Maria Lövström

Below are all articles written by Maria Lövström.

Everyone should get their share of the chocolate cake

Chocolate cake.

Researchers warn that chocolate may run out within 30 years. Climate change can hit hard on cocoa farmers.

Of: Maria Lövström

Today is chocolate day, but chocolate will not always be a matter of course. To ensure cocoa cultivation is free from human rights violations and with respect for the environment, we must review our consumer goods, writes Maria Lövström, chairman of the Fair Trade Retailers Organization.

November 11, 2018, Debate

Stop shopping at the expense of women

Of: Ann Catherine Carlsson, Magdalena Hansen, Maria Lövström, Mona Bengtsson, Nicolas Berglund and Songul Can

Fair trade strengthens women's position and autonomy and thus contributes to the implementation of Agenda 2030. The World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) is proof that fair trade is possible. It is time to break unsustainable trade patterns if we want women's rights to be respected, several WFTO players in Sweden write.

March 8, 2017, Debate