Towards an equal and safe workplace in the tea estate

This year the Women’s Safety Accelerator Fund (WSAF) successfully reached 60.000 of tea workers in India, 75% of them are women, about safe and empowering workplace. More than 300.000 community…

Promoting responsible sourcing in India with frontrunning and domestic brands

IDH India, with a view to create systematic engagement with supply and value chain actors and grow the responsible sourcing movement in India, is partnering with businesses to create a…

Belgian supermarkets commit to living wage in the banana sector by 2027

Five major retailers in Belgium have joined forces to commit to a living wage for banana workers throughout their international supply chains. The coalition of retailers aims to close the…

African landscapes formalize their commitments towards becoming farmer and nature positive

Three landscapes in Africa have taken the same approach to formalize their commitments towards sustainable production and enhance ecosystem resilience and community well-being. In South-East Liberia and in Ethiopia’s Central…

ISCO Mission to Ghana

The Living Wage Action Guide is now live

Explore how you can take action with your supply chain partners to close living wage gaps   IDH is launching a new resource under the Roadmap on Living Wages: the…

Women’s Safety Accelerator Fund program strengthens awareness of gender-based violence in the tea industry through #16DaysOfActivism campaign

Initiated in 2021, the goal of the Women’s Safety Accelerator Fund (WSAF) program has been to build awareness and understanding of gender-based violence (GBV) and support the tea industry to…

How young girls and women are navigating change in the tea gardens of Assam- A generation equality perspective.

Sonja Tassa, a young school teacher from Kamakhyabari tea estate (TE) is setting an example in the estate for other young girls to learn from. Sonja, a graduate, is passionate…

IDH facilitates Rwanda’s first avocado export by sea freight

On 25 November 2022, Rwanda shipped it’s first container of avocados by sea. Why is this a milestone worth celebrating? Right now, all horticulture produced in Rwanda is shipped via…

International Black Pepper Conference (VIPO 2022): An Overview