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• Leveling up on living wages to address inequality

  Daan Wensing reflects in this opinion piece for The Business Commission to Tackle Inequality from the WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development…

  Leveling up on living wages to address inequality

• Africa’s SMEs will make or break its food systems

  This opinion article was first published by African Business on 8 September 2022   Bold actions are needed to transform the way Africa…

  Africa’s SMEs will make or break its food systems

• Busting myths to reveal the reality around living incomes

  For many farmers around the world, hard work does not necessarily result in a decent income. Volatile prices, the effects of climate change, rising production costs – all eat into…

  Busting myths to reveal the reality around living incomes

• In Climate Justice: Future milestone or essential part of business planning?

    Communities that bear the greatest burden of climate change impacts are often those that have contributed…

  In Climate Justice: Future milestone or essential part of business planning?

• To beat rising hunger, Africa needs a sustainable food business

  This opinion piece was first published in Thomson Reuters Foundation News. Inefficient markets and limited access to finance and services often lead to waste and loss…

  To beat rising hunger, Africa needs a sustainable food business

• How businesses can achieve living wages with surprising benefits

  This opinion piece was first published at the World Economic Forum: www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/how-businesses-can-start-implementing-the-living-wage-and-its-surprising-benefits/  Quick Summary Growing disparities in income and wealth are leaving people behind. This inequality…

  How businesses can achieve living wages with surprising benefits

• 6 ways digital tech can aid the transition to regenerative agriculture

  Soil degradation is a growing threat to agricultural productivity, smallholder farmer incomes, and global food security. Varied estimates suggest that 20-40% of the Earth’s land area is either degraded or…

  6 ways digital tech can aid the transition to regenerative agriculture

• A Candid Conversation on Living Income

  We often under-estimate the power of in-person meetings to make things happen. After two years of pandemic precautions and virtual meetings, I had the opportunity for in-person engagement with stakeholders…

  A Candid Conversation on Living Income

• Making Progress in Nicaragua: Interview with the Global Manager of Aldea Global

  Aldea Global is an association of smallholder farmers with over 13,000 members, including  6,200 coffee farmers, based in Nicaragua that exports fair trade and organic coffee to Asia, Europe and…

  Making Progress in Nicaragua: Interview with the Global Manager of Aldea Global

• How Collective Action Can Transform Landscapes To Forest Positive 

  As the world marks Earth Day, the Forest Positive Coalition and IDH -The Sustainable Trade Initiative, share five elements of success for landscape-level programs working to restore and protect forests. 

  How Collective Action Can Transform Landscapes To Forest Positive 

• Individual action and collaboration critical to closing living income gaps

  Poverty has been a reality in supply chains for generations. An inadequate portion of the value generated by global commodities makes its way to the smallholder farmers producing cacao, coffee,…

  Individual action and collaboration critical to closing living income gaps

• How can data-sharing partnerships enhance access to finance for smallholder farmers?

  Access to finance is a key challenge holding back smallholder farmers. This finance gap represents a business opportunity ripe for innovation. Data-sharing partnerships hold the potential for improving access to…

  How can data-sharing partnerships enhance access to finance for smallholder farmers?

• Turning Europe’s good intentions into effective action to stop deforestation

  It is said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions and the same is true when it comes to international efforts to halt deforestation. This week, the IPCC released its Sixth Assessment Report, once again highlighting the key role of forest protection in mitigating climate change and adapting to its impacts. Despite decades of such advice and well-meaning policy, we’re still losing our remaining forests at an alarming rate.

  Turning Europe’s good intentions into effective action to stop deforestation

• Fear or Pragmatism: How Will Global Commodity Markets Respond?

  The 6th IPCC report shows that while financial flows are not enough to limit warming to below 2°C (3.6°F) by 2030, there is sufficient global capital and liquidity to close…

  Fear or Pragmatism: How Will Global Commodity Markets Respond?