Fair Trade Certification is based on rigorous social, environmental and economic standards to promote safe and healthy working conditions, protect the environment, enable transparency, and empower communities to build strong, thriving businesses. When you choose products with the Fair Trade certification, your day-to-day purchases can improve an entire community’s day-to-day lives.
In cases of labor trafficking, consumers provide the demand and profit incentive for traffickers. These consumers can include companies that subcontract certain types of services, end-consumers who buy cheap goods produced by trafficking victims, or individuals who use the services of trafficking victims. Through the purchase of Fair Trade, consumers support fair pay for workers and basing our purchasing choices on the fair treatment of those who make our products, consumers have the power to reduce the demand for labor trafficking.
