A new self-assessment tool developed in collaboration with Rainforest Alliance Rainforest Alliance and IDH developed a self-assessment tool for identifying the living wage gap at farm level. The tool,…
Podcast: Finding the common ground within multi-stakeholder programs
In this month’s episode we hear from Richard Fairburn who shares his personal experience and lessons learned as senior advisor in many of IDH’s programs. What conditions are important for…
Through establishing a block farm model in Ghana, HPW has significantly increased the yields and incomes of smallholder farmers, in addition to increasing its own supply of pineapples.
Scaling up sustainable juice supply chains in Sierra Leone Mango and coconut farmers in Sierra Leone will receive training and support to improve their performance, and ultimately their profitability and…
We are in the business of wicked problems: to make change within the complexity of international trade. The question is: how do we do that? In our newly published book…
10 years back and 10 years forward – hopes and fears for agri-supply chains
Reflections from Olam CEO, Sunny Verghese and Joost Oorthuizen on agricultural developments over the last 10 years, the challenges we still face for the future and best practices in creating…
International Tea Day: Reflecting on a year steeped in positive change
It’s often said there’s nothing quite so satisfying as a nice cup of tea and a sit down. But today — International Tea Day — we’d like to offer something…
Disease management to achieve sustainability goals in tropical aquaculture has a clear business case
The environmental costs of diseases, mortality and antibiotics are high in tropical aquaculture. Fish that die before they are sold are obviously a waste of inputs. Overuse of anti-biotics, creates…
Since the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, until 10 December, Human Rights Day, IDH is proud to be joining this year’s global 16 Days of Activism…
Sunny Verghese, CEO of OLAM: “Our food system is broken. We need to fix it.” (Interview in Dutch)
Sunny Verghese, CEO of OLAM and the new Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) made a deep impression during the 10-year anniversary event of IDH, the…