Our income derives from a combination of members' fees, a grant from the Department for International Development (DFID), individual project funding and trading income.

Support from DFID

DFID has provided unrestricted funding to ETI since our inception in 1998. In 2005, DFID agreed to provide us with further funding of £2.475m between 2006-7 and 2010-11 in the form of a Partnership Programme Agreement (PPA).

As well as providing funding, PPAs create a framework for open sharing of views and constructive dialogue on major development issues between DFID and its key not-for-profit partners.

We value the long-term commitment and strategic support that our PPA with DFID offers, and the opportunity it gives us to increase our engagement with government on policy issues and develop closer links with DFID regional and country offices.

Members' fees

Companies pay annual fees on a sliding scale from £2,000 for companies with a turnover of between £1 million and £100 million, to £30,000 for companies with a turnover of more than £1 billion.

NGO members pay £50 a year, with the exception of Oxfam, Save the Children and Christian Aid, which pay £5,000 a year.

Trade union organisations do not pay a membership fee.  

In 2007/8, members' fees accounted for just under half our total income.

Other sources of income

We receive an income from selling some of our resources and services, such as our ethical trade training courses. We also receive funding from various international donors for one-off projects.