COP26

Fairtrade Fortnight set to support key communities including cocoa farmers

The next annual Fairtrade Fortnight (21st February-6th March 2022) is set to be a show of support for farming communities, including those within the cocoa sector, in tackling the climate crisis, writes Neill Barston.

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Unions offer renewed environmental concerns over Nestlé plans to close Fawdon UK production plant

UK workers unions GMB and Unite have raised further concerns over proposals to close Nestle’s Fawdon site near Newcastle.

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Fairtrade forms key farming sustainability venture, as COP26 climate event seeks final deal

The Fairtrade movement has confirmed a key sustainability venture with Grow Ahead, an established crowd-funding platform addressing the local challenges of climate change, to deliver environmental mitigation solutions for smallholder farmers with projects including cocoa-focused initiatives, reports Neill Barston.

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UK, Irish and Canadian Mars bars set to be carbon neutral certified by 2023

Mars Wrigley has made a key sustainability move in confirming Mars bars sold in the UK, Ireland and Canada will be certified by 2023 as being produced in carbon neutral conditions, amounting to over 220 million product units a year, reports Neill Barston.

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Clock ticks down on COP26 to strike key deal on delivering crucial environmental agreements

When 95 year-old David Attenborough rose to his feet to address the COP26 climate event this week in Glasgow, he gained a deserved round of applause for highlighting the fact that the assembled leaders really could make a difference in making some tough decisions to save our environment.

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FOCUS: Fairtrade COP26 cocoa sustainability interview

A senior Fairtrade Africa cocoa farmer delegate has urged world leaders gathering for the COP26 environment conference to deliver direct solutions to a ‘dire situation’ for key supply chain communities affected by climate change. Translation from French from Fairtrade.

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Fairtrade farmers renew pleas to COP26 global leaders in driving climate change

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Fairtrade’s COP26 paper calls on global governments to back smallholder farmers over climate solutions

The Fairtrade movement has called on international communities to include smallholder farmers – who are vital to cocoa production, to considered as central in delivering long-term climate solutions, ahead of the UN’s Climate Change Conference (COP26) beginning next month in Scotland, reports Neill Barston.

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