Who we are ?
Who we are ?
An international standard
Fair for Life is an international standard that designs and implements fair trade and social responsibility labeling programs tailored to the needs of specific industries: natural raw materials and handicrafts. It is intended for all actors wishing to transform and better invest in good social and environmental practices within their operations and their supply chains.
Who offers guarantees
Fair for Life is the only international fair trade standard to demand rigorous social and environmental performance from traders and buyers, as well as Producer Operations. Regular audits, carried out by independent certification bodies ensure that these requirements are respected for organizations’ relationships with their partners upstream, downstream and internally. In addition to these controls, Fair for Life ensures that each certified company behaves responsibly towards its employees and its community.
Support capacity
Our standards ensure that fundamental rights are respected, and the principle of fairness is upheld throughout the value chain, from production to processing and commercialization. The standards also serve as a tools to support actors who choose to commit to a genuinely more virtuous approach to sourcing and management with regards to the stakeholders involved in their activities.
Who generates impact
Our programs are designed to generate a positive, concrete, and long-term impact within organizations and sectors facing real challenges in terms of fairness and social issues, particularly in terms of access to better living and working conditions for workers and their families. Because they are designed to apply to different contexts, they are by nature adaptable and evolving.
Our difference
A different philosophy of commitment
Profound, which gives each player a sense of responsibility for the sustainable structuring of the industry.
Since its creation, one of the fundamental values of Fair for Life has been commitment. For us, commitment is only meaningful if it is deep-rooted, long-term, involves all actors in the chain, and is motivated by resolutely human principles.
Committing to a Fair for Life labeling program is no trivial matter: becoming a driving force for change requires a genuine investment that cannot be superficial. It implies that each actor acknowledges their responsibility within the industry and commits to making genuine efforts, which are essential for bringing about significant improvements.
Our standard is aimed at those who share this philosophy of commitment. Those who wish to reflect on the way they conduct their business and its impact. Those who choose to make equity a central, structuring element of their business model. Those who wish to embark on a shared adventure aimed at the conscious and continuous improvement of practices, and the evolution of benchmarks, for a fairer world, in the long term.
Over time
At Fair for Life, we are aware that change is subject to a certain inertia, and that real, lasting impact is measured over time. Because experience in the field proves that a long-term commitment to specific volumes and prices is a key to securing a supply chain, the supply contracts signed through our programs establish a framework for collaboration between commercial partners for a minimum duration of 3 years.
With the entire value chain
A chain is a series of connected elements or links, forming a continuous whole. If one of these links is missing or defective, the chain is broken. At Fair for Life, we believe that commitment is only meaningful if it is fully shared by all the players in the value chain. That’s why our programs apply to value chains in which all operators, from production to commercialization, have chosen to get involved.
The reality on the ground
At Fair for Life, we know that there are as many sectors as there are realities, and that each context is unique and responds to a multitude of factors. That’s why we believe that commitment is only meaningful if its impacts are in line with the real constraints and needs encountered. That’s why we guarantee the beneficiaries of our programs a free and democratic choice regarding the use of the development funds they generate.
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