World Fair Trade Organization

[1] It is an association of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), farmers or retailers that claim to fully practice the 10 Principles of Fair Trade.

[2] Members are primarily enterprises claiming to engage in fair trade, whose business model is verified by independent audit and peer review.

[6] WFTO's stated mission is "to enable producers to improve their livelihoods and communities through Fair Trade".

The WFTO has several hundred partnerships across the globe with established practices and procedures meant to protect the groups and individuals associated with Fair Trade.

WFTO prescribes 10 Principles that Fair Trade Organizations must follow in their day-to-day work and carries out monitoring to ensure these principles are upheld: The WFTO operates in five key regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America & Pacific Rim.

Member nations include: Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

Their roles in the fair trade operations vary, and included are: producers, cooperatives, retailers, NGO's, and faith-based organizations, amongst others.

[18] WFTO-PacificRim is currently composed of 23 members from 5 countries around the Pacific - New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Canada, and USA.