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  • Rabobank becomes latest Fresh & Ingredients member

    The Floriculture Sustainability Initiative, one of IDH’s sector coalitions, welcomes Dutch bank Rabobank as new industry member. Rabobank is active in the international floriculture industry, both in finance and as…

    Rabobank becomes latest Fresh & Ingredients member
  • New members join the Sustainable Juice Covenant

    More companies have joined the Sustainable Juice Covenant group. Frutco AG, V&K Pineapple Canning, and Rainforest Alliance have signed up to the covenant. The Sustainable Juice Covenant group is…

    New members join the Sustainable Juice Covenant
  • IDH e parceiros debatem abordagens inovadoras para produção sustentável no Mato Grosso e Pará

    Encontro foi realizado em maio, na cidade de Cuiabá/MT. A Iniciativa de Comércio Sustentável – IDH realizou nos dias 25 e 26 de maio, em Cuiabá/MT, um encontro com seus principais parceiros para discutir…

    IDH e parceiros debatem abordagens inovadoras para produção sustentável no Mato Grosso e Pará
  • Landscape Awareness and Money Raised through Rhino Charge Event

    The annual off-road 4x4 competition was held in Marsabit County on 3rd June 2017 and raised KES 153,499, 914 million that will be used for the conservation and protections of Kenya’s mountain range ecosystems, the so-called “Water Towers”.

    Landscape Awareness and Money Raised through Rhino Charge Event
  • PCI realiza Workshop para discutir ações prioritárias para implementação

    Membros da Estratégia PCI, representantes do Governo, de ONGs atuantes no Mato Grosso, do setor produtivo e do setor empresarial se reuniram em Cuiabá/MT. Durante os dias 23 e 24…

    PCI realiza Workshop para discutir ações prioritárias para implementação
  • Sustainable Vanilla Initiative partners with CARE to aid victims of Madagascar Cyclone

    Team to provide agriculture recovery to North Eastern Madagascar in response to Tropical Cyclone ENAWO. The Sustainable Vanilla Initiative (SVI) has partnered with CARE to support vanilla…

    Sustainable Vanilla Initiative partners with CARE to aid victims of Madagascar Cyclone
  • Soy, cocoa and palm oil programs highlighted at Amsterdam Declaration conference

    At the Multi Stakeholder Conference of the Amsterdam Group last week, policy-makers, international companies and civil society came together to address the link between the loss of natural forests and…

    Soy, cocoa and palm oil programs highlighted at Amsterdam Declaration conference
  • Presentations 1 Round Table Ghana – Cocoa and Forests Initiative

    On Thursday June 15, 2017 the first Round Table of the Cocoa and Forests Initiative was organized from 9.00-17.00h in Accra. The day, with its core focus on exchange, was…

    Presentations 1 Round Table Ghana – Cocoa and Forests Initiative
  • Présentations Premiere Table Ronde CDI – Initiative Cacao et Forêts

    Le mardi 13 juin 2017, de 09H00 à 17h00, s’est tenue à Abidjan, la première Table Ronde sur l’Initiative Cacao et Forêts. Cette journée d’échanges et de réflexions, lancée par…

    Présentations Premiere Table Ronde CDI – Initiative Cacao et Forêts
  • First Roundtables of the Cocoa and Forests Initiative

    June 13th and 15th, the first Roundtables took place in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. The Roundtables were hosted in Côte d’Ivoire by the Ministry of Public Hygiene, Environment and Sustainable…

    First Roundtables of the Cocoa and Forests Initiative
  • Spanish industry signs commitment for 100% sustainable palm oil

    A group of food companies in Spain has signed the Commitment to Support: 100% Sustainable Palm Oil in Europe by 2020. Companies including Unilever, Ferrero, Lipidos Santiga and Natra joined forces and…

    Spanish industry signs commitment for 100% sustainable palm oil
  • Experts in Amsterdam on results of Aid and Trade policy

    Dutch magazine Vice Versa is holding a congress this Friday (in Dutch) about the front running Dutch aid and trade policy. High level delegates from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,…

    Experts in Amsterdam on results of Aid and Trade policy
  • Hulp en Handel beleid werkt

    Nederland is voorloper in het stimuleren van duurzame handel om “groene” economische groei in ontwikkelingslanden te ondersteunen. Vooral duurzamere productie van agrarische grondstoffen als cacao, thee, koffie etc… die met…

    Hulp en Handel beleid werkt
  • Italian government signs the Amsterdam Palm Oil Declaration

    Italy is the latest country to sign the Amsterdam Declaration that pledges countries to promote the use of 100% sustainable palm oil by 2020. The…

    Italian government signs the Amsterdam Palm Oil Declaration