Differences Between Fairtrade and Organic Certification

Fairtrade focuses primarily on the producer's economic and social conditions (fair price, workers' rights). Organic focuses on the environmental and ingredient side of production (bans on chemicals and GMOs).

The two certificates serve different purposes and a product can hold both; for example, coffee that is both organic and fairtrade is common.

A product being fairtrade does not mean it is organic; the two are assessed separately.