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  • Sustainable fruit and vegetables sourcing at a new high

    The volume of sustainably sourced fruit and vegetables, coming from outside of Europe, has risen significantly in the past years. The SIFAV partners currently trade a combined annual volume of 3.5…

    Sustainable fruit and vegetables sourcing at a new high
  • Dutch supermarkets commit to living wage in the banana sector

    Dutch supermarkets have joined forces to ensure a living wage for banana workers in the international production chain. The partnering retailers aim is to reduce the gap between the currently…

    Dutch supermarkets commit to living wage in the banana sector
  • Gender equality comes to fruition in Costa Rica and Honduras

    Following the success of the gender initiative in the flower industry, IDH is now supporting fruit and fresh produce company Fyffes to implement gender equality programs in Costa Rica and Honduras.

    Gender equality comes to fruition in Costa Rica and Honduras
  • 1st IDH Value Chain Development project officially started

    Boosting Rwanda’s horticulture output with Dutch supported project HortInvest Together with our partners, we officially launched the HortInvest project in Rwanda. The project will professionalize the horticulture sector, improve food…

    1st IDH Value Chain Development project officially started
  • Increased gender awareness

    In India, as part of a broader gender sensitization activity across IDH programs, 2,000 field facilitators have been trained on gender awareness in their work. Through their trainings, the field…

    Increased gender awareness
  • New indicators to track and evaluate gender-equality interventions

    To empower more organizations to invest in their workforce and ensure the equal treatment of women and men, a harmonized set of key performance indicators (KPIs) has been created to record…

    New indicators to track and evaluate gender-equality interventions
  • Identifying the living wage gap at farm level

    A new self-assessment tool developed in collaboration with Rainforest Alliance Rainforest Alliance and IDH developed a self-assessment tool for identifying the living wage gap at farm level. The tool,…

    Identifying the living wage gap at farm level
  • Juice worth the squeeze

    Scaling up sustainable juice supply chains in Sierra Leone Mango and coconut farmers in Sierra Leone will receive training and support to improve their performance, and ultimately their profitability and…

    Juice worth the squeeze
  • Living wages in practice, in the avocado supply chain from Kenya

    In collaboration with IDH and Hivos, Eosta conducted a living wage research pilot, with a Kenyan avocado supplier, to research whether living waged could be used to improve social sustainability…

    Living wages in practice, in the avocado supply chain from Kenya
  • Why paying a living wage is good for both workers and business

    To get insight into why paying a living wage is good for both workers and business, we outline, in a new series of cases, the ins and…

    Why paying a living wage is good for both workers and business