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  • Impact focus 2: Gender in the IDH transformation strategy

    This month we celebrated International Women’s Day. As IDH we believe women are key to drive growth and sustainability. Yet their potential to do so is still hampered. Action is…

    Impact focus 2: Gender in the IDH transformation strategy
  • Be Bold with IDH on International Women’s Day

    As IDH we believe women are key to drive growth and sustainability. Yet their potential to do so is still hampered. Action is required at different levels. IDH applauds and…

    Be Bold with IDH on International Women’s Day
  • Podcast: Assessing IDH contribution to public good impact – Webinar

    This podcast is taken from the webinar on impact research hosted by IDH on September 5th 2017. It provides insight into the research methodology on evaluating IDH’s contribution to public…

    Podcast: Assessing IDH contribution to public good impact – Webinar
  • IDH Forum: Driving Business Solutions for Sustainable Landscapes

    On February 9, over 100 participants from all over the globe gathered in Amsterdam to learn from each other how to build multi-stakeholder coalitions for sustainable landscapes where forests are…

    IDH Forum: Driving Business Solutions for Sustainable Landscapes
  • Improving smallholder livelihoods with service delivery models

    Giant networks will make businessmen of smallholder farmers, was the header in a recent Dutch magazine. Probably that’s overstating it, but there is some truth. We see a paradigm shift…

    Improving smallholder livelihoods with service delivery models
  • IDH’s focus on impact

    Starting in 2017, IDH will focus on creating impact in 5 key areas: deforestation mitigation, improved working conditions (including living wages), gender equality, smallholder inclusion and agrochemical management which all…

    IDH’s focus on impact
  • Journey towards sustainable cotton continues

    This month, IDH published the last report of the Better Cotton Fast Track Program (BCFTP). The progress on sustainable cotton doesn’t stop here though, as the BCFTP has merged into…

    Journey towards sustainable cotton continues
  • Agricultural Lenders Adopt Shared Principles

    9 members’ of The Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance have applied shared social and environmental principles across their loan portfolios. This encompasses roughly $600 million to businesses providing services to…

    Agricultural Lenders Adopt Shared Principles
  • Which companies procure the most Better Cotton?

    Which retailers and brands lead the Better Cotton league? The Top 10 (volume) Better Cotton sourcing businesses include many high-street favorites from around the world. In descending order of magnitude,…

    Which companies procure the most Better Cotton?
  • Kenyan Ministry of Environment supports IDH’s landscape program in South West Mau Forest

    IDH’s landscape program team in Kenya (ISLA Kenya), together with private sector partners and the Dutch ambassador, met with the ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in Nairobi on 23…

    Kenyan Ministry of Environment supports IDH’s landscape program in South West Mau Forest
  • Business Solutions for Landscapes

    February 9 the IDH Forum DRIVING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES was held in Amsterdam. Designed as a catalyzer for innovative solutions, over 100 high level representatives from 11…

    Business Solutions for Landscapes
  • German Ministry put coffee at the top of their sustainability agenda

    By signing cooperation with the Global Coffee Platform (GCP), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Coöperation and Development (BMZ) demonstrate their long-term commitment to positively impacting the livelihoods of coffee…

    German Ministry put coffee at the top of their sustainability agenda
  • German and Australian support for sustainable cotton

    The BCI Growth and Innovation Fund, which project portfolio is managed by BCI, IDH and cotton sourcing companies has recieved significant financial support from the German government. At the same…

    German and Australian support for sustainable cotton
  • IDH apparel program in Vietnam unlocks huge savings

    150 Olympic swimming pools, electricity to turn on 19.662 televisions for a year and 2.629.000 USD in savings. These are the improvements that have been achieved with the first 3…

    IDH apparel program in Vietnam unlocks huge savings