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• IDH sets up National Sustainable Spice Program with partners in India

  Taking learnings from the Sustainable Spice Initiative – India (SSI-I) program, IDH has now joined forces with partners that are working towards a similar goal, to set up the National…

  IDH sets up National Sustainable Spice Program with partners in India

• Eosta joins IDH’s Living Wage Roadmap

  To support and expand work on living wages, Eosta has joined IDH’s Roadmap on Living Wages. Eosta, a leading importer, packer, and distributor of organically grown fresh produce, regards…

  Eosta joins IDH’s Living Wage Roadmap

• New recognition process for living wage benchmark methodologies

  To assist companies in identifying living wage benchmarks they can work with to further their own strategies on living wages, IDH has developed a process that gives recognition to robust…

  New recognition process for living wage benchmark methodologies

• IDH sector initiatives adopt the Consumer Goods Forum’s SSCI

  Promoting transparency among social standards and reducing audit duplication and unnecessary costs in the supply chain. The Sustainable Juice Covenant (SJC) is IDH’s first initiative to adopt the Sustainable…

  IDH sector initiatives adopt the Consumer Goods Forum’s SSCI

• Blog: How can we increase responsible fertilizer usage in Uganda?

  That is the question we asked ourselves, IDH Farmfit, together with the IDH Coffee Program team, the National Fertilizer Platform of Uganda, and the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership, during…

  Blog: How can we increase responsible fertilizer usage in Uganda?

• Case Study: How the Z76 company switched from outdoor gear to producing COVID-19 face masks

  To guarantee businesses continuity, many factories have shifted to producing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), such as face masks, to meet both domestic demand and boost exports.

  Case Study: How the Z76 company switched from outdoor gear to producing COVID-19 face masks

• Supporting healthy and safe employment of women workers in the Ghanaian banana industry

  The Banana Occupational Health and Safety Initiative (BOHESI) has gone a long way to support improved occupational health and safety (OHS) practices in the Ghanaian banana sector, with activities in…

  Supporting healthy and safe employment of women workers in the Ghanaian banana industry

• AGRI3 fund Technical Assistance facility launched

  The USD 1 billion sustainable agriculture and forestry initiative AGRI3 and its IDH-managed Technical Assistance Facility are now officially up and running  This news follows the announcement made…

  AGRI3 fund Technical Assistance facility launched

• Over 100 factories now mitigating fire, electrical and structural safety risks

  As lockdowns in countries start to abate, and apparel factories can resume some of their activities, some new factories have joined the Life and Building Safety (LABS) initiative, which now…

  Over 100 factories now mitigating fire, electrical and structural safety risks

• USD $30 million investment to protect forests and make Indonesian palm oil more sustainable

  Impact investment fund &Green has committed a 10-year loan of USD $30 million to Indonesian oil palm company PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk (DSNG) to bring palm oil production up to international sustainability standards, make the palm oil supply chain more traceable and protect forests. The landscape protection plan of the transaction is focused on seven subsidiaries based in East Kalimantan (Indonesia), where DSNG has 75% of its mature palm oil plantations and most its mills.

  USD $30 million investment to protect forests and make Indonesian palm oil more sustainable