Reports and briefing papers

Below is a list of reports and papers written by the Fairtrade Foundation, unless otherwise stated.  Download in PDF format by clicking on the title.  

Fairtrade policy

• Five Key Fairtrade Benefits: core standards and practice behind Fairtrade Labelling  
• Retail pricing of Fairtrade products: questions and answers
• Are consumers getting a fair deal from Fairtrade?
• Review of UK supply chains, returns to producers and retail margin issues  
• Does Fairtrade encourage global oversupply and low prices?

Environment

• Fairtrade, climate change and sustainable production: common questions and answers
• Q & A: Fairtrade Standards and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

The impact of Fairtrade

• Thriving in a Hostile Environment: Fairtrade as a positive mechanism for disadvantaged producers (Alex Nicholls)
• Monitoring Impact of Fairtrade Initiatives: A Case Study of Kuapa Kokoo and the Day Chocolate Company (Twin and Loraine Ronchi)
• Making Trade Work for Producers (Max Havelaar Netherlands)
• Fair Trade: Market-Driven Ethical Consumption, Alex Nicholls & Charlotte Opal
• Colorado State University Fair Trade Research Group - link to case studies on external website 
• The Economics of Fairtrade (Mark Hayes and Geoff Moore, 2005)

General briefing papers

• Annual reports
  
• Buying Into Fairtrade: procurement in the public and private sector
  
• Fairtrade and Make Poverty History
• Fairtrade Foundation submission to IDC inquiry into Fair Trade, February 2007    
• Tipping the BalanceThe Fairtrade Foundation’s strategy for 2008 to 2012.

Products

• Bananas: Behind the Price Tag
• Bananas: Unpeeling the Banana Trade
• Cocoa chart - comparison of Fairtrade price and world market price    
• Coffee chart (arabica) - comparison of Fairtrade price and world market price
• Coffee chart (robusta) - comparison of Fairtrade price and world market price
• Cotton briefing paper: Redressing a Global Imbalance - The Case for Fairtrade Certified Cotton  
• Fairtrade Cotton: Questions and Answers
• Fairtrade Roses: Questions and Answers
• Fairtrade Sportsballs: Questions and Answers
  

Other online information

• Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
  
• World Cocoa Foundation
• International Coffee Organisation
• International Cocoa Organisation
• Sugaronline
• European Fair Trade Association