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…
Three new people have joined the ISLA global team in the past few months: Dr. N´golo Fanny as ISLA senior stakeholder manager in Côte d´Ivoire; Mahlet Shebabaw as program managers…
Even those consumers that are not very eco-savvy know Fairtrade bananas. Or they know they could give their mother fair trade roses for mother’s day. This is partially thanks to…
Minister Ploumen (Ministry of International Trade and Development Cooperation) has expressed her support for the ambition of European Sustainable Palm Oil (ESPO), an initiative of The Netherlands Oils and Fats…
A deep dive into the diverse food systems of Africa
IDH’s innovative finance manager, Johnny Brom, was one of the external partners recently invited by Cargill to join them on a ‘learning journey’ week-long trip to South Africa and Zambia,…
‘Building our Flourishing Future’ is the tagline of the ISLA program that was officially launched in Kericho, on June 30. Working closely with the private sector, the program builds on…
Raising Indonesian public awareness on deforestation
FSC Indonesia held a press conference for a large group of journalists in Jakarta, on Wednesday July 8th. The conference, supported by IDH, aimed to raise Indonesian public awareness on…