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Textile Roundtable – KAURI 14/06/13 – Lily Deforce

Textile Roundtable – KAURI 14/06/13 – Lily Deforce. The global economy is an hourglass economy. Injustices in Trade that Producers face. For example: There are 25 million coffee farmers worldwide, yet just 4 traders control 40% of the coffee trade; selling to millions of consumers.

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Textile Roundtable – KAURI 14/06/13 – Lily Deforce

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  1. TextileRoundtable – KAURI 14/06/13 – Lily Deforce

  2. The global economy is an hourglass economy Injustices in Trade that Producers face • For example: • There are 25 million coffee farmers worldwide, yet just 4 traders control 40% of the coffee trade; selling to millions of consumers. • 6 sugar traders hold two-thirds of the sugar trade • Just 3% of the retail tea price reaches workers. Unlocking the Power of the Many

  3. Fairtrade:Whatwehaveachieved so far Unlocking the Power of the Many

  4. More than 1100 Fairtrade Towns in over 20 countries The model has been shown to work; now we need to take it wider. Unlocking the Power of the Many

  5. Cotton from Sustainable Sources The Fairtrade Cotton Opportunity Sustainable cotton in 2012 2015 demand for sustainable cotton Fairtrade in 2012 Global Cotton Production 25 Million MT

  6. 35 to 50 million small scales farmers in the developing world depend on cotton as their source of income. The Fairtrade Cotton Opportunity: Producers

  7. AN AMBITIOUS VISION FOR GROWTH “ Fairtrade’s vision is to build a model which will enable 10-fold cotton sale increases by 2016 (5-year goal) and 40-fold by 2021 (10-year goal), reaching 1.8 million producers, whilst also deepening the benefits to farmers and workers (including workers in processing and manufacturing)” Fairtrade needs to focus all of its work on one overarching objective: to allow producers to sell more cotton on Fairtrade terms. FAIRTRADE IN THE GLOBAL COTTON CONTEXT

  8. About corporate sustainable sourcing • Complementary to Product Certification & Labelling • No changes on Farm level – Minimum Price and Premium is maintained + extra investments in FIP • Based on long term partnership brands <-> Fairtrade • Coherent with Fairtrade’s ambitions Creation of a CSR approach for sustainable commodity sourcing

  9. Two stage approach to labelling textiles. Phase 1, just the raw cotton, as a primary product, is Fairtrade certified and labelled. Traders need to provide evidence of their efforts to comply with key ILO conventions (Forced Labour, Freedom of Association, Worst Forms of Child Labour, etc) Phase 2, working towards a textile strategy and a textile standard covering cotton production, processing and manufacturing What about textile?

  10. For more information : Rossitza Krueger r.krueger@fairtrade.net +49 (0) – 228 – 949 23 – 289 THANK YOU!

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