In this new podcast episode, we discuss with Veronique Bovee, Deputy Director at Proforest, what aspects the palm oil industry can improve to achieve sustainability goals and what are the risks of the EU deforestation regulation on smallholder farmers. During the discussion, Veronique also highlights the positive aspects of the collaboration between IDH and Proforest and how we can work together towards a more sustainable palm oil industry ..read more

In this episode Celine Gilart, Director of Social Impact and Sustainability at Twinings, provides concrete examples of how women’s empowerment and gender equality can work to not only improve lives, but also be an engine for economic growth and business. It is clear there is a long way to go before we can say that all supply chains are safe and empowering for women, but efforts are being made to get there. IDH and Twining’s are collaborating, alongside Unilever, Ethical Tea Partnership, Tesco and Taylors, through “The Women’s Safety Accelerator Fund” to address the root causes of gender-based ..read more

Attempts to make our value chains gender inclusive can often mean adding women into the picture, but not really changing the power dynamics between men and women. IDH believes that to make our value chains sustainable, traditional norms, behaviours, and power dynamics need to be challenged and transformed. And male engagement on gender issues will be an essential part of that work. How can male engagement help make business gender transformative? Listen to the podcast in conversation with Cesar Maita, Gender Lead and Matthew Spencer, Global Director Landscapes at IDH. Learn more about IDH’s wo ..read more

How is IDH working toward transforming the Palm Oil market? This podcast speaks with Neha Simlai, Senior Program Manager, based at the IDH India office on the potential of regional Asian markets, in particular India, to turn the tide towards responsible palm oil uptake and production ..read more

Meet Talash Huibers, a young Kenyan agripreneur who is passionate about using her business to bring a transformative change to the world and who proofs that agriculture is cool and lucrative especially for the youth and women. She is the founder of InsectiPro, a company that is in business of growing insects. In this IDH podcast, our communication manager in IDH Kenya, Solomon Irungu, had a conversation with her and she explains how she sees the world in color, not in black and white. Find out more about the work InsectiPro and IDH undertake together in this article: https://www.idhsustainable ..read more

Seafood MAP is a globally inclusive digital platform to compile, accelerate, and improve all fisheries and aquaculture efforts on the pathway to sustainability. In this podcast, both Angel Matamoro, Chief CSR and Institutional Relations Officer of Nueva Pescanova Group; and Annika Mackensen, Advisor sustainable fisheries and aquaculture- explain why they support Seafood MAP ..read more

Slowly but surely, European commitments for using responsible and conversion-free soy are becoming concrete, as we can see in the 3rd European Soy Monitor that was recently launched. But what does responsible and conversion-free soy actually mean and how is uptake calculated in a commodities environment where transparency is lacking? In the new Sustainable Trade Podcast episode, Guilherme do Couto Justo, Program Manager of Soy at IDH spoke with Heleen van den Hombergh, Senior Advisor and Convener for Sustainable Agrocommodities at IUCN Netherlands, Coordinator of the Dutch Soy Platform and CSI ..read more

In April of this year, 2021, 12 companies came together in a call to action to help eradicate poverty through a commitment to build a living wage economy together. IDH is working to secure living wages through the Roadmap on Living Wages - a platform of more than 30 companies that work to strengthen international alignment and build tangible solutions regarding living wage. Eosta, a leading importer, packer, and distributor of organically grown fresh produce, is a member of this platform and regards living wage as the most important topic in the social domain for the coming years. We spoke wit ..read more

The discussions you will hear in this podcast were all part of a learning event on cocoa traceability organized in October 2020 by Beyond Chocolate. Beyond Chocolate is a partnership for a more sustainable Belgian chocolate sector, and one of the critical targets that partners have committed to is “ending deforestation linked to cocoa production for the Belgian market by 2030”. The challenges and complexities within achieving this target are explored throughout the podcast. For this conversation, IDH brought together key cocoa experts such as, Andrew Brooks, Head of Cocoa Sustainability at Ola ..read more

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