Fairtrade and other voluntary sustainability standards are increasingly common in the food sector. Evidence shows that the benefits of such standards on the poorest people are minimal.
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Maertens, M. Fairtrade does not walk the talk. Nat Sustain 2, 549–550 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0332-0
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