Our commitments

Fair Differently

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Our commitments

We aspire to a world where all producers and workers—especially the most historically disadvantaged—can take full ownership of their future and set priorities that reflect their local realities. 
 
A world where trade relations are based on transparency, dialogue, and sustainable commitments, creating the conditions for fairer compensation and greater stability for producers and workers. 

A world where organizations and companies commit to building respectful relationships, ensuring fair working conditions, and protecting the environment throughout their supply chains.  
 
A world where consumers have access to clear and transparent information, enabling them to make informed purchasing decisions.  

A world where trade is a driver of positive and sustainable change for people and the environment. 


Think Human

  • Respecting human rights and ensuring decent working conditions
  • Preventing child labour, forced labour and discrimination
  • Implementing measures aimed at strengthening workers’ access to social protection and benefits
  • Enabling producers and workers to practice democratic representation and to benefit from collective bargaining capacity to develop their economic opportunities
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Trade Fair

  • Fostering long-term trading relationships built on dialogue, transparency and shared commitments throughout supply chains
  • Promoting fair pricing mechanisms and minimum prices designed to strengthen producers’ economic security
  • Supporting local development initiatives implemented by producer organisations through dedicated development funds
  • Maintaining traceability systems that allows for verification of the origin and journey of certified products
  • Promoting transparency and access to information to enable consumers to make informed choices.
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Think Nature  

  • Promoting recognized approaches that contribute to the preservation of biodiversity, soils, and ecosystems.
  • Encouraging the responsible use of water, energy and other natural resources
  • Supporting agricultural systems based on the limited use of agrochemical inputs
  • Promoting practices aimed at preventing deforestation

Our approach

To provide a framework within which each player can commit to making the principle of fairness a reality in its supply chain by :

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Defining clear requirements applying to actor in a supply chain in order to characterise fair trade and responsible supply chains
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Guaranteeing effective control of these requirements, while offering a flexible approach capable of adapting to local contexts, cultures and traditions
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Ensuring that consumers receive honest, truthful information about these requirements and the efforts being made to implement them

Our impact

A different philosophy of commitment

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Inclusive governance
Fair for Life encourages the establishment of democratic governance structures in which producers and workers actively represent their interests, participate in the decision-making processes that affect them, and help steer actions in the field.
Producers play a central role in these governance mechanisms and are essential to building resilient agricultural models.
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Fair and sustainable commercial relationships
The certification promotes stable commercial partnerships, with a minimum 3-year commitment between producers and buyers. These partnerships are based on predefined volumes and pricing mechanisms, which enhance the predictability of trade and provide greater visibility for stakeholders in the supply chain.
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Committed and demanding agriculture
Fair for Life encourages the adoption of agricultural practices that address environmental challenges and are verified through regular audits.
In particular, the standard includes criteria aimed at preserving biodiversity, soils, and ecosystems; promoting the responsible use of natural resources; and limiting the use of chemical inputs.

The goal is to promote production methods that are more respectful of people and ecosystems

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Promoting local agricultural heritage
Our label works to preserve traditional agricultural know-how and encourages cultural diversity in agricultural sectors around the world. It encourages the development of sustainable local partnerships and helps strengthen the autonomy and resilience of certified supply chains.
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4 000 references 

in 80 countries

+1,1 billion € 

260 000

producers and workers benefiting from direct advantages

+ more than 600 accredited partners 

25 M€

development funds generated

Source : 2024
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About Fair for Life

Fair For Life is an international standard that designs and runs Fair Trade and social responsibility labelling programmes tailored to the requirements of specific sectors.