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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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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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Vacancy: Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Global Officer for the Center of Excellence in Climate and Environment (CoE C&E)

Fairtrade is an alternative approach to conventional trade and is based on a partnership between producers and consumers. Fairtrade offers producers a better deal and improved terms of trade. This allows them the opportunity to improve their lives and plan for their future. Fairtrade offers consumers a powerful way to reduce poverty through their everyday …

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CLAC will hold banana and cocoa forums in the Dominican Republic

The Latin American and Caribbean Network of Fair Trade Small Producers and Workers (CLAC) will hold the Fairtrade banana and cocoa forums from April 17 to 21 in the Dominican Republic. The forums will bring together producers from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa, buyers, importers, non-governmental organizations, international experts, and the most relevant actors …

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Young leaders of Central American and Mexico meet in El Salvador

From July 12 to 14, 2022, the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Fair Trade Small Producers and Workers (CLAC) held in El Salvador, a meeting of Young Leaders of Central America and Mexico, as a closure to the virtual leadership course held in the course of 2020. The meeting began with welcoming remarks from CLAC´s CEO, …

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