Measuring volumes from responsible sources; FSI ambition
In the last months, the project partners and FSI members have been working together to finalise the measuring protocol and get some first experiences on gathering the data.
At the 5th edition of IFTEX, the International Floriculture Trade Expo in Nairobi Kenya, FSI members based in East Africa met and discussed the new round of projects with those…
The Sustainable Grapes Initiative – India was launched last month in Mumbai together with partners and industry leaders. The initiative aims to increase the sustainability of grape production.
Vanilla industry agrees on farmer livelihood improvements
Last week in Paris there was an exciting event on Vanilla with 80% of the industry and 11 representatives from Madagascar. The participants agreed to sign a cooperation agreement for…
After a successful workshop in India last August, SSI partners and some potential members, agreed to launch ‘SSI India’. This group will focus not only on increasing supply…
There is business in sustainability; increasingly consumers are aware of sustainability issues, find these important, and even make it play a part in their purchasing decisions. But apparently, companies do…
Convening a local platform: Sustainable Spice Initiative – India
A pre-platform meeting was held on the 19-20th of August, 2015 in India’s spices capital – Kochi with the members of the SSI India working group and some…