Welcome to FairWild Foundation!
The increasing demand for natural products in the sectors of food, cosmetics, wellness and medicinal ingredients poses major ecological and social challenges: the high pressure on potentially vulnerable plants can endanger local ecosystems and the livelihoods of collectors who often belong to the poorest social groups in the countries of origin.
Under the auspices of FairWild Foundation and in collaboration with different stakeholders and interest groups, a standard for sustainable wild collection, including ecological and social criteria, was developed.
Harvesting wild plant products in Cambodia © Eanghourt Khou / TRAFFIC
Mission statement
The FairWild Foundation aims to provide a worldwide framework for implementing a sustainable, fair and value-adding trading system for wild-collected natural ingredients and products thereof.
This framework offers a Total Quality Management System to assure buyers that products are sourced and produced in a socially and ecologically sound way. The introduction of a certification scheme will ensure traceability of goods, transparency regarding sustainable use and money flows, and product safety. This adds additional marketing arguments towards the final consumer.
What we do
- FairWild encourages sustainable and fair business practices and focuses on influencing consumer choice.
- FairWild informs, advises and assists customers with projects in sustainable wild collection and implementation of the standard.