World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO)

Could you be our new MADE51 Events Coordinator Consultant? MADE51 is a joint initiative between WFTO and UNHCR, connecting refugee artisans with global markets. We're looking for someone to support MADE51 at events throughout the year, including exhibitions, pop-up shops, and Christmas markets during Q4 2026. 🛍️ Experience in retail, events, or visual merchandising 🗣️ Excellent organisational and communication skills 🎨 Interest in refugee-made products, craftsmanship, ethical trade, or social impact. Head to the Careers page on the WFTO website for the full job description. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eMJmr7Tv #FairTradeJobs #WithRefugees #MADE51 #Consultancy

Congratulations to the Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO) team on an inspiring year of advancing #FairTrade, amplifying producer voices, and shaping policies that create lasting #Impact 👏 We're proud to stand alongside you and look forward to even greater impact in the years ahead! 💚

For this month's Fair Fashion Feature, we're turning the spotlight on WEAVE ✨ Working with ethnic minority women along the Thai-Burma border since 1990. Weave Fair Trade supports indigenous and refugee women from Burma by transforming long-held weaving, embroidery, and sewing traditions into #Safe, #FairlyPaid work that fits around #Family life. Its focus has always been on long-term opportunity, building on: 📚 Education 🛠️ Vocational and leadership training 🤝 Business support Many women begin by earning an income from their craft while caring for their families. From there, some go on to launch their own businesses, mentor others or take on #Leadership roles within their #Communities. The key lesson behind WEAVE's approach is simple: when women get the chance to build something lasting, so does #Everyone around them. 🔭 Discover more about WEAVE’s work and many other Fair Trade Fashion Enterprises in our new Fashion Member Search tool: https://wfto.com/fashion/ #FairTradeFashion #EthicalFashion #WFTO #ArtisanMade #SlowFashion #Gateway2FairTradeFashion #BusinessRevolution

If you were to wander through the highland pastures of Armenia, you would find a region rich in tradition, skill and passion, the three values that define the country’s historic wool industry. 🇦🇲🐑 Yet, a few years ago, much of this heritage was slipping away. Between 2023 and 2024, Homeland Development Initiative Foundation - HDIF, a World Fair Trade Verified Fair Trade Enterprise, together with local and international partners, mapped out the local #Wool value chain. They discovered that without the right local processing infrastructure, over 1,500 tonnes of raw wool were being wasted or burned every single year. Their solution became Arm. wool, a #Blockchain-based traceability system that traces every step of the value chain—from sheep farmers to yarn production and final textile products— 🧑🌾👩🎨💁♀️ with the information compiled into a Digital Product Passport (DPP), ensuring that verified #Data on each fibre's geographic origin, Balbas breed genetics, season of shearing, annual yield, and environmental context is transparently documented. But this technology is simply a tool to support the #People at the heart of it. Based at a new spinning centre in Amasia, ArmWool is a women-led project creating stable #Jobs and #Training in rural border areas. It gives local artisans a way to earn a fair living while keeping their traditional #Artistry alive through ♻️ zero-waste, environmentally friendly practices. Instead of relying on imported synthetic materials, HDIF is rebuilding a #Transparent, local wool industry right in the Shirak province.   Want to see how Fair Trade Enterprises are combining heritage and technology? Find out more about our global community at wfto.com 🧡 #FairTradeInnovates #InnovationSpotlight #ArmWool #CircularEconomy #Traceability #FairTradeEnterprises #SustainableTextiles #BusinessRevolution

🎀 Ribbon-cutting time! Our 2025 Annual Report is officially out! We're very excited to share it with you. Here are a few highlights: 🚀 We continued to grow and expand our Business Revolution campaign, reaching new audiences and creating new opportunities for Fair Trade Enterprises 🌐 We maintained a global presence, strengthening connections throughout the Fair Trade movement 💚 Guided by insights from our community, our Board advanced work on a new certification workstream aligned with the emerging membership strategy 🤝 We launched new collaborations and continued working with key global partners on exciting projects that strengthen Fair Trade Enterprises around the world ...and that's only the beginning. There's much more to discover in the full report. Visit https://lnkd.in/d3-W5Ush to read the complete Annual Report and explore the achievements, stories, and impact of our members throughout 2025. #AnnualReport #WFTO #FairTradeEnterprises #BusinessRevolution #FairTrade #Impact

