• Vanilla sector leaders collaborate to support COVID-19 prevention and safety at green bean markets

  In anticipation of the official opening last month of Madagascar’s 2020-2021 vanilla campaign, a consortium of local and international vanilla sector stakeholders came together in early May to purchase personal…

  Vanilla sector leaders collaborate to support COVID-19 prevention and safety at green bean markets

• IDH 2019 Annual Report: Delivering sustainable solutions for business impact

  Impact is the ongoing mantra for IDH, and 2019 was no exception. We’ve continued to leverage the private sector’s power, making progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and providing…

  IDH 2019 Annual Report: Delivering sustainable solutions for business impact

• Stepping up to stamp out child labor in Madagascar’s vanilla sector

  As a fine mist slowly lifted over the coastal city of Sambava, Madagascar, a small group of women and men gathered to listen, learn and share experiences on preventing the…

  Stepping up to stamp out child labor in Madagascar’s vanilla sector

• Irrigation to achieve sustainability for tea estates and smallholders

  IDH supporting tea estate Satemwa and AgDevCo Satemwa, a small family-owned business in Malawi, is one of the most innovative tea producers, producing a number of specialist teas, quality coffee and…

  Irrigation to achieve sustainability for tea estates and smallholders

• Marfrig’s production chain to be free of deforestation within ten years

  Marfrig, one of the global leaders in the beef market and the world's largest hamburger producer, today launched the Marfrig Verde+ Plan, which aims to ensure that 100% of the company's production chain is sustainable and deforestation-free within ten years. The plan was presented to investors, customers, ranchers and environmentalists in Brazil and abroad during an online event on 23 July 2020, which brought together the company’s leading executives, representatives of the financial market and civil society. The plan was development in partnership with IDH – the Sustainable Trade Initiative. Over the next ten years, Marfrig will invest 500 million reais (approx. 82.5 million Euro) in sustainability actions.

  Marfrig’s production chain to be free of deforestation within ten years

• Liberia Land Authority grants 6 communities with full ownership of ancestral land in northwest Liberia  

  On 23 July, the Liberia Land Authority officially certified six communities in northwest Liberia as land owning communities, a major milestone in the implementation of a ground-breaking land law adopted…

  Liberia Land Authority grants 6 communities with full ownership of ancestral land in northwest Liberia  

• Vanilla sector unites to bring COVID-19 protection to markets

  A container carrying COVID-19 protective equipment arrived last week at the port of Antalaha, in the heart of Madagascar’s vanilla region. The equipment, destined for over 800 newly…

  Vanilla sector unites to bring COVID-19 protection to markets

• Podcast: Building strong value chains in Africa

  IDH’s Grown Sustainably in Africa (GSA) program works with international brands to strengthen and develop their supply base on the African continent, while empowering SMEs in Africa to enhance their…

  Podcast: Building strong value chains in Africa

• Is this Black Soldier Fly the answer to food security in Africa?

  The insect larvae of the Black Soldier Fly can turn organic waste and manure into very high protein fish feed. The insects larvae production is cheap, thereby…

  Is this Black Soldier Fly the answer to food security in Africa?

• IDH sets up National Sustainable Spice Program with partners in India

  Taking learnings from the Sustainable Spice Initiative – India (SSI-I) program, IDH has now joined forces with partners that are working towards a similar goal, to set up the National…

  IDH sets up National Sustainable Spice Program with partners in India