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• The launch of the BOHESI Training Manual in Ecuador

  The BOHESI training manual was officially launched by the Ecuadorian Minister of Labor, Raul Clemente Ledesma Huerta, the Ecuadorian Minister of Agriculture, Rubén Flores, together with representatives from the World…

  The launch of the BOHESI Training Manual in Ecuador

• How we’re making a difference

  This month you can read all about how we’re making a difference for cocoa farmers and cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire. This report is part of our series on…

  How we’re making a difference

• Reducing environmental impact in the flowers sector

  With increasing attention on the impacts of agrochemical use in the global production of flowers, and broader market demands for improved environmental practices, the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI) is taking…

  Reducing environmental impact in the flowers sector

• Living wage: discussions with banana producers in Costa Rica

  With draft figures from the living wage benchmark study in Costa Rica now available, the IDH banana project has moved to the next step: calculating the current wages associated with…

  Living wage: discussions with banana producers in Costa Rica

• A success story from a pepper province – Dak Lak, Vietnam

  A project to develop a sustainable pepper supply chain has greatly surpassed its set goal in the Dak Lak province in Vietnam. In total 341 households got Rainforest Alliance (RA)…

  A success story from a pepper province – Dak Lak, Vietnam

• Blog: Accelerating Production, Protection and Inclusion in the Cocoa Sector

  Bringing commitments to action for zero net deforestation. This blog piece originally featured on the TFA2020 website. A growing number of companies have joined the Consumer Goods Forum’s resolution…

  Blog: Accelerating Production, Protection and Inclusion in the Cocoa Sector

• Willem Klaassens, especialista em trade da IDH, visita o Brasil

  A IDH – Iniciativa para o Comércio Sustentável vem desenvolvendo o conceito de “Áreas de Originação Verificada” nos territórios que atua ao redor do mundo e foi este tema que…

  Willem Klaassens, especialista em trade da IDH, visita o Brasil

• IDH participa do 8º Dia de Campo promovido pela Embrapa

  Produzir mais, em uma mesma área, conservando o solo e preservando os recursos naturais, essa foi a bandeira levantada no 8º Dia de Campo sobre Sistemas Integrados de Produção Agropecuária,…

  IDH participa do 8º Dia de Campo promovido pela Embrapa

• Membros da Estratégia PCI se reúnem para apresentação do relatório 2016/2017

  No dia 10 de abril, a IDH – Iniciativa para o Comércio Sustentável se reuniu com os demais membros da Estratégia PCI – Produzir, Conservar e Incluir para a primeira…

  Membros da Estratégia PCI se reúnem para apresentação do relatório 2016/2017

• IDH marca presença na reunião anual da Iniciativa 20×20 em Lima, no Peru

  Cerca de 200 pessoas, incluindo representantes dos ministérios do meio ambiente e da agricultura de 17 países, além de mais de 60 instituições técnicas e financeiras, entre elas a IDH…

  IDH marca presença na reunião anual da Iniciativa 20×20 em Lima, no Peru

• IDH compartilha experiências de pactos regionais na Embaixada da Holanda

  Representantes dos pactos regionais do Vale do Juruena (MT) e de Paragominas (PA) foram convidados pela IDH – Iniciativa para o Comércio Sustentável para uma reunião técnica com a Embaixada…

  IDH compartilha experiências de pactos regionais na Embaixada da Holanda

• Creating value from farm to fork: from Guatemala to Sweden

  Over the past two years, IDH, Nature’s Pride and ICA Sweden have collaborated to pilot an innovative model to include smallholder farmers in the Nature’s Pride – ICA vegetable value…

  Creating value from farm to fork: from Guatemala to Sweden

• Superunie calls the Sustainable Juice Covenant logical next step

  The buying cooperative that represents 13 independent retail organizations in the Netherlands joined the global initiative to make the sourcing of fruit juices sustainable. Cindy Verhoeven manager sustainable sourcing at…

  Superunie calls the Sustainable Juice Covenant logical next step

• Orangutan corridor: Public-private partnership to help protect Indonesia’s wildlife

  The Indonesian palm oil company Bumitama is working with the government, local communities and other companies to conserve an ‘orangutan corridor’ that passes through their palm concession in West Kalimantan…

  Orangutan corridor: Public-private partnership to help protect Indonesia’s wildlife