Reducing environmental impact in the flowers sector
With increasing attention on the impacts of agrochemical use in the global production of flowers, and broader market demands for improved environmental practices, the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI) is taking…
Living wage: discussions with banana producers in Costa Rica
With draft figures from the living wage benchmark study in Costa Rica now available, the IDH banana project has moved to the next step: calculating the current wages associated with…
A success story from a pepper province – Dak Lak, Vietnam
A project to develop a sustainable pepper supply chain has greatly surpassed its set goal in the Dak Lak province in Vietnam. In total 341 households got Rainforest Alliance (RA)…
Blog: Accelerating Production, Protection and Inclusion in the Cocoa Sector
Bringing commitments to action for zero net deforestation. This blog piece originally featured on the TFA2020 website. A growing number of companies have joined the Consumer Goods Forum’s resolution…
Willem Klaassens, especialista em trade da IDH, visita o Brasil
A IDH – Iniciativa para o Comércio Sustentável vem desenvolvendo o conceito de “Áreas de Originação Verificada” nos territórios que atua ao redor do mundo e foi este tema que…
IDH participa do 8º Dia de Campo promovido pela Embrapa
Produzir mais, em uma mesma área, conservando o solo e preservando os recursos naturais, essa foi a bandeira levantada no 8º Dia de Campo sobre Sistemas Integrados de Produção Agropecuária,…
Membros da Estratégia PCI se reúnem para apresentação do relatório 2016/2017
No dia 10 de abril, a IDH – Iniciativa para o Comércio Sustentável se reuniu com os demais membros da Estratégia PCI – Produzir, Conservar e Incluir para a primeira…
IDH marca presença na reunião anual da Iniciativa 20×20 em Lima, no Peru
Cerca de 200 pessoas, incluindo representantes dos ministérios do meio ambiente e da agricultura de 17 países, além de mais de 60 instituições técnicas e financeiras, entre elas a IDH…
IDH compartilha experiências de pactos regionais na Embaixada da Holanda
Representantes dos pactos regionais do Vale do Juruena (MT) e de Paragominas (PA) foram convidados pela IDH – Iniciativa para o Comércio Sustentável para uma reunião técnica com a Embaixada…
Creating value from farm to fork: from Guatemala to Sweden
Over the past two years, IDH, Nature’s Pride and ICA Sweden have collaborated to pilot an innovative model to include smallholder farmers in the Nature’s Pride – ICA vegetable value…
Superunie calls the Sustainable Juice Covenant logical next step
The buying cooperative that represents 13 independent retail organizations in the Netherlands joined the global initiative to make the sourcing of fruit juices sustainable. Cindy Verhoeven manager sustainable sourcing at…
Orangutan corridor: Public-private partnership to help protect Indonesia’s wildlife
The Indonesian palm oil company Bumitama is working with the government, local communities and other companies to conserve an ‘orangutan corridor’ that passes through their palm concession in West Kalimantan…
Times that ministers from emerging economies came to visit Europe to ask for money are long gone. This week, the Colombian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Juan Guillermo Zuluaga…
Unique farmer stories portrayed in latest report on the sustainable spices sector in India
IDH published its latest report on the Sustainable Spices Initiative India (SSI-I). The report gives a good overview of the Indian spices sector and multiple projects that are currently taking…