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Fair Trade for creativity
How a label helps audiences choose human-made work, and where the Fair Trade analogy ends.
“Fair Trade for creativity” is an analogy for a simple idea: people care how things are made and who made them. A label can help them act on that care when they choose a book, a picture, a song, or another piece of creative work.
VerifiedHuman gives creators a shared standard and a mark for human-made work. It helps audiences recognize that commitment.
What the comparison helps explain
You cannot always see how something was made by looking at the finished thing. A label connects it to a promise about its origin or process.
For VerifiedHuman, the promise concerns human creativity. The creator agrees to the standard for their field and applies the mark to work that meets it. The audience can read that standard and ask about the work.
Where the comparison ends
VerifiedHuman is not a Fairtrade certification program and has no affiliation with one. The mark does not certify wages, labor conditions, environmental practices, or supply chains.
It also does not promise artistic quality or commercial success. It says something about who made the creative work.
A standard people can use
Joining is free. AI assistance is allowed within the field definitions. The essential creative contribution must remain human.
Our About page explains the purpose and the review process. The joining pages contain the commitments themselves.
Make your commitment.
Read the standard for your field, then put your name behind it.
Choose your standard