STEP

www.label-step.org

STEP is active in the field in all the main carpet exporting countries: Afghanistan, India, Iran (photo), Kirghizia, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan and Turkey.

Label STEP is an international ngo that originated in Switzerland. It specialises in the labelling of enterprises marketing handmade carpets. It was initially created to improve working and living conditions and to prevent child labor.

World Fair Trade Association (WFTO)

 

www.wfto.com


Two thirds of the members of WFTO are organisations in the countries of the South who participated in drafting the system documentation and the methodology for obtaining certification.

The WFTO is an international Organisation of 350 associations working in the Fair Trade movement. With a presence in 70 countries, the WFTO helps small member producers out of financial insecurity.

Fairwild

www.fairwild.org

With a German and Swiss basis and inspiration, FairWild is an international certification system with a specific focus on the protection of wild plants and the development of the communities that gather them.

Max Havelaar (FLO)

Launched in 1988 in the Netherlands to free the producers of the Countries of the South from their dependence on market prices and intermediaries, Max Havelaar (Max Havelaar/FLO) was the first global Fair Trade label. Today, more than 7 million producers benefit from it in sixty countries.

Ecocert Fair Trade


Initially established in the domain of organic farming in France, Ecocert has gradually dieversified its activities in Europe and beyond, creating its own Fair Trade sytem, known as EFT "Ecocert Fair Trade in the spirit of solidarity and responsibility".

Fair for Life (IMO)

The Fair for Life certification programme was launched in Switzerland in 2006, by the Bio-Foundation and IMO (Institute for Marketecology) with the explicit intention of distinguishing itself from the system set up by FLO International (see p. 32). The objective was to allow all fair trade producers and operators - including those who were unable to join the FLO system – to benefit from independent certification evidencing their observance of criteria such as: rejection of forced labour and child labour, freedom of association, safe and decent working conditions, etc.