Glossary

If you feel that the world of Fair Trade has its very own language – don’t fret! We’ll keep you in the know!

With this glossary we’ll guide you through the common technical terms used by FLOCERT, Fairtrade International and the World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO).

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Fairtrade Certification
A product certification system where social, economic and environmental aspects of production are certified against Fairtrade Standards for producers …
FAIRTRADE Certification Mark
The FAIRTRADE Certification Mark (“FAIRTRADE Mark” or “Mark”) is a registered trademark owned by Fairtrade International and sub-licensed to …
Fairtrade Climate Standard
The Fairtrade Climate Standard defines all requirements for producer organisations and traders, project facilitators and end-buyers of Fairtrade …
Fairtrade Composite Product
A product composed of more than one ingredient, of which at least one is Fairtrade-certified. In Fairtrade Composite Products, all ingredients for …
Fairtrade explanatory documents
Fairtrade explanatory documents describe how the Fairtrade Standards should be interpreted and put into practice.  
Exporter
An Exporter is a company (other than the producer organisation) taking care of exporting a Fairtrade product from the country of origin (the country …
Fairtrade Generic Standards
Requirements that producers and traders must meet, irrespective of the product produced or traded, in order to obtain a Fairtrade certificate.
Importer
An Importer is a company taking care of the import of a Fairtrade product from the country of origin (the country the producer organisation is …
Fairtrade International
Fairtrade International (FI) is a multi-stakeholder, non-profit organisation focusing on the empowerment of producers and workers in developing …
Fairtrade International Board
The Fairtrade International Board is responsible for the strategic direction of the organisation, financial and risk management, and relations with …
Fairtrade International member
A member organisation as defined in the Fairtrade International constitution. Full members have voting privileges in the General Assembly and are …
Fairtrade Marketing Organisation
A national or regional organisation normally created in a country where there is no National Fairtrade Organisation (NFO). It is responsible for …
Fairtrade Minimum Price
The Fairtrade Minimum Price (where it exists) is the minimum price that must be paid by buyers to producers for a product to become certified against …
Fairtrade Officer
All Fairtrade Certification customers must designate one key contact person, a Fairtrade Officer, within their organisation. The Fairtrade Officer …
Fairtrade organisations
Fairtrade organisations that support the Fairtrade system comprise: Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International e.V., FLOCERT GmbH, Fairtrade …