Paty Villarán

CLAC launches popular voting for the Esperanza Awards finalists

The Latin American and Caribbean Network of Fair Trade Small Producers and Workers(CLAC) has started the public voting period to choose the public’s favorite project among the 15 finalists of the Esperanza Awards 2024, a contest created to highlight organizations and initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean that strive to incorporate the values ​​and …

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CLAC helps producers prepare to comply with European Union regulations on deforestation-free products

In order to provide guidelines and tools to facilitate compliance with the new European Union (EU) regulations on deforestation-free products, the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Small Fair Trade Producers and Workers (CLAC) is conducting a series of workshops to support its member coffee and cocoa producer organizations. Initiative supported by GIZ “The theoretical-practical …

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Regional Golden Cup competition awards the best Fairtrade coffees of Central America and Mexico

For the first time an edition of the Golden Cup quality coffee competition was held on a regional level with the participation of finalist coffees from Central America and Mexico. A total of 46 coffee samples from Fairtrade certified cooperatives from six countries participated: Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Mexico, which were …

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CLAC develops Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence pilot projects

On 2023, new legislation on human rights and business is being developed, and one of the most prominent issues is mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD), an issue that is under legislative discussion in the European Union and has other markets waiting for its development and incorporation into international trade. As part of …

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