African Food System Transformation Event

IDH and Conseil du Café-Cacao launch Cocoaperation

IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative and the Conseil du Café-Cacao started Cocoaperation. Through this new partnership they support the transition of cocoa farming towards a viable business activity for as many cocoa farming families in Côte d’Ivoire as possible,

IDH en Conseil du Café-Cacao lanceren Cocoaperation

Nieuw partnership wil inkomens van 100.000 Ivoriaanse cacaoboeren verhogen Utrecht, 28 juli 2022 – Het Nederlandse IDH is samen met het Ivoriaanse Conseil du Café-Cacao Cocoaperation gestart. In deze nieuwe samenwerking…

To beat rising hunger, Africa needs a sustainable food business

This opinion piece was first published in Thomson Reuters Foundation News. Inefficient markets and limited access to finance and services often lead to waste and loss…

Cocoa and Forests Initiative Webinar

How businesses can achieve living wages with surprising benefits

This opinion piece was first published at the World Economic Forum: www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/how-businesses-can-start-implementing-the-living-wage-and-its-surprising-benefits/  Quick Summary Growing disparities in income and wealth are leaving people behind. This inequality…

More B Corps and more workers to benefit from a living wage

B Lab, a leader in movement for economic system change, is aligning to the IDH Living Wage Roadmap.   B Lab has launched new guidance on implementing a…

European and UK retailers step closer to alignment on living wages in banana supply chains

At a gathering about living wages in the banana sector, retailers made a first step towards alignment by agreeing on one common timeline for collecting and remotely checking wage data…

Press Release: IDH Farmfit Fund partners with Oikocredit to provide a syndicated loan to Unispice

The long-term investment will support the sustainable growth and expansion of Unispice, a family-owned Guatemalan producer of fresh gourmet vegetables. Utrecht — July 5th, 2022 — IDH Farmfit…

501 cocoa farmers receive Land Right Documentation Under Beyond Chocolate Project in Ghana

The Cocoa Household Income Diversification Project initiated by Barry Callebaut Sourcing AG, Cocoa Horizons Foundation, Aldi South Group in 2020-2022 and co-funded under the Beyond Chocolate Program aims to reach…