About WFTO

WFTO are the global community of social enterprises that fully practice Fair Trade. Spread across 76 countries, WFTO members all exist to serve marginalised communities. Our Guarantee System verifies that our members are truly Fair Trade Enterprises. This means they pioneer models of business that put people and the planet first.

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SeeMe

SeeMe BV is a brand that produces 100% handmade items created by women survivors of violence, using traditional techniques for making jewellery. The product range is mainly heart-shaped jewellery and accessories. SeeMe also provides ethical sourcing for other fashion brands. 

As a member of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), SeeMe employs women in Tunisia who have suffered violence and exclusion and offers a livelihood and the dignity of meaningful and beautiful work instead of charity.

BaSe

BaSE is a fair trade enterprise producing various types of handmade items such as Date Palm-leaf & Jute Basketry, Jute Macramé, Nakshi Hand Embroidery, Women Clothing and Accessories, creating over 3,000 different products. They use local raw materials and their products are 100% natural, biodegradable, and recyclable.

BaSE is owned by women artisans, working with over 10,000 producers. BaSE’s artisans use their traditional skills to create their own designs and are also able to create customized products.

Sabahar

Sabahar is an Ethiopian fair trade enterprise that specializes in producing handmade textiles using natural fibers. The company creates modern design for the global market using age-old weaving techniques. Sabahar makes scarves, shawls, kaftans, capes, towels, cushions, throws, blankets, and table linens.

Sabahar strives to create respectful, ethical and sustainable work opportunities for artisans in Ethiopia. They believe the private sector has a critical role to play in the development of a country and the betterment of its people.

Global Mamas

Global Mamas are a fair trade enterprise offering products handmade by Ghanaian women who are experts in the art of handcrafting batik and tie-dye fabrics, beads, shea butter, shea and black soap, and sewing. All products of Global Mamas have been made specifically to bring colour and authentic West African tradition to your clothes, jewellery, and home.

Global Mamas are devoted to connecting Ghanaian craftswomen to the tools and support they need to realize their personal and professional dreams. The goal is economic empowerment, a mission they reinforce with programs that enhances skills, strengthens families and improves health. 

Purnaa

Purnaa is a fair trade garment manufacturer offering sustainable and ethical cut-and-sew manufacturing services that change lives. They provide world-class, ethical manufacturing, specializing in the medium-sized, sustainable production of intricate designs. They have also expanded into sublimation printing, now offering closed-loop dyeing and printing options. 

As a member of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), Purnaa empowers marginalized people and survivors of exploitation to fresh starts and fulfilled lives.

Manos del Uruguay 

Manos del Uruguay is a fashion producer and brand made up, and owned, by 12 women’s producer cooperatives across Uruguay. Each of the 12 producer cooperatives that own and control Manos has around 20 women producers. Two of the cooperatives specialise in dyeing the yarn, and ten others knit or weave the products. The focus for Manos has always been high-quality hand-woven fashion items, which it sells both under its own brand and as a private label producer for brands such as Gabriela Hearst and Ulla Johnson.

Manos del Uruguay exists to serve their producers, prioritising the mission of providing livelihoods and personal development opportunities for rural women in Uruguay.

People Tree

The eco-fashion label People Tree is a pioneer in the field of fair and ecological fashion. For over 20 years, it has been producing clothes that are manufactured under fair and ecological conditions in developing countries. With its fashionable and high-quality collections, the label has long been able to compete with other well-known fashion labels.

People Tree actively opposes the exploitation of workers and the pollution of the environment. Only organically grown cotton and other local, natural and recycled materials are used. All garments are produced according to the WFTO Standard and are certified according to the Global Organic Textile Standard throughout the entire production chain.

Yabal

Yabal Guatemala is a Fair Trade business, which focuses on sustainable fashion, that supports indigenous women’s weaving cooperatives in Guatemala, providing them with the opportunity to sell their hand-woven products through local and international markets.

Yabal mixes indigenous and sophisticated, contemporary designs, creating modern sustainable fashion products that maintain centuries-old traditions as for example art of back-strap weaving.