FAIR RUBBER – MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
Fair Rubber e.V. is committed to fair trade and the sustainable production of natural rubber.
Its key tool is the Fair Rubber seal, awarded to products that meet Fair Rubber’s standards.
The association sets a cultivation standard to promote greater sustainability in rubber farming and supports smallholders and tappers by paying a premium of €0.50 per kilo of dry rubber.
The Fair Rubber premium benefits the people who tap or grow the raw material and who meet the Fair Rubber standards. They decide for themselves how to use the funds – to improve living and working conditions and adopt more sustainable farming methods.
The association brings together companies that use rubber, civil society organisations (NGOs) and individuals who wish to drive improvements in the rubber sector.
WHY BRANDS PUT THEIR TRUST IN FAIR RUBBER
Fair trade, sustainable production, marketing: Our members share why they choose Fair Rubber – and how they benefit from it.
NEWS
The Fair Rubber premium is making a difference: Thousands of rubber tappers in Indonesia are benefiting
19 March 2026.
Fair Trade premiums are helping thousands of rubber tappers in Indonesia improve their livelihoods, protect forests, and strengthen their communities.
Five Years of Fair Rubber Partnership Driving Sustainable Impact with Schwalbe and Communities in Indonesia Local Farming
17 December 2025
We’re proud to celebrate five years of Fair Rubber partnership with Schwalbe, driving sustainable growth and fair livelihoods in the natural rubber sector.
Fair Rubber Standard Version 3.3: New Deforestation Criterion Now Effective
27 February 2025
The Fair Rubber Association is pleased to announce that Version 3.3 of the Fair Rubber Standard is now effective as of January 2025. A key update in this version is the introduction of a critical criterion on deforestation, developed through an inclusive consultation process.
Sustainability in Action: Eight Months of Rubber Tree Growth with our Fair Rubber Supplier Partner in Indonesia
14 November 2024
We are excited to share an important update from our project in Lebak Bante which highlights the positive impact of agroforestry and sustainable practices in the rubber sector.
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14 November 2024
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23 June 2023
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GOOD FOR PRODUCERS, SMART FOR BUSINESS
The low world market price for rubber and poor working conditions make it difficult for tappers, plantation workers, and small-scale farmers to support themselves and their families through their own labor.
This is where the Fair Rubber Association aims to make a difference: By paying a Fair Trade premium to primary producers, the Association helps ensure that even during times of low market prices, production costs are covered – and ideally, a surplus remains. Because only if rubber cultivation is economically viable for the people at the very beginning of the supply chain can production truly be sustainable in the long run.
Companies that join the Fair Rubber Association and invest directly on the ground – for example in infrastructure, processing or social programs – not only improve conditions for producers, but also secure their long-term supply of raw materials and gain a clear competitive advantage.
WHERE DOES OUR RUBBER COME FROM?
WHAT IS RUBBER, ACTUALLY?
With a global annual production of 14.5 million tonnes and a per capita consumption of 3.5 kg in Germany alone, natural rubber is a highly significant raw material.
MEMBER COMPANIES
Companies that use fairly traded rubber help improve the working and living conditions of smallholders and tappers through the Fair Trade premium.
SUPPLIER PARTNERS
Fair Rubber collaborates with smallholders and plantations in Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia who tap rubber under fair conditions.
GET INVOLVED
With every product that carries the Fair Rubber logo, companies help make the world a little fairer – and benefit themselves in the process.