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New Insights on Reaching Living Income

A baseline analysis from farmer field books of cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire. Download publication Download publication…

IDH UK endorses industry deforestation due diligence response

IDH UK has supported 22 major companies including Unilever and Nestlé with a response on proposed UK legislation for due diligence requirements for forest risk commodities. The main conclusion is…

Dutch Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (DISCO) launched

Committing the Netherlands which accounts for approximately 20-25% of cocoa traded globally to enable cocoa farming families to earn a Living Income, end cocoa related deforestation and forest degradation and…

Ngoleagorbu Becomes the First Farmer-Led Organization in Sierra Leone to Directly Export Forest-Friendly Fairtrade-Certified Cocoa

NGOCFU farmers sign & present their first export contract with Etico Ngoleagorbu Cocoa Farmers’ Union (NGOCFU), of Kenema, Sierra Leone gained its export license on 20 July 2020 and on…

Grand Mbam, Cameroon

Dutch Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (DISCO)

Improve the livelihoods of cocoa farming families and the natural environment important for the Dutch cocoa industry

Investing in Africa

Major companies say it is time for a new chapter in sustainable trade for Africa. In a letter published today in Het Financieele Dagblad (Dutch newspaper,…

State of Huila (Colombia) signs partnership with IDH to implement Production, Protection and Inclusion strategy

The Governor of the State of Huila (Colombia), Luis Enrique Dussan, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 27 May 2020 with Program Director for Global Landscapes at IDH - the Sustainable Trade Initiative, Daan Wensing, at an online ceremony to formalize their commitment to implement a territorial development strategy based on the principles of production, protection and inclusion (PPI).

A recipe for success? Three measures protecting the Cavally forest in West Africa from illegal cocoa farming activities.

For International Day for Biological Diversity we spoke with Dr. Emmanuelle Normand, Manager of Côte d’Ivoire team at the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF) on the critical work that has…

Biodiversity makes business sense: International Day for Biological Diversity

The Leuser ecosystem is one of the only places in the world where orangutans, elephants, tigers, sun bears and rhinos co-exist in the wild. In the buffer zone of the Leuser Ecosystem in Aceh Tamiang, local smallholders and communities are restoring degraded lands by planting fruit trees, vegetables and hardwood trees. This contributes to increased biodiversity while providing alternative income sources for the smallholders.