GAA brings its BAP standard to GSSI Benchmark Tool
The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification scheme has submitted an application to the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) following the launch of its Global Benchmark Tool.
IDH CEO Joost Oorthuizen listed among the 100 top sustainability leaders in the Netherlands
IDH CEO Joost Oorthuizen has been listed number 61 out of the 100 top sustainability drivers in the Netherlands on the “Sustainable 100” ranking by Trouw, a major Dutch newspaper.
ISLA Coalition in Ethiopia sets priorities for joint action
ISLA Ethiopia coalition of public, private and civil society stakeholders gathered in Ziway town on the 1st of Oct 2015 to validate short listed joint actions for implementation in the…
From Smallholder to Small Business: Private Sector Insights on Service Delivery Models that Boost Profitability and Improve Farmer Impact. This report offers a first set of insights, distilled from the…
Women form the majority of the world’s estimated 25 million coffee farmers, yet coffee is seen as a men’s crop. A sustainable supply of good quality and sufficient quantity…
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…
Ambitious new goals Looking at the new goals we see that they are pretty ambitious; like ‘End poverty in all its forms everywhere’, and ‘End hunger, achieve food security and…
“Whites don’t cheat” was one of the remarks given by a cocoa farmer, when asked why he would sell to Ecom. This initially shocking remark was later revealed as an…