Fairtrade Mark Ireland

Fairtrade Ireland

Type	Non-profit organisation
Founded	1992
Headquarters	Dublin, Ireland
Key people	Peter Gaynor, Executive Director
Website	www.fairtrade.ie/

Fairtrade Ireland is the Irish member of FLO International, which unites 23 Fairtrade producer and labelling initiatives across Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

The organisation, which is registered as a charity, awards a consumer label, the Fairtrade Certification Mark, to products which meet internationally recognised standards of Fairtrade. It is supported by Amnesty International, ActionAid Ireland, Christian Aid, Comhlámh, Concern, Oxfam, Trócaire and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and is active throughout Ireland through a network of volunteers.

The first Irish product bearing the Fairtrade Mark, Bewley's Direct coffee, was launched in November 1996. Today, dozens of Irish products bear the Fairtrade Mark, and Fairtrade products are sold by most major Irish supermarkets, such as Tesco, Dunnes Stores, Londis, Marks & Spencer, Superquinn, Supervalu, Centra, and Spar.^[1]

Fairtrade Ireland's most active campaign is the Fairtrade Town programme. As of 2013, there were 49 registered Fairtrade Towns in Ireland.

Sales of Fairtrade products in Ireland jumped by 101 per cent in 2007 to more than €23.3 million, up from €11.6 million in 2006.^[2]

A survey conducted in March 2006 found that one in every two Irish adults (50%) can now identify the Fairtrade Certification Mark.^[3]

References

1. Fairtrade Mark Ireland (2006). Fairtrade Fortnight Business Press Release URL accessed on October 30, 2006.
2. Sunday Business Post (2008). . URL accessed on February 24, 2008.
3. Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (2006). FLO News Bulletin July 2006 URL accessed on October 30, 2006.

External links

• Fairtrade Ireland