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Fairtrade certification changed the way we shop. Where is it headed now?

Jem Collins

created: May 9, 2025, 5 a.m. | updated: May 26, 2025, 6:55 a.m.

For Shared Interest, which provides ethical capital and business support to smallholders across the globe, Fairtrade isn’t an add-on to what they do. Image: Shelby Murphy FigueroaAlexander highlights Shared Interest partners such as COOPARM, a coffee co-operative in Peru that has been certified Fairtrade since 2008. It’s important to remember, though, says trade justice campaigner and Fairtrade expert Joanna Abena Fianu, that the Fairtrade certification is part of something bigger. Help build a fairer future Join thousands of social investors supporting fair trade enterprises worldwide. Open a Shared Interest share account today, from just £100 Learn more

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