Tagged with "Food Crops & Ingredients"

IRBC Agreement Floriculture webinar EU due diligence legislation

Trade associations promote awareness about due diligence legislation among their supporters On 2 December, the Secretariat of the IRBC agreement for the Floriculture Sector (IDH), the Dutch Ministry of Foreign…

IRBC Agreement Floriculture – Code of Conduct

A starting point for a due diligence process One of the core objectives in the IRBC agreement for the floricultural sector (Dutch: IMVO Convenant Sierteeltsector) is that companies…

Keep focusing on the big picture of improving wages

The issue of living wages evokes strong emotions. Most people agree that decent work should be remunerated with wages that provide a decent livelihood. Advocates for a living wage in…

Whitepaper: Unlocking Regional Food Trade

SJC surpasses 2020 target of 30% sustainable juice volumes

The joint efforts of the companies united in the Sustainable Juice Covenant (SJC) are bearing fruit: the latest progress report for the SJC 2030 program indicates…

IRBC Floriculture Annual Report for year 1

The annual report for the first year of the IRBC Floriculture captures the activities, outputs, and remaining plans for the IRBC Floriculture and its members. The report is written in…

SJC General Assembly: Progress, projects and initiatives on the way to more sustainable juice

On June 9th, the members of the Sustainable Juice Covenant (SJC) came together online for their General Assembly. The objective: To update the members on the latest developments within the…

IDH 2020 Annual Report: Sustainable Business Models Delivering Impact

In 2020 the pandemic hit the world hard. Especially the most vulnerable groups, and showed us how important it is to shift the economy to benefit producers, workers…

Spice sector stakeholders convened to boost market linkage from Meghalaya

IDH and the Government of Meghalaya, India hosted a Market Linkage Platform meeting for spices produced in Meghalaya on May 18-19, 2021. The meeting, facilitated under the State government’s Meghalaya…

Supermarkets provide insight into the living wage gap for their bananas

The Dutch supermarkets under our Banana Retail Commitment on Living Wage have provided insight into the gap between current wages and the living wage. The participating…