Strengthening women empowerment work across IDH India programs
The MoU was signed by Mr. Joost Oorthuizen, Executive Director – IDH and Ms. Jyoti Macwan, Executive Secretary – SEWA. The agreement lays down common vision and objectives…
Colombia Becomes First Country in Latin America to Commit to Deforestation-Free Chocolate
The Government of Colombia – along with its largest cocoa company, Casa Luker, and the members of the National Cocoa Federation – has committed to eliminate deforestation from the country’s…
Apparel program supports shift in how workers engage with factory management
Recently the first iteration of factories have graduated from the Race to the Top program, and a shift has been identified in how the factory’s supervisors treat the workers, how…
Dialogue on responsible sourcing and access to finance for smallholders in India
IDH convened leading organizations working in the sustainability sector in India to discuss challenges and opportunities in ‘Responsible Sourcing’ and ‘Access to Finance for the Smallholders’ in the country. The…
Brazil: Carrefour Group, its foundation and IDH commit more than EUR 3 million to protect tropical forest through sustainable beef production
Carrefour Brasil Group, the Brazilian arm of the French multinational retailer, and IDH have announced a partnership to increase sustainable calf production, protect tropical forest and improve livelihoods in Mato Grosso…
Men and women need to move together towards equality: policies should work for and include both genders. This is one of the key takeaways from the first IDH4Gender cross-learning event.
IDH is working towards living wages in the banana sector, supporting specific interventions in Ghana and Ecuador and in Costa Rica and Belize. Employment in the export sector promises a…
5 reasons companies are collaborating to end deforestation
This blog was originally posted on GreenBiz. Agricultural and forestry commodities, such as soy, palm oil, beef, timber and cocoa, are some of the leading causes of rainforest destruction…
Dutch consumer organization acknowledges Sustainability Initiative of Fruits and Vegetables
The Dutch consumer organization, Consumentenbond, published its report today about the sustainability of fruit and vegetables in supermarkets in the Netherlands. According to the Consumentenbond, supermarkets are…
Next steps to halt deforestation announced by chocolate industry and government of Ghana
The government of Ghana and companies involved in the chocolate and cocoa supply chain presented a series of practical actions to implement the Joint Framework of Action signed at COP23…
Indonesia: IDH and Jambi government collaborate to help 30,000 oil palm farmers meet sustainability standards
More than 30,000 independent oil palm smallholders in Tanjung Jabung Barat (Tanjabbar) District, Jambi province, Indonesia are now enjoying a more hassle-free process for obtaining their oil palm cultivation licenses…
Joint efforts of chocolate industry and government of Côte d’Ivoire to halt deforestation announced
Today the government of Côte d’Ivoire and companies involved in the chocolate and cocoa supply chain presented a series of practical actions to implement the Joint Framework of Action signed…
Food products sector boosts sustainability in production chain
The parties in the Dutch food products sector are joining forces to ensure responsible business conduct in the international production chain. Today, they signed the International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC)…
Parceria entre IDH, Aliança da Terra e AMAGGI resulta na produção de 529 mil toneladas de soja FEFAC
A IDH – Iniciativa para o Comércio Sustentável e a Aliança da Terra divulgaram os resultados do projeto “Melhorando o desempenho ambiental e social na cadeia de fornecimento de soja…