Today and every day, we honor the women of Fair Trade.

Choosing Fair Trade products like Conscious Coconut is a choice to support the livelihoods, well-being, and futures of communities around the world — especially women. Fair Trade certification is an important tool for empowering women globally and creating more equitable opportunities for future generations.

Many of the individuals behind our coconut oil production are women — mothers, caregivers, and community leaders whose work helps support their families and local communities every day. Supporting Fair Trade helps create more stable, equitable opportunities for those communities to continue growing and thriving.

Today, Fair Trade supports women in many ways, including:

Economic Empowerment
Women are paid fairly and directly for their work, rather than through an intermediary such as a husband or family member. Fair Trade premiums have also helped fund micro-loans and small business opportunities for women within farming communities.

Education
Fair Trade promotes equal access to education for both women and men while supporting initiatives that help close gaps in school enrollment and completion for girls around the world.

Health & Safety
Fair Trade standards help protect the health and well-being of women by requiring safe working conditions, paid maternity leave, protections during pregnancy and nursing, and strict prohibitions against harassment and abuse.

What Does Our Fair Trade Certification Mean?

At Conscious Coconut, we believe wellness should extend beyond the products we create and into the communities we work with every day. As a Fair Trade Certified™ company through Fair Trade USA we are committed to supporting ethical sourcing, fair wages, safe working conditions, and long-term community well-being.

Our coconut oil is sourced from Fair Trade farming communities in the Philippines, where we work closely with growers and production partners to ensure transparency, respect, and responsible practices throughout every stage of production.

Supporting Fair Trade means supporting access to clean water, education, healthcare, safer working environments, and expanded opportunities for women and families. It also means standing firmly against forced labor, child labor, and human rights abuses while helping protect the natural environments where our ingredients are grown.

We are proud to create products that not only support skin wellness, but also help support a more conscious and connected global community.

(via www.fairtradeusa.org)