Monmouth has been a Fairtrade town since 2005.

Additionally, Fair Trade USA, formerly a licensing agency for the Fairtrade International label, broke from the system and is implementing its own fair trade labelling scheme, which has resulted in controversy due to its inclusion of independent smallholders ( selling via contract production ) and estates for all crops.

* Cadbury, one of the world's largest chocolate companies, has begun certifying its Dairy Milk bars as Fair Trade ; according to Cadbury, in 2010 " around one quarter of ... global sales " of these bars will be Fair Trade .< ref >“ Fairtrade Cadbury Dairy Milk Goes Global as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand take Fairtrade Further Into Mainstream .” Cadbury PLC 2010.

Hamilton has been a Fairtrade Town since 2005.

The College has a strong environmental ethos and it was the first college in Oxford to achieve Fairtrade status.

It has recently achieved the status of being a Fairtrade Town.

Motherwell has been a Fairtrade Town since January 2007.

The Fairtrade label, which is used on fair trade products, has its roots in the 1980s worldshop movement.

Though consumer co-operation since left, Bristol workers ' co-operative Bishopston Trading Company has a Fairtrade clothing shop in Silver Street, that supports the village of K. V.

Recent marketing has also attempted to portray the chain as more ethical than other supermarkets, especially with regards to Fairtrade produce.

AUF has been responsible for initiating and organizing several strategies, including the AUF's Fairtrade Coffee Campaign that pushed for reforms in the coffee industry.

This has created a groundswell of support for the newly formed Fiveways Traders Association from the many local interest, campaign, student and youth groups that use the centre's facilities, particularly Cafe One, the UK's first Fairtrade music venue.

The company has contributed over $ 3miilion ( US ) to community and farm projects through Fairtrade levies to date.

It is the only tea and coffee brand to have received ethical accreditation from the Ethical Company Organisation, achieving No 1 ranking and top marks in all categories across Fairtrade, human, animal welfare and environmental criteria .. As well as coffee, Cafédirect has a hot beverage range that includes 100 % Fairtrade tea and hot chocolate.

In June 2008 the University gained official Fairtrade status, with Fairtrade products being sold in University food and drink outlets across its campuses.

Axfood ’ s private labels consist of the Willys, Hemköp, Garant, Garant Ekologiska varor ( organic products ), Aware ( Fairtrade ), Eldorado ( discount food brand ), Func ( batteries, light bulbs, etc.

Among their food products is a snack bar called Geobar, Fairtrade chocolate, dried fruit, honey, pasta, rice and muesli.

Unless the product has a Fairtrade label, or a label from another robust and independent scheme, food exports might make a bad situation worse.

Fairtrade International, the non-profit arm, oversees standards development and licensing organization activity.

* FLO-CERT ensures that producers and traders comply with the FLO Fairtrade Standards and that producers invest the benefits received through Fairtrade in their development.

The Trade Justice Movement includes development and environment NGOs, trade unions, human rights campaigns, Fairtrade organizations, and faith and consumer groups.

In 2012, People & Planet awarded 46 First Class awards in the Green League, compared to just 15 in 2007. Notable improvements have been measured in areas such as the proportion of renewable electricity used by universities ( 72 %, up from 12 % in 2007 ) and in the number of Fairtrade Universities ( 112, up from 41 in 2007 ).

Formal guidelines have been produced jointly by several FLO member Fairtrade labelling initiatives.

The Fairtrade Foundation is a charity based .. in the United Kingdom that works to empower disadvantaged producers in developing countries by tackling injustice in conventional trade, in particular by promoting and licensing the Fairtrade Mark, a guarantee that products retailed in the UK have been produced in accordance with internationally agreed Fairtrade standards.

Fairtrade sales of coffee in Britain, which had been their top selling product in 2006, rose 24 percent to 117 million pounds.

The Trade Justice Movement in the UK was the first formal coalition of groups to use the term " trade justice " ( partly because in the UK, " fair trade " usually refers to Fairtrade certification and is a consumer model of change rather than an overtly political movement calling for government action ).

In the UK, the word " foundation " is sometimes used in the title of a charity, as in the British Heart Foundation and the Fairtrade Foundation.

Cadbury secured Fairtrade certification for solid-chocolate Dairy Milk bars in the UK and Ireland in 2009, with the first bars bearing the Fairtrade Mark produced on 21 July 2009.

* Sat 13 Nov West Lancashire Vegan & Fairtrade Fair, Nr. Blackpool, UK

The initiative was a great financial success and was replicated in several other markets: in the ensuing years, similar non-profit Fairtrade labelling organizations were set up in other European countries and North America, called “ Max Havelaar ” ( in Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and France ), “ Transfair ” ( in Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Italy, the United States, Canada and Japan ), or carrying a national name: “ Fairtrade Mark ” in the UK and Ireland, “ Rättvisemärkt ” in Sweden, and " Reilu kauppa " ( Finnish ) or " Rejäl handel " ( Swedish ) in Finland.

In June 2002, recognising the potential of Fairtrade as a successful tool to alleviate poverty, Mel founded New Consumer Magazine, the UK ’ s leading ethical lifestyle magazine, enabling consumers to use their purchasing power to change the world.

* develop strategies to enable the UK Fairtrade Towns model to meet the requirements of each individual country.

The idea was based upon the Fairtrade Town scheme run by the Fairtrade Foundation in the UK.

Pembroke is Cambridge's 2nd Fairtrade College ( after St Catharine's ), and is also committed to serving local produce and sustainable fish where possible.

The chain website states that producers are paid a premium for their coffee beans, and where possible, Caffe Nero tries to source Fairtrade beans for their blend.

* Largely due to pressure from People & Planet groups, there are now over 100 Fairtrade universities and 106 Fairtrade secondary schools.

Fairtrade certified products are widely available today in the United Kingdom, and in 2006, there were over 2000 Fairtrade product lines available in the country.

There are several recognized Fairtrade certifiers, including Fairtrade International ( formerly called FLO / Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International ), IMO and Eco-Social.

* There are Fairtrade cocoa producer groups in Belize, Bolivia, Cameroon, The Congo, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Haiti, India, Côte d ' Ivoire, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Sierra Leone and Sao Tome & Principe.

Coffee beans sourced by Caffè Nero are not Fairtrade certified.

Overseen by a standard-setting body, Fairtrade International ( FLO ), and a certification body, FLO-CERT, the system involves independent auditing of producers to ensure the agreed standards are met.

Sales are further expected to grow significantly in the coming years: according to the 2005 Just-Food Global Market Review, Fairtrade sales should reach US $ 9 billion in 2012 and US $ 20-25 billion by 2020.

Key examples are the Fairtrade label, the Forest Stewardship Council for the forestry sector and the Marine Stewardship Council for fish products.

There are currently Fairtrade Towns in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brasil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.

* Fairtrade products are used by a number of local work places ( estate agents, hairdressers etc.

The FTO Mark identifies registered Fair Trade Organizations worldwide ( as opposed to products in the case of FLO International and Fairtrade mark ) and guarantees that standards are being implemented regarding working conditions, wages, child labor and the environment.