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A Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) project in India: empowering small-scale cotton farmers

This story highlights how Solidaridad and it’s local partner MYKAPS protected small-scale and marginal farmers in the H.D.Kote taluk of…

21 August 2014

Fairtrade and Fairmined gold is coming to Denmark. Visit Copenhagen Jewellery Fair in August for more information

Exciting news! Fairtrade and Fairmined-certified gold, previously available only in the U.K., is now available to jewellers in Denmark. I…

9th Annual Roundtable Meeting on Sustainable Palm Oil in November 2011 in Malaysia

The 9th Annual Roundtable Meeting on Sustainable Palm Oil (RT9) & 8th General Assembly (GA8) will be held from 22…

International Jewellery London 2011: Solidaridad presenting at seminar about ‘The Future of Fairtrade and Fairmined Gold’

Solidaridad will be a panelist at a seminar hosted by the Fairtrade Foundation on Fairtrade and Fairmined gold at the…

Why coffee farmers like to deliver to George Clooney's Nespresso

Jackpot successful in sustainable fashion

Marieke Weerdesteijn from Solidaridad The Netherlands and Rama Krishna from Chetna Organic present today their cooperation with fashion label Jackpot at…

Hindustan Unilever Limited and Solidaridad start smallholder tea pilots

Hindustan Unilever and Solidaridad South and Southeast Asia signed a joint statement in which they recognize the need for sustainability…

First Better Cotton licence for MYKAPS India

MYKAPS, an NGO based in Karnataka India and supporting some 1750 smallholder cotton farmers, received the first Better Cotton license…

Open letter to Solidar: How fair trade can learn from Nespresso

Nico Roozen, Solidaridad Network’s executive director, has written an open letter to the Solidar NGO network with a reaction on…

ProCotton expansion in East Africa

Through a financial contribution and collaboration with the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) and the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC),…