Weltläden

Weltladen-Dachverband e.V. is the German umbrella organisation for the country’s World Shops, a network of community-based shops and initiatives committed to fair trade. It connects and supports around 900 World Shops, whose members and volunteers promote more just economic relationships and responsible consumption. The organisation highlights three complementary roles of World Shops: selling fairly traded products, engaging in political advocacy, and providing educational activities.

Through its website, the association shares information about fair trade, global supply chains and the World Shop movement, as well as news, podcasts and portraits of local shops. It promotes products including coffee, tea, food, fashion, wellness items, home décor and gifts, alongside World Shop gift vouchers. Its work also addresses climate justice, gender equality, colonial structures, democracy and social-ecological change. Visitors can find a local shop, learn about campaigns and global learning, explore fair procurement, or discover ways to volunteer, participate, become a supplier or establish a World Shop. The association’s overall aim is to foster a fairer, more sustainable and inclusive society.