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🌱 Transforming Pepper Cultivation in Indonesia with aGROWforests We’re excited to share our latest video showcasing how the aGROWforests programme is future-proofing traditional pepper cultivation in Indonesia! 🌎 The project, developed together with our long-term partner Verstegen Spices & Sauces and supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, is actively contributing to protecting, restoring, and promoting the sustainable use of ecosystems - equipping farmers to face climate change while diversifying their income sources. 🎥 Watch and share the video here: https://lnkd.in/dD3yS5Hi Want to understand the programme in detail? A new case study is out, detailing what a farmer-centric approach to agroforestry adoption looks like in practice - with successes, and lessons learned. 📃 Download the #casestudy: https://lnkd.in/dXEN4giJ We believe in the power of collaboration and are eager to learn from similar projects. If you have insights or experiences to share, make sure to drop a line to the aGROWforests project manager, Josje Spierings. 🎬 Kyo Umareta #ClimateChange #SustainableAgriculture #PepperCultivation #EcosystemRestoration #Collaboration #aGROWforests

🌍 We're hiring! Fairfood is looking for a Strategic Communications & Fundraising Manager to drive our mission for fair and transparent food supply chains. In this role, you'll craft compelling stories, secure vital funding, and amplify our impact. If you have 3-5 years of experience in fundraising communications, strategic thinking, and a passion for sustainability, we’d love to hear from you! 📅 Apply by March 26! 🔗 More details: https://lnkd.in/exVM4K97 Join us in shaping a fairer food system! #Fairfood #Hiring #Fundraising #Communications #ImpactJobs

🚨 The #Omnibus Package threatens corporate accountability – and the livelihoods of millions of smallholders worldwide. Instead of moving us closer to fairer purchasing practices and decent incomes for farmers, the European Commission’s Omnibus simplification package pushes us further away. This proposal risks gutting the #CSDDD—weakening due diligence requirements below OECD and UNGP standards. It turns corporate responsibility into a box-ticking exercise, making it even harder to ensure fair supply chains. If adopted, it would: ❌ Limit due diligence to direct suppliers, ignoring where the worst human rights and environmental abuses happen. ❌ Strip away corporate accountability, leaving workers, farmers, and communities without access to justice. ❌ Create legal uncertainty for businesses already investing in responsible practices. Let’s be clear: this isn’t simplification—it’s a weakening of laws designed to drive real change. 🎥 To understand what's at stake, watch the webinar organised by the World Benchmarking Alliance ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eeHK3bqa. At Fairfood, we work closely with smallholder farmers and businesses proving that supply chain due diligence isn’t just possible—it’s necessary. The EU must uphold its commitment to responsible business, stronger protections for workers and producers, and a truly fair global economy. Let's keep calling on all co-legislators at the European Parliament and at the Council to reject the Omnibus Package and preserve the core elements of the CSDDD. Strong rules mean fairer value distribution, better livelihoods, and responsible business practices that benefit everyone. #NoToOmnibus #CorporateAccountability #FairValue #HumanRights #DueDiligence WWF European Policy Office European Coalition for Corporate Justice ShareAction MVO Platform Solidaridad Network

Breaking: EU Commission kills sustainability laws in a scandalous move to appease big business 🚨 Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission just released its Omnibus proposal to 'simplify business rules' - by which it means throwing human rights laws out of the window. While companies cry 'burden' about sustainability regulations like the CSDDD, our recent research shows compliance costs are just a fraction of their profits: https://lnkd.in/eJ3iSVuV 📣 We call upon the European Parliament and member states to put a stop to these plans, which will dramatically harm workers, communities, and the climate. #NoToOmnibus #OmnibusProposal #EUCommission #CSDDD #CSRD #EUTaxonomy European Coalition for Corporate Justice Friends of the Earth Europe Greta Koch Axel Voss

This is what #agroforestry in progress looks like! A nice update from one of the so-called 'change makers' in our aGROWforests project with Verstegen Spices & Sauces. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g4KH9Dr6

📣 𝐍𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐣𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐩: 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐮𝐫𝐳𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐠𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 Terwijl sommige bedrijven en politici pleiten voor uitstel of afzwakking van Europese duurzaamheidsregels, laten onder meer NS, TenneT, Triodos Bank, Verstegen Spices & Sauces, Stedin en tientallen grote en kleine bedrijven een ander geluid horen. Op initiatief van MVO Nederland roepen zij de Europese Commissie en het kabinet op om vast te houden aan het tempo en ambitieniveau van wetgeving uit het omnibuspakket: CSRD, CSDDD en de EU-taxonomie. 𝐖𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐦? 1.      Gelijk speelveld: de regels zorgen ervoor dat duurzame en niet-duurzame bedrijven onder dezelfde voorwaarden opereren. 2.     Gedane investeringen: veel bedrijven hebben al geïnvesteerd in aanpassingen om aan de wetgeving te voldoen. 3.     Duidelijkheid: het behouden van een duidelijke tijdlijn voorkomt onzekerheid over toekomstige verplichtingen. 💬 Ankie van Wersch, 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐮𝐫-𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐕𝐎 𝐍𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝  “𝘝𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘶𝘶𝘳𝘻𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘵𝘨𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘫𝘬 𝘷𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘫𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘻𝘪𝘫𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘮𝘥𝘢𝘵 𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘫𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘰’𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘦ï𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘻𝘪𝘫𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘶𝘳𝘻𝘢𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘬𝘰𝘮𝘴𝘵. 𝘋𝘦𝘻𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘫𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘻𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳.” Tot de ondertekenaars van het statement behoren ook bedrijven als Tony's Chocolonely, Schijvens Corporate Fashion Hilvarenbeek B.V., Port of Amsterdam, Dopper, B Lab Benelux en Transdev. 👉 Tijd voor een gelijk speelveld. Wie doet er mee?

