Fairtrade Fortnight 2023

The University is committed to promoting fair trade wherever possible, and works actively to combat human rights abuses in supply chains.

Fairtrade Fortnight 2023: Monday 27 February - Sunday 12 March

We have been a Fairtrade University since 2004 and are active in Edinburgh’s Fairtrade City Group. We supported Scotland’s bid to become a Fair Trade Nation, and in 2023 we are celebrating 10 years of this status being awarded.

Fairtrade Fortnight events 

• Monday 06 March, Tony’s Chocolonely chocolate sample event, 12pm to 1pm (Charlotte Murchison LT, Murchison House, Kings Buildings)
• Monday 06 March, Tony’s Chocolonely chocolate sample event, 2.30pm to 3.30pm (3.10/3.11 Dugald Stewart Building, Central Campus)
• Edinburgh Fairtrade City Group events
• Scottish Fairtrade Forum events

More ways to get involved

Fairtrade Foundation

• Change your background to a fair trade theme. Download backgrounds from the Fairtrade Foundation website.

• Share your vision for the world you want in the Fairtrade Foundation's virtual exhibition.
• Are you running your own event for Fairtrade Fortnight and want us to promote it? Get in touch.
• Become a Fairtrade University & College auditor, deadline of Sunday 20 March.

Student group: Supply Chain Justice

This is a student-led group at the University of Edinburgh that tackles child labour in the supply chains of the cocoa industry.

Supply Chain Justice Instagram

Fairtrade Fortnight is an action-packed highlight of the year, when campaigners, businesses, schools and places of worship show their support for the farmers and workers who grow our food in developing countries.

Fair trade at the University 

Find out more about what we are doing to ensure fair trade and protection of human rights at the University.

• Learn about fair trade products at the University, or for more detail visit the fairness in trade and sustainable procurement page.
• Learn about the conflict minerals that are in most electronics.
• Learn about what the University is doing about modern slavery by completing our training for staff and students.
• Read our modern slavery statement for more detail.
• Learn about the collaborative EU-funded project: 'Make ICT Fair'.
• More information and resources are available from the Fairtrade Foundation.