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First-ever fairtrade gold medal awarded at EYOF 2013
World’s first fairtrade gold medal will be presented this Monday during the European Youth Olympic Festival in Utrecht, the Netherlands.…
20 August 2014
New tea programme Sri Lanka looks beyond certification
A new three year tea programme with Douwe Egberts Foundation in Sri Lanka aims to certify estates and small-scale farmers…
Cocoa industry commits to sustainable transformation
Over the last five years, the cocoa industry has been completely transformed by a wave of corporate commitments to sustainability…
In Memoriam: Javier Coello
Solidaridad would like to express our deep sorrow for the loss of our colleague and dear friend Javier Coello, who…
Solidaridad, Dutch government and Nestlé launch major food security programme in East Africa
Solidaridad, together with farmer organisations in East Africa, the Kenyan coffee research institute and companies including Nestlé, is launching a…
Henkel and Solidaridad foster smallholder programme to support sustainable palm oil
Together with Henkel’s Laundry & Home Care business sector Solidaridad will start a 3-year programme in Honduras (Central America) to…
Conference: Agriculture for Impact
“The fast-growing domestic and regional agricultural markets in Africa’s cities are less demanding and more dependable than those for high…
Promotion of responsible soy in India leads to huge benefits
An impact study by the independent Indian consultancy MART shows that a three year producer support to soy smallholders in…
Solidaridad event: How to change the world with sugarcane
In our vision sugarcane can play an important part in the replacement of oil in producing for example fuels, chemicals and…
Campaign launch to stimulate and inspire businesses to change the world with sugarcane
International non profit organization Solidaridad launches a unique new and positive campaign to create company commitment to improve the world…