Our daily products are the result of the hard work of millions of producers and the connected value chains. In our RECLAIM Sustainability! impact video series you can meet some of the producers at the beginning of these value chains: Justa Taype in Peru, Tapan Mandal in India, and Alice Natukunda in Uganda. They share their stories and give a fascinating insight into their work in #gold, #tea and #coffee, respectively, highlighting the challenges they face and the sustainability solutions they contribute to. Solidaridad Latinoamérica Solidaridad Asia Fairfood Solidaridad East and Central Africa Want to know more? Check out this video and dive into the stories of these producers on our website! https://lnkd.in/e8Uv-C4Y The RECLAIM Sustainability! programme is on a mission to make global value chains more sustainable and inclusive, with an important role for a strengthened civil society. This initiative is brought to life through a global consortium of Solidaridad, Fairfood, TrustAfrica, and BWI Indonesia, in a strategic partnership with the Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken.

🌟 Looking back at a great event at the Living Income Lab at Chocoa - Amsterdam Cocoa Week hosted by IDH, The Living Income Community of Practice and Fairfood, where we took on the challenge of making substantial progress towards #livingincomes in the Cocoa Sector 🌟 📈 Key Highlights: ➖ The launch of the VOICE Paper set the stage, emphasizing the need for robust governance frameworks to support living incomes in the cocoa sector. ➖ Insightful exchanges with our panelists, including Antonie Fountain (VOICE Network), Andrew Kojo Morrison (Solidaridad West Africa), Raymond Katta (Produce Monitoring Board, Sierra Leone), Charlotte Bernhard (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs), and Regis Meritan (European Commission) provided a new look at the challenges and opportunities in achieving sustainable cocoa production. 🌍 Discussion Points: ➖ The critical role of the EU’s new regulatory frameworks like the CSDDD and EUDR in shaping sustainable practices. ➖ Strategies for integrating effective governance with the economic viability of cocoa farming, ensuring farmers are not left behind. ➖ The importance of pre-competitive collaboration and inclusive partnerships to foster environments that enable living incomes. 🔗 Actionable Insights: ➖ The panel highlighted the necessity of aligning national policies with international sustainability standards to support farmers directly! ➖ The session underscored the ongoing need for #transparency and #verifieddata in pricing mechanisms. 🙌 Looking Ahead: The insights gained here will undoubtedly fuel further innovation and collaboration towards a more equitable and sustainable future. 👏 A huge thank you to all our speakers and participants who engaged in this important conversation. And a special thanks for making this event happen: Stephanie L. Daniels, Mark de Waard, Mariana Broitman, Lotje Kaak, Esther Germans, Jordy van Honk and Anny Stoikova. Let’s continue to work together to transform the cocoa sector for the better!

🍫 This Wednesday, The Living Income Community of Practice, Fairfood and IDH co-hosted the Living Income Afternoon during Amsterdam Cocoa Week. The afternoon was full of dynamic discussions, actionable insights, and a shared commitment to driving change in the cocoa sector. 🤝 During the 'Farm and Value Chain Strategies' session, panellists shared practical examples of how improved procurement practices can enable #LivingIncome while addressing long-standing risks in the industry. Key to this were partnerships and collective action. 🌱 The 'Fostering an Enabling Environment' session tackled one of the sector's most pressing challenges - historically high #cocoa prices that are not translating into benefits for the farmer. Experts from governments, private sector, and civil society reflected on how pre-competitive collaboration and governance can integrate climate resilience and adaptation into living income strategies. 📌 The event also saw VOICE Network launch their new publication on Good Governance for Living Income in Cocoa. Find the resource in English, French, and Spanish on their website: https://lnkd.in/ga5b-SE4 ‼️ We're compiling learnings from the afternoon to share with you. Stay tuned to access these! A massive thank you to our speakers for sharing their expertise and insights: ▪️ Charlotte Bernhard (Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken) ▪️Antonie Fountain (VOICE Network) ▪️Regis Meritan (European Commission) ▪️Andrew Kojo Morrison (Solidaridad West Africa) ▪️Emily Stone (Uncommon Cacao) ▪️Abdulahi Aliyu (Rikolto) ▪️Lieke Guinee (Beyond Beans Foundation) ▪️Raymond Katta (Produce Monitoring Board Sierra Leone) ▪️Isabelle van Tol (Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken) ▪️Stephen Ashia (ABOCFA Cooperative)

Fantastic #livingincome afternoon organized by the The Living Income Community of Practice, IDH and Fairfood, featuring the Chair of our Board, Abdulahi Aliyu of Rikolto, and our Managing Director, Antonie Fountain. We are thrilled to have launched our new paper on Good Governance for living income (https://lnkd.in/ePPVjBdn) and look forward to more discussion. ➡️ Please register for our launch webinar on March 4: https://lnkd.in/e5wTx35T