Our approach
Answers to the world’s biggest problems - poverty, climate change, inequality - already exist.
Everyday, inspirational producer collectives and social enterprises around the world are finding new and innovative ways to tackle global challenges.
They’re showing a better way of doing trade isn’t just possible - it’s already happening.
We partner with these groups to build a brighter future for their communities and spread their influence around the world.
Three problems producers face
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Lack of money
Producer groups that pay fairly and protect the planet attract less attention from profit-focussed investors. They don’t have the funding to grow their good work.
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Lack of partners
For ethical producer groups, measuring success by social good rather than shareholder profit, and operating in a unfair system, it can feel like no one else is on your side.
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Lack of voice
Too many decisions that affect producers are made without hearing their voice and their expertise.
Three ways we help
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Grant making
Money in the hands of the right people is a powerful force for good. Producer businesses use investment to create long term community impact.
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Partnership
We partner with producers to help them build their networks, enter new markets, improve practices and grow.
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Advocacy
We work together with producers to change systems and influence decisions in their countries and around the world.
Together we’re transforming
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Fashion
Meet the workers and social entrepreneurs standing up for better, slower fashion.
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Tea
Meet the workers and growers fighting against exploitation and scandalous wages in the tea sector.
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Farming
Meet the farmers using the power of trade to transform their communities.