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Chapter 2 UN Goals and Business

2.1 Fair Trade and SDGs

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by United Nations members States in 2015 for taking
action to protect the planet, end poverty and assure peace and prosperity. The 17 SDGs are integrated, the
action or impact on one, will have repercussions on another one. Being economic, social and
environmental the pillars of Fair Trade is able to contribute for broader impact though its actions. Fair
trade has a direct or indirect impact in all the United Nations SDGs, but the impact on some are more
relevant.

Fair Trade ensures and seeks for economic development through trading partnerships and ensuring the
quality and sustainable production of products to the customer. Fair Trade assures that the productions
and trade improve lives, benefit communities and protect the environment.

Source: Fair Trade and SDGs (Fairtrade Canada, 2019)

2.2 Fair Trade’s impact on SDGs

Fair Trade’s contribution on the following goals of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the follow-
ing (FairTrade, 2019):

Source: 10 ways Fairtrade helps advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Fair Trade International ,
2019)