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Government urged to back UK 'responsible business' law to protect cocoa farmers

Supply chain

Government urged to back UK 'responsible business' law to protect cocoa farmers

Fairtrade calls for UK supply chain due diligence law amid worsening climate impacts on cocoa farming in West Africa that are harming livelihoods and pushing up chocolate prices

clock 30 March 2026 • 4 min read
Mother's Day flowers generate 124 tonnes of carbon emissions

Recycling

Mother's Day flowers generate 124 tonnes of carbon emissions

Research warns of 'disheartening' amount of plastic waste and carbon emissions that result from surge in flower sales for Mother’s Day

clock 12 March 2026 • 5 min read
'World leaders must not slip up': 60 per cent of best banana growing regions could be lost by 2080

Climate change

'World leaders must not slip up': 60 per cent of best banana growing regions could be lost by 2080

Christian Aid warns world's fourth most imported food crop is at growing risk from severe climate impacts

clock 12 May 2025 • 4 min read
Reports: UK supermarkets in talks with Fairtrade over banana, coffee, and cocoa 'buying coalition'

Risk

Reports: UK supermarkets in talks with Fairtrade over banana, coffee, and cocoa 'buying coalition'

Retailers look to advance Shared Impact Initiative with the Fairtrade Foundation following new guidance from the CMA

clock 21 May 2024 • 3 min read
Co-op hits out at UK foreign aid budget cuts as it expands Fairtrade partnership

Climate change

Co-op hits out at UK foreign aid budget cuts as it expands Fairtrade partnership

Retailer pledges to spend more than 0.7 per cent of pre-tax profit on international aid as it looks to build on Fairtrade partnership

clock 02 September 2021 • 4 min read
Greggs bakes 100 per cent Fairtrade cocoa commitment into supply chain

Supply chain

Greggs bakes 100 per cent Fairtrade cocoa commitment into supply chain

High street bakery chain claims move will improve incomes for cocoa farmers and assist the fight against climate change

clock 12 August 2021 • 2 min read

Policy

Fairtrade Foundation: UK must clean up food supply chains and stop 'dumping' emissions on poor nations

The Fairtrade Foundation has called on the UK government to include imported emissions that were generated overseas in the process of meeting UK consumption needs in its carbon targets, in a detailed new report published today

clock 23 February 2021 • 7 min read