Success Stories in Food System Transformation

• Launch of the Beyond Chocolate & GISCO Online Reporting Tool

  Beyond Chocolate and the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO) would like to invite all reporting partners to the launch of their online reporting tool and first joint monitoring round.

  Launch of the Beyond Chocolate & GISCO Online Reporting Tool

• Companies take action towards living wages

  Today IDH announced with global companies Aldi Nord, Aldi Sud, Eosta, Fyffes,…

  Companies take action towards living wages

• New study on cocoa traceability makes recommendation towards more transparency in the cocoa sector

  IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative and the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO) have jointly commissioned a study on cocoa traceability, which is released today. The study is supported by…

  New study on cocoa traceability makes recommendation towards more transparency in the cocoa sector

• Remote audits to protect workers and environment

  Auditing to verify sustainability is key to control progress on topics ranging from environmental sustainability to worker safety and even food safety. The COVID-19 pandemic has far reaching impact on…

  Remote audits to protect workers and environment

• First standards compliant with new environmental criteria in flowers sector

  Reliable and comparable data collection to demonstrate good practice and drive further improvement.   Three floriculture sustainability standards have been recognized compliant with a new set of environmental criteria for…

  First standards compliant with new environmental criteria in flowers sector

• Pacto PCI Sorriso lidera certificação de soja RTRS em Mato Grosso

  Produtores do município tiveram 50% dos gastos com auditoria da certificação RTRS cobertos pela Bayer, por meio da plataforma Orbia A Bayer, em parceria com a Iniciativa para o Comércio…

  Pacto PCI Sorriso lidera certificação de soja RTRS em Mato Grosso

• Interview with Pieter Van de Sype, BOS+

  One of the main goals of the Beyond Chocolate Initiative is to put an end to cocoa related deforestation. To reach this ambitious goal, Beyond Chocolate can count on expert…

  Interview with Pieter Van de Sype, BOS+

• Landscape approach contributes to carbon reduction in coffee production in Vietnam

  The smart agriculture interventions that IDH, JDE, and its partners carried out in recent years through in Vietnam through its Landscape Program have helped decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from…

  Landscape approach contributes to carbon reduction in coffee production in Vietnam

• CFI Sensitization Activities in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire

  The Beyond Chocolate Partnership aims to end deforestation linked to cocoa production for the Belgian market. To achieve this goal, the partnership can build on the work done by the…

  CFI Sensitization Activities in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire

• Forest Conservation in the Project “Direct Market Access for Ituri Smallholder Farmers Producing Deforestation-free Premium cacao”

  In March 2021, Cacao Okapi, UPCCO, ZOTO, Silva Cacao, Rikolto and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) started the implementation of a sustainability project in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic…

  Forest Conservation in the Project “Direct Market Access for Ituri Smallholder Farmers Producing Deforestation-free Premium cacao”

• New city administrators recognize the importance of the PCI Regional Compacts and guarantee the continuity of support for the strategy

  One of the main challenges when it comes to long-term initiatives for territory management is maintaining the engagement of the participating actors. This also applies to the local government. A…

  New city administrators recognize the importance of the PCI Regional Compacts and guarantee the continuity of support for the strategy

• Alquería, Nestlé, Yara and IDH join forces to promote sustainable livestock farming in Colombia

  Alquería, Nestlé and Yara, leading and reference companies in the food industry in Colombia, announced their participation in the Alliance for the sustainable development of the dairy sector in the…

  Alquería, Nestlé, Yara and IDH join forces to promote sustainable livestock farming in Colombia

• Mato Grosso Government reinforces PCI Institute Governing Council

  To strengthen the integration and development of agendas, the PCI Institute counts, from now on, on the participation of the Mato Grosso State Government as a member of the Governing…

  Mato Grosso Government reinforces PCI Institute Governing Council

• Sema-MT submits deforestation reduction data to the World Bank

  The Mato Grosso State Secretariat for the Environment (Sema-MT) has submitted to the World Bank monitoring mission the actions developed over the past year to fight illegal deforestation, monitor compliance,…

  Sema-MT submits deforestation reduction data to the World Bank