This standard covers the purchase and sale of sports balls which require some degree of manual input to produce.
EN | Fairtrade Standard for Sports balls
ES | Criterio de Comercio Justo Fairtrade para Balones Deportivos
The Fairtrade Standard for Sports balls covers the requirements which are specific to sports ball manufacturers and traders.
Fairtrade sports ball manufacturers must comply with both the Fairtrade Standard for Hired Labour and the Fairtrade Standard for Sports balls. For manufacturers this standard complements, and should be read together with, the Fairtrade Standard for Hired Labour.
This standard covers the purchase and sale of sports balls which require some degree of manual input to produce. This includes hand-stitched, machine-stitched, thermal-bonded and laminated sports balls such as footballs (soccer balls), volleyballs, American footballs and rugby balls.
This standard does not cover sports balls that are normally produced by mostly automated or mechanized methods such as golf balls, ping pong balls, tennis balls and hockey balls.
This product standard applies to hired labour operators (employing workers) as explained here. Together, the Fairtrade Standard for Hired Labour and the product standard above define the terms of trade. Please read both documents for further guidance.
Aspects of this product standard also apply to companies that wish to trade with producers. The product standard above works in conjunction with the Fairtrade Trader Standard to outline the terms of trade for this product.