IFAT Standards for Fair Trade

• Creating opportunities for economically disadvantaged producers (supporting the poorest producers)
• Transparency and accountability (dealing fairly and openly with trading partners)
• Capacity building (developing the skills of producers and creating opportunities for trading their products)
• Promoting Fair Trade (telling as many people as possible about Fair Trade and informing customers where products have come from)
• Payment of a fair price (ensuring that producers receive a fair price for their products)
• Gender Equity (providing equal pay and opportunities for women and men)
• Working conditions (ensuring that producers are working in a healthy and safe place)
• Child Labour (ensuring that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is respected)
• The Environment (ensuring that materials and processes used in production and packing do not damage the environment)

The full text of the standards is available at www.ifat.org/downloads/monitoringdownloads.shtml