2005-06 annual report: Building trust
Published: 13 Jul 2006
Our annual report for 2005-06 provides an overview of key Fairtrade activities and statistics.
"This is exactly what Fair Trade has been trying to convey: that the best way to give small-scale producers in developing countries a real opportunity towards a better life is to give them a fair chance to produce and market their products. Judging from FLO’s figures, in recent years, this message has been falling on fertile ground in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In 2005, FLO-Cert received over 400 applications from producer organizations for initial Fairtrade-certification. In 2005, the total number of certified organizations increased by 18 % – from 432 at the end of 2004 to 508 at the end of 2005. This figure includes both organizations of small-scale producers as well as plantations and factories in which the workers and management have formed so-called Joint Bodies that receive the Fairtrade premium payments."
– Luuk Zonneveld, Managing Director, Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International, from the report's foreword