2008-09 annual report: Fairtrade leading the way
Published: 3 Jul 2009
Welcome to our 2008-09 annual report in which we highlight the progress we have made to strengthen the position of producers in this most challenging environment, and to adapt Fairtrade to the global market in which we now operate.
2008 was a year like no other and it is to be hoped that we will never see another like it in our life times. The financial crisis is reported to be the worst since the 1930s and maybe even worse than that. Now, in the late spring of 2009, we hear hopes of a recovery – a recovery that is badly needed by us all, especially the producers in the developing world who have been so hard hit by the consequences of the crisis.
In such circumstances, the need for Fairtrade is greater than ever. The impact on producers in the South can be so much more threatening.