Something useful here: Jaffee, D., Howard, P.H., 2010. Corporate cooptation of organic and fair trade standards. Agric Hum Values 27, 387–399.
United Nations Fair Trade
Requirements
- Traceable flow of products
- Transparency in exchange of money
- Compliance with national labor laws and the Conventions of the International Labour Organization
- Compliance with basic environmental standards
http://www.unctad.info/en/Sustainability-Claims-Portal/Discussion-Forum/Fair-Trade/
International Labour Organization
- conventions-legally binding international treaties
- recommendations-non-binding guidelines