Trading Fairly

At Aldi UK, we are committed to ensuring our own-label products are sourced to independent third-party certifications that establish better business practices that benefit workers, communities, and the environment.

Sustainable agricultural practices and the responsible use of resources help protect the environment and ensure the long-term availability of resources in the future. As a global retailer, we will create lasting change by focusing our activities on high-priority raw materials and commodity groups, such as cocoa, coffee, cotton and tropical fruit.

For years we have been working with our suppliers to increase the number of independently certified products we sell, such as cocoa, coffee, bananas, pineapple and tea. To do this, we use certification schemes such as Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance.

These independent third-party bodies offer reliable mechanisms to monitor social, economic and environment requirements. They allow us as a retailer to strengthen sustainable standards from the final production facility down to the raw material.

Goals

We continue to ensure all our in scope products including cocoa, coffee, bananas, pineapples, cotton and tea are certified.

Find out more about the certification schemes that support our responsible sourcing strategy here.

In 2026, we increased our goal to certify 100% of all our own-label coffee products containing over 10% of coffee against Rainforest Alliance or Fairtrade. Our own-label instant coffee range can also be certified against 4C with EUDR compliance.

Achievements

Coffee

Our coffee own-label lines and products containing more than 10% coffee are certified to Rainforest Alliance or 4C EUDR.

Fruit

All of our pineapples are certified to Rainforest Alliance and our bananas to Rainforest Alliance or Fairtrade.

Flowers

Aldi UK is the largest retailer of Fairtrade flowers from Ethiopia in the UK. Since 2016, Aldi UK has sold over 238 million Fairtrade flowers stems and has contributed more than £1.7 million in Fairtrade Premium to Fairtrade flower producers. In addition to Fairtrade Premium, Aldi UK and Fairtrade Foundation have been working together on programmes focusing on improving working conditions, workers’ rights, gender equality and disability inclusion on flower farms in Ethiopia since 2018.

Cocoa

All our own-label products containing more than 1% of cocoa are certified to Rainforest Alliance or Fairtrade. Aldi UK are the 2nd largest retailer of Fairtrade cocoa in the UK. In 2025, Aldi UK sales of own-brand Fairtrade cocoa amounted to over 20% of the UK Fairtrade cocoa market, generating over £550k in Fairtrade Premium for cocoa producers to invest in the issues that matter most to themselves, their families, and their communities.

Fairtrade

In 2025, over 55 million bananas were sold on Fairtrade terms. More than 27% of Fairtrade Premium from Aldi Fairtrade banana sales was invested in projects related to SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth and 18% of Fairtrade Premium from Aldi Fairtrade banana sales was invested in projects related to SDG Goal 1 No Poverty.

In 2025, we updated our banana strategy to commit to all bananas being sold in our stores to be sourced from farms that pay a living wage by 2027.

Empowering Women

We have supported women’s empowerment for flower growers in Ethiopia. We think that it is essential to support the countries around the world where our products are produced in order to address equality challenges and create fair and supportive working environments.

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Certification

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Human Rights in the Supply Chain

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