTO
2014
869 Korea Fair Trade Association (KFTA)
Korea
Asia
FTSO
2014
871 Integrated Development Trust (IDT)
India
Asia
FTO
2014
873 Artisan Hut
Bangladesh
Asia
FTO
2014
877 Total Indonesia Foundation
Indonesia
Asia
FTSO
2014
878 Hatale Udhyog
Nepal
Asia
FTO
2014
880 El Cacique del Cacao C.A. (Kerukupai Meru)
Venezuela
LA
FTO
2014
893 BeautifulCoffee
South Korea
Asia
FTO
2014
List of WFTO individual associates, as of 31 December 2014.
IDName
RegionCountry
1
Allison Barrett
Europe
United Kingdom
7
Carol Bergin
Europe
Ireland
9
Beatrice Mochere Mwasi
Africa & ME
Kenya
14
Christine Gent
Europe
United Kingdom
17
Elaine Jones
Europe
United Kingdom
24
Judith Condor- Vidal
Europe
United Kingdom
27
Jean-Marie Krier
Europe
Austria
31
Jacqueline MacDonald
Pacific
Canada
33
Mark G. Hayes
Europe
United Kingdom
34
Michael Freudenberg
Europe
United Kingdom
54
Tony Hall
Pacific
United States
59
Mariem Yassin
Europe
United Kingdom
60
Carol Wills
Europe
United Kingdom
64
Lukardis von Studnitz
Europe
Germany
65
Olaf Paulsen
Europe
Germany
71
Mitch Teberg
Asia
Vietnam
79
Paul Myers
Pacific
United States
80
Andreas Lombardozzi
Pacific
Australia
83
Per Persson
Europe
Norway
84
Daniel Salcedo
Pacific
United States
86
Vip Kumar Patel
Europe
United Kingdom
95
Fred Koorn
Europe
Netherlands
96
Madlene Hochleitner
Europe
Austria
100 Frans Van der Hoff
Latin America
Mexico
101 Gerard Nickoleit
Europe
Germany
103 Dale Lee Nafzinger
Asia
Nepal
105 Sujoy Srimal
Asia
India
107 Anna Kim Hyun-Seung
Pacific
Canada
109 Hilary Thorndike
Europe
United Kingdom
111 Sabeena Ahmed
Africa & ME
United Arab Emirates
112 R. Modestus A.L Karunaratne
Asia
Sri Lanka
113 Eduardo Javier Jerez Santibáñez
Latin America
Chile
114 Jonathan Rosenthal
Pacific
United States
115 Mallikarjuna Iytha
Asia
India
116 Jutta Ulmer
Europe
Germany
117 Michael Wolfsteiner
Europe
Germany
120 Dana Geffner
Pacific
United States
121 Craig Schloneger
Pacific
United States
122 Alexandra Doughty
Pacific
Australia
123 Denise Cruz
Europe
Sweden
124 Vi Cottrell
Pacific
126 Alejandra Bobadilla Alvarado
Latin America
Chile
127 Johanna Madelaine Boher Reifschneider
Latin America
Chile
128 Martin Mikhail
Europe
United Kingdom
129 Paul Chandler
Europe
United Kingdom

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