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South African cotton shows high potential for a sustainable future
Aligned with an industry-wide initiative, Solidaridad, with funding from the Dutch government, is partnering with the Sustainable Cotton Cluster and…
31 October 2017
Solidaridad Indonesia strengthens capacity to meet climate change agenda
Yayasan Solidaridad Network Indonesia (YSNI) has been working on increasing climate awareness and improving supply chains which lead to sustainability…
Ethiopia approves new coffee initiative after political unrest
Solidaridad began implementing the Oromia Coffee Development Project in South Oromia this year after receiving approval from the recently stabilized…
27 October 2017
UC Berkeley and Solidaridad to jointly host workshop on agrifood innovations
On 18 and 19 April 2018, the College of Natural Resources, at the University of California, Berkeley, in collaboration with…
19 October 2017
Dutch dairy leader invests in sustainable farm in Bangladesh
The Lekkerkerker Group, which includes several dairy production and equipment companies, collected 11,000 euros for Solidaridad during the anniversary celebration…
17 October 2017
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs concludes educational field visit to Colombia
A delegation from Solidaridad Europe and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited Colombia in late August to monitor the…
12 October 2017
Global Partnerships Essential for Increasing Uptake of Sustainable Cotton
The 2017 Sustainable Cotton Ranking report, developed by Pesticide Action Network (PAN), Solidaridad and WWF, was released last week. The…
10 October 2017
New platform encourages collaboration on sustainable coffee in Central America
The Global Coffee Platform, UTZ, and Solidaridad signed a Memorandum of Understanding this year. The aim is to expand the…
06 October 2017
Leading brands improve performance on sustainable cotton but many fall short
Leading international retailers C&A, H&M, M&S and Maxingvest (eg. Tchibo) have joined IKEA as "frontrunners" in 2017’s Sustainable Cotton Ranking,…
02 October 2017
Blog: Teenage, single mother to cocoa farmer – Linda's story
In his recent blog below, Solidaridad Managing Director for North America, Sebastian Teunissen, talks about the need for greater international…
28 September 2017
