Tagged with "Deforestation"

• IDH, FAPCEN and over 50 partners launch new Compact for sustainable development in Brazilian Cerrado

  A public-private coalition of over 50 partners has signed an agreement to collectively manage long-term sustainable development in the region of Balsas (Maranhão), in Matopiba, Brazil’s biggest agricultural frontier. The coalition has committed to actions to end illegal deforestation in the region by 2025 and to transition to sustainable methods of agricultural production.

  IDH, FAPCEN and over 50 partners launch new Compact for sustainable development in Brazilian Cerrado

• Understanding sustainable tropical wood products through data

  With COVID-19 crippling economies and trade across the globe, it has never been more important to halt illegal deforestation and fuel the growth of sustainable tropical timber. This is a…

  Understanding sustainable tropical wood products through data

• Understanding sustainable secondary tropical wood products through data

  IDH’s latest data report on sustainable tropical timber explores Europe’s impact on tropical forests as a result of secondary tropical wood imports (doors, moldings, other joinery, and windows). It builds…

  Understanding sustainable secondary tropical wood products through data

• IDH UK endorses industry deforestation due diligence response

  IDH UK has supported 22 major companies including Unilever and Nestlé with a response on proposed UK legislation for due diligence requirements for forest risk commodities. The main conclusion is…

  IDH UK endorses industry deforestation due diligence response

• Dutch Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (DISCO) launched

  Committing the Netherlands which accounts for approximately 20-25% of cocoa traded globally to enable cocoa farming families to earn a Living Income, end cocoa related deforestation and forest degradation and…

  Dutch Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (DISCO) launched

• Latest data shows 86% of palm oil imported to Europe sustainable

  The latest data report published by EPOA and IDH is showing that, in 2019, some 86% of European palm oil imports was sustainable. Highlighting progress in the work towards…

  Latest data shows 86% of palm oil imported to Europe sustainable

• 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

• Press release – IDH and Conservation International Partner to Support Green COVID-19 Recovery and Sustainable Supply Chains

  IDH and Conservation International Partner to Support Green COVID-19 Recovery and Sustainable Supply Chains Arlington, VA (June 17, 2020) – Today, Conservation International and IDH – The Sustainable…

  Press release – IDH and Conservation International Partner to Support Green COVID-19 Recovery and Sustainable Supply Chains

• Redoubling the efforts for a sustainable soy industry

  Our latest European Soy Monitor demonstrates the beginning of progress. Looking at soybean meal consumption in 2018 in Europe, 38% is FEFAC SSG compliant and 19% deforestation-free, the start of…

  Redoubling the efforts for a sustainable soy industry

• European Soy Monitor 2018

  38% FEFAC SSG compliant & 19% deforestation-free We release the second European Soy Monitor into a world facing an unprecedented crisis. While our daily efforts go to supporting all partners…

  European Soy Monitor 2018