The Fair Trade Movement is a global movement that works to ensure that producers in developing countries receive a fair price for their products, as well as better working conditions and improved social and environmental standards. The movement also works to raise awareness of the importance of fair trade and to promote the consumption of
Fair trade is a trade arrangement designed to help producers in developing countries achieve sustainable and equitable conditions. The fair trade movement advocates paying higher prices to exporters and improving social and environmental standards. The movement focuses in particular on commodities, or products that are typically exported from developing countries to developed countries but are also used in domestic markets, most notably for handicrafts, coffee, cocoa, wine, sugar, fruit, flowers and gold.