Success Stories in Food System Transformation

• Cocoa and Forests Initiative planning towards COP 23

  A high level planning is now available for stakeholders to follow along and contribute to the process. Month Objective May: Identify and develop the format for the…

  Cocoa and Forests Initiative planning towards COP 23

• Cocoa and Forests Governance Structure Approved

  The governance structure for both Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana is now approved and beginning its work as the implementation phase commences. In both countries, several open roundtables will be organized…

  Cocoa and Forests Governance Structure Approved

• Sustainable tea discussions in Kenya

  IDH, together with the Ethical Tea Partnership, hosted the first-ever Team Up Africa in May. The theme of this tea and sustainability conference was Going Above and Beyond, reflecting…

  Sustainable tea discussions in Kenya

• Supporting sustainable and child labor free vanilla growing communities in Sava

  IDH, through the Sustainable Vanilla Initiative, together with the International Labor Office start the project ‘SAVA-BE’ in the vanilla sector. A project to supporting sustainable and child labor free vanilla…

  Supporting sustainable and child labor free vanilla growing communities in Sava

• Unilever and IDH celebrate strategic partnership at Partner to Win in London

  Launched in 2011, Partner to Win is a Unilever program designed to drive closer collaboration with its most strategic suppliers. On the annual global PTW summit in London in this…

  Unilever and IDH celebrate strategic partnership at Partner to Win in London

• World Bank report on eliminating deforestation in cocoa supply chains

  The new report, Eliminating Deforestation from the Cocoa Supply Chain, presents a first set of principles for achieving sustainable, deforestation-free cocoa production. The report analyzes current sustainability projects and…

  World Bank report on eliminating deforestation in cocoa supply chains

• South Sumatra’s green growth plan officially launched

  During the Bonn Challenge in South Sumatra on 9-10 May, the South Sumatran governor, Alex Noerdin, officially presented his provincial green growth plan to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

  South Sumatra’s green growth plan officially launched

• Next steps for Race to the Top

  Last week was a good week for our Race to the Top program in Vietnam. First discussions on wastewater and chemical usage in the industry, the uptake of renewable energy,…

  Next steps for Race to the Top

• Service Delivery Models: Investing for Impact, ITC chili peppers in India

  ITC Spices worked with IDH to understand the impact of their service delivery model (SDM) investments on chili pepper farms in India. The analysis showed positive return on investment for…

  Service Delivery Models: Investing for Impact, ITC chili peppers in India

• ENAWO Recovery Agricultural Program supporting vanilla communities

  The Sustainable Vanilla Initiative has developed a program with CARE to support vanilla communities in Madagascar in their recovery from Tropical Cyclone ENAWO. ‘Agriculture Recovery to North Eastern Madagascar in…

  ENAWO Recovery Agricultural Program supporting vanilla communities

• A giant leap forward for over 30,000 smallholders in the Philippines

  Agri-finance company Agronomika Finance Corporation, agri-business company Kennemer Foods International Inc., FMO and IDH are partnering to provide a Philippine peso loan in the equivalent of USD 2 million for…

  A giant leap forward for over 30,000 smallholders in the Philippines

• Thousands of trees planted to jointly protect SW Mau Forest, improve lives

  Kericho– April 7, 2017… Today, local community, various private companies, public sector players and NGOs have come together to plant thousands of tree seedlings on degraded land along the North-Eastern…

  Thousands of trees planted to jointly protect SW Mau Forest, improve lives

• TEAM UP 2017 in Africa this year

  The world’s number one tea and sustainability conference, TEAM UP, will this year take place in Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday 10th May 2017.      …

  TEAM UP 2017 in Africa this year

• Looking for Fund Investment Advisor, Production Protection Inclusion Fund

  IDH aims to select an Investment Advisor for the Production Protection Inclusion Fund (PPIF). The PPIF aims to internalize forest conservation and restoration into public and private sector policy by…

  Looking for Fund Investment Advisor, Production Protection Inclusion Fund