About Us
Building the bridge between responsible consumers and Fairtrade certified farmers
Who We Are
Fair2C Community
In 2021, a group of responsible consumers sought to provide additional financing to farmer organizations of FairCapital’s portfolio. To do so, they contributed capital and founded the FairCapital Consumer Cooperative (Fair2C).
Since then, Fair2C has grown into a community of over 70 members, most of them private investors. In addition to individuals, legal entities can also become part of Fair2C.
This is the case of Stiftung Abendrot and the Innovationsfonds der Alternativen Bank Schweiz (a non-profit entity that supports and accompanies start-up projects on behalf of Alternative Bank Schweiz).
Organizational Structure
Fair2C is a cooperative under Swiss law.
Cooperative members elect a board of 3 persons with a three-year renewable mandate during the general assembly.
It has its own governing bodies that act independently in the best interest of the members.
The board gives Fair2C its strategic direction.
Partnership with FairCapital
Governance & Management Support
The financial intermediary FairCapital SA has been appointed as Fair2C’s service provider. It ensures the management of the cooperative under the control of the board.
Administrative Services & Portfolio Access
FairCapital gives Fair2C administrative services as well as access to its portfolio of farmer organizations, the majority of which are Fairtrade certified.
Backed by Institutional Partnerships
The portfolio of FairCapital was developed in collaboration with institutional investors like Stiftung Abendrot.
Governance & Members
BOD
Christine Hofstetter
Board Member
Christine Hofstetter is a founding member of Fair2C. She has more than 25 years of professional experience in leading Finance and HR positions in European subsidiaries of multinational companies such as TTI Group, Briggs & Stratton, ADP Dealer Services and SFPI Group. She has also been making various impact investments and is an independent money coach.
Christine graduated from Sup de Co Paris with a Master in Economics, including one semester at the University of St. Gallen. She is fluent in English, German, French and Italian.
Daniel Gerber
Board Member
Daniel Gerber is Chief Sustainability Officer at Picard Angst AG and responsible for the ESG Competence Center for the expansion and further development of investment and client solutions with a focus on sustainability, impact investing and data science. Furthermore, he sits on various boards of directors.
He started his career in corporate banking at Credit Suisse. Further positions were in the management of Swisscanto Investment Foundations, at the Zürcher Kantonalbank and most recently in the executive board of Swiss Rock Asset Management. Daniel holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from HWV Bern and a Master in Banking & Finance from FHNW. He is fluent in English, German and French.
Claudia Hafner
Board Member
Claudia Hafner develops and teaches workshops on sustainable consumption and fair trade in the development policy organization Public Eye. She is committed to Fair2C, bringing to the table her many years of marketing and project management experience in a variety of sectors and corporate cultures (interim management, hotel industry, specialist agency for intercultural addiction prevention and health promotion, retail, logistics, IT, consumer goods). She was also an advertising consultant in a creative agency and her own agency.
Claudia holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from the Hochschule für Wirtschaft in Zurich, a Master in Applied History from the University of Zurich and is an adult educator SVEB. She wrote her master thesis on the history of fair trade. She is fluent in English, French, German and Spanish.
Testimonials of members
