EFF

WFTO (world fair trade organization)
Wfto is composed with more than 400 organisations. In the past years their sale have been growing at a 35% rate. The members are in 70 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and the Pacific Rim. They all believe that trade should improve the lives of marginalized people without harming the planet.
By linking and promoting sustainable fair trade organisations, the wfto improves the well being of disadvantaged producers and their communities. This can be done through campaigning, policy, marketing and monitoring.
Their goal is to: Develop market for Fair Trade, Build trust in Fair trade, Speak out for fair trade.


Fairtrade Certified Cotton
For some of the world's poorest countries cotton is what their economies depend on. Cotton is important at both local and national levels. Fair-trade cotton brings social and environmental benefits to farmers involved in its cultivation. The social and economic benefits are that it increased income by guaranteeing farmers a better price for their cotton, the communities are developed by including a premium that is set aside to invest in social and environmental projects that ensure that the communities have the ability to fund long term improvement. The environmental benefits are that there is responsible farming. The farmers are committed to reduce chemical use and protecting the environment. The impact is reduced by reducing and replacing conventional pesticides and fertilisers with natural alternatives. Fair-trade standards prohibit the use of genetically modified cotton seeds.

Made-By
There mission is to improve environmental and social conditions in the fashion industry.
They were founded in 2004 in the Netherlands and launched in Germany in 2008 and UK in 2009. They work with brands to improve sustainability across their supply chains from raw materials to finished products. They want to help address a wide range of issues including child labour, unsafe working conditions, pesticides in cotton farming and water usage in dyeing houses. They use respected international standards to measure the progress of brands and are then demonstrated through made-by's scorecard system. These scorecards are shared with brands and are published online.