Fairtrade Label South Africa

Fairtrade Label SA is the South African FLO Label organisation. It is a non-profit organisation established in 2008 and based in Cape Town. The aim of Fairtrade Label SA is to introduce and promote the international Label in South Africa. What is unique about buying products with the FLO Label is that consumers contribute directly towards social development of producers and farm workers. They receive a social premium linked to the sales which is dedicated to social projects for the farming community. The communities themselves decided how this premium income is spent.

Fairtrade Label SA is an associate member of FLO. Currently FLO is undergoing a major strategic review that will lead to a new business model. The mandate of Fairtrade Label SA will be dependent on the outcome of this process.On 27 April 2009 Fairtrade Label SA signed an agreement with FLO regarding promoting and facilitating the trade in labelled products locally.

South African companies have been using the Fairtrade label on their products since the end of 2008. Labelled products currently available on the market include wine, coffee and rooibos tea. With the new agreement in place we wish to increase the number of products further as well as the availability for consumers.

List of South African licensees:
Coffee
Bean There

Rooibos Tea
Heiveld Co-operative

Wine
African Terroir (Brand: Sonop)
Home of Origin Wine (Brands: Fairhills, Vineyard Selection, Grower’s Club, Makana) 
uniWines  Brands: Palesa, Steendrift)
Thandi (Brand: Thandi)
Stellenrust (Brands: Stellenrust, KleineRust, STELL, Stellenrust Reserve)
Nederburg (Brand: Tukulu)
JC Bosman (Brands: Apollis, Bosman Family Vineyards)
Stellar Organic Winery (Brands: Live-A-Little, Heaven on Earth, Stellar Mandala, Moonlight, Sunshine, Running Duck, Natural Star, Stellar Organics Sparkling)
Riebeek Cellars (Brand: Partnership Vineyards)

Sauces and Spices
Ukuva iAfrica Foods

Wine Applicants
Douglas Green Bellingham  (Brand: Douglas Green)

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For more information on using the FLO Label in South Africa please contact:

Fairtrade Label SA
Arianna Baldo
license@fairtrade.org.za
+27 (0)21 4488911