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• 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

• IDH and the World Bank join forces for sustainable coffee production in the Central Highlands of Vietnam

  The Vietnam Sustainable Agriculture Transformation Project (VNSAT) functions as a strategic partnership between IDH – the Sustainable Trade Initiative and the World Bank, with a non-binding cooperation agreement first…

  IDH and the World Bank join forces for sustainable coffee production in the Central Highlands of Vietnam

• Now is the time to rebuild and strengthen sustainable trade

  Impact is the ongoing mantra for IDH, and 2019 was no exception. We’ve continued to leverage the power of the private sector making progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and…

  Now is the time to rebuild and strengthen sustainable trade

• Empowering all supply chain actors to self-assess living wage gaps

  Introducing Salary Matrix V.2 IDH has published an improved version of its Salary Matrix tool with a suite of updates that now enables companies across every sector to measure worker…

  Empowering all supply chain actors to self-assess living wage gaps

• Podcast: Do not forget Africa in this crisis (in Dutch)

  Nederland mag in deze coronacrisis Afrika niet vergeten, zeggen drie Afrika-deskundigen in de podcast Betrouwbare Bronnen. Jaap Jansen praat met drie gasten over het continent waar we niet…

  Podcast: Do not forget Africa in this crisis (in Dutch)

• Investing in Africa

  Major companies say it is time for a new chapter in sustainable trade for Africa. In a letter published today in Het Financieele Dagblad (Dutch newspaper,…

  Investing in Africa

• 180,000 smallholder farmers provided income security through COVID-19 insurance

  IDH has facilitated and funded COVID-19 insurance to provide income security for 180,000 smallholder cotton and tea farmers in India. The insurance cover will provide a one-time lump sum pay-out…

  180,000 smallholder farmers provided income security through COVID-19 insurance