How To Certify Your Business As Fair Trade

How do I certify my business as Fair Trade?

The way for business to work on fair trade issues and working within the fair trade model for them to get certified is to contact either the fair trade federation or the international fair trade association. Those are two reliable certifiers of fair trade organizations and the process is that those groups look at financial records and mission statements and business practices and determine whether your business is in compliance with fair trade principals. Getting that certification is really valuable because it opens up new markets where there's a desire for new kinds of fair trade goods, but there's also accountability that comes with fair trade certification so it's a process that is worth pursuing and being certified. It is definitely worth an organization pursuing one of those groups, either fair trade federation or the international fair trade association.