🚀 Jumpstart your future-ready Fair Trade Fashion Enterprise with G2FTF's new toolkits! Available on the WFTO website, these toolkits aim to help artisan producers and Fair Trade Enterprises gain knowledge and agency in navigating 🤝 Brand-Producer Collaboration ♻️ Sustainability and Circular Fashion 📜 EU Compliance under new regulations Our goal is not perfection or the creation of experts in every category, but to support healthy and balanced business relationships built on #Transparency, mutual #Respect, #SharedValue creation, and #SustainableGrowth. Visit https://lnkd.in/eQ79gcTz to unlock 🔓 a structured, user-friendly framework that brings all Fair Trade Fashion and compliance resources in one place. #FairTradeFashion #Gateway2FairTradeFashion #WearYourValues #WFTO #Toolkit #EthicalFashion #SustainableFashion

🌍 We're exhibiting! From today until Thursday, Gateway to Fair Trade Fashion returns to Source Fashion in📍London. Here's a first look at who's on our stand: seven Fair Trade Fashion brands, from all over the world, one shared commitment to #Fair and #SustainableProduction: ✨ Mifuko - Work of hands and hearts ✨ Artisan Links ✨ BaSE Handicrafts Ltd. ✨ Auromira Exports ✨ Tai Baan Crafts ✨ Tara Projects ✨ KnitKnotMoss If you're at the show, come and find us in Hall N7-10, F24 🙋♀️ #SourceFashion #London #Fashion #FairTrade #FairTradeFashion #WFTO #EthicalFashion #PeopleAndPlanet

💡✂️ What does it take for a fashion start-up to grow from a great idea into a thriving business? Meet Mfuanji, our newest WFTO Guaranteed Member from Nairobi, Kenya. Founded in 2008 by Dominic Titi Nguku, Mfuanji was created to fill a crucial gap in Kenya’s fashion industry, providing emerging designers and small brands with a #Reliable manufacturing partner they could #Trust. Today, Mfuanji supports a diverse range of fashion and lifestyle businesses, helping entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life through quality production and dependable service. Many of the brands they have nurtured have gone on to become successful businesses, including many #WomenLed enterprises. This spirit of problem-solving carries into the next generation through OFF CUT, a brand founded by Dominic's son Thabo, which transforms: 🛏️ old duvets 🪟 unwanted curtains 🧺 discarded blankets and tablecloths ➡️ into beautiful, one-of-a-kind garments. Welcome to the WFTO family, Mfuanji! 🎉 Explore their work and other Fair Trade Enterprises, at www.wfto.com/members #WFTO #FairTrade #NewMember #Kenya #CircularFashion #EthicalFashion #Entrepreneurship #BusinessRevolution

🌏🌎🌍 Cooperative business models are building a better future for everyone! Cooperatives and Fair Trade Enterprises are rewriting the rules of business by putting people and planet first. The result? Goals that go beyond profit, social integration, environmental care, and real career growth. Enterprises like Mifuko - Work of hands and hearts, Sindyanna of Galilee, and Global Mamas help smaller enterprises go further. How? 📚 Sharing skills and know-how across members 🗣️ Giving producers a real say in decision-making 🌱 Protecting the land they depend on They also play a political role, giving collective voices a platform and pushing for fairer global trade. Sustainable communities start with successful cooperatives. Joining the #BusinessRevolution? Tell us about a cooperative near you. 📝 #CoopsDay #FairTrade #WFTO #FairTradeEnterprises #Impact #People

I’m delighted to share the launch of the new Gateway to Fair Trade Fashion (G2FTF) Toolkit Series; a collection of practical resources designed to support Fair Trade fashion enterprises as they navigate a rapidly changing industry. Over the past months, I had the privilege of contributing to the development of two of these toolkits: 📖 Brand–Producer Collaboration Toolkit Helping brands and producers build stronger partnerships through better communication, co-creation, responsible sourcing, and fair collaboration practices. 🌿 Sustainability in Fashion Toolkit Designed to make sustainability, circularity, impact measurement, and buyer expectations more accessible and actionable for Fair Trade producers. The series also includes the EU Compliance Toolkit, developed by WFTO Europe Team, providing practical guidance on emerging EU regulations and what they may mean for Fair Trade enterprises. What I appreciate most about these resources is that they don’t assume producers are starting from zero. Many Fair Trade enterprises have been putting sustainability, transparency, and social impact into practice for decades. These toolkits help translate those strengths into the language increasingly used by buyers, brands, and regulators. You can find them here: https://lnkd.in/dDs5TF_C A huge thank you to everyone involved in the Gateway to Fair Trade Fashion project for making these resources available to the wider Fair Trade community. #FairTrade #SustainableFashion #CircularFashion #WFTO #EthicalFashion #WomenLedBusiness #SocialEnterprise #ResponsibleSourcing #GatewayToFairTradeFashion