Success Stories in Food System Transformation

• 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…

  Apparel program supports shift in how workers engage with factory management

• 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…

  Dialogue on responsible sourcing and access to finance for smallholders in India

• 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…

  Brazil: Carrefour Group, its foundation and IDH commit more than EUR 3 million to protect tropical forest through sustainable beef production

• IDH4Gender – The Tea and Flower Experiences

  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.

  IDH4Gender – The Tea and Flower Experiences

• Giving banana workers a decent standard of living

  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…

  Giving banana workers a decent standard of living

• 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…

  Dutch consumer organization acknowledges Sustainability Initiative of Fruits and Vegetables

• 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…

  Next steps to halt deforestation announced by chocolate industry and government of Ghana

• 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…

  Indonesia: IDH and Jambi government collaborate to help 30,000 oil palm farmers meet sustainability standards

• 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…

  Joint efforts of chocolate industry and government of Côte d’Ivoire to halt deforestation announced

• 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)…

  Food products sector boosts sustainability in production chain

• 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…

  Parceria entre IDH, Aliança da Terra e AMAGGI resulta na produção de 529 mil toneladas de soja FEFAC

• Projeto “Campos do Araguaia”, apoiado pela IDH, entrega Diagnósticos de Intensificação & Melhorias do uso da pastagem a produtores do Vale do Araguaia

  O projeto “Campos do Araguaia”, realizado pela IDH – Iniciativa para o Comércio Sustentável em parceria com a The Nature Conservancy (TNC) e o Grupo Roncador, concluiu neste mês mais…

  Projeto “Campos do Araguaia”, apoiado pela IDH, entrega Diagnósticos de Intensificação & Melhorias do uso da pastagem a produtores do Vale do Araguaia

• EU sustainable timber sourcing could protect over 5 million ha of tropical forest

  If just seven Europe’s leading tropical timber-importing countries (the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and Spain) committed to 100% sustainable sourcing of timber, over 5 million hectares of…

  EU sustainable timber sourcing could protect over 5 million ha of tropical forest

• State of sustainability of the tea sector

  At TEAM UP, the annual conference on sustainability in the tea sector, with almost 200 tea experts present, participants have given a clear sign to work together towards a prosperous…

  State of sustainability of the tea sector