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The impact of standards and sustainability
Annie Sugrue is Managing Director of Solidaridad Southern Africa and a member of Solidaridad's delegation at the Rio+20 Earth Summit. At…
21 August 2014
Making fair-trade mainstream
At the United Nations summit about sustainable development in Rio Solidaridad is working towards a more sustainable supply chain. In an…
Responsible Jewellery Council and Solidaridad announce collaboration based on Solidaridad's pilot project for better practices at industrial gold mines
LONDON – The Responsible Jewellery Council and non-profit organization Solidaridad have announced that they will collaborate on activities that support their…
Innovative project on responsible industrial gold mining
Solidaridad started its work on Gold in 2006 in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector. While this sector employs the…
Rio+20 crowd to learn from practical sustainable development work for farmers and environment
The UN Summit on Sustainable Development brings tens of thousands of people together to discuss the future we want, but…
Rio+20: A missed opportunity?
After two weeks of a plethora of events and meetings, the Rio Earth Summit ended amid disappointment and divisions. The…
India Cotton Programme bags BCI prize
Thousands of farmers in India benefit from Solidaridad and its implementing partners’ cotton programmes Istanbul, Turkey: The Solidaridad Cotton Solution…
First smallholders from India to be certified for Responsible Soy
With the Netherlands being the second highest importer of soybean in the world, mainly as animal feed, companies have taken…
Indonesia launches first RSPO certified cooking oil
Global output for certified palm oil is expected to increase way above the current 10% or 4.5 million tonnes in…
CONO helps to improve agricultural practices in India
The first global certification of Roundtable on Responsible Soy (RTRS) was recently awarded to farmers in India. This comes after…
20 August 2014