Commodity: Coffee
From the street to the farm – how agriculture is improving the lives of amputees
For eleven years, a civil war ravaged Sierra Leone, leaving trails of destruction, pain and untold economic hardship. It is…
20 February 2020
Nico Roozen: A founding father
Solidaridad’s honorary president Nico Roozen on lessons learnt from more than 30 years at the helm of certification systems, the…
20 December 2019
From special beans to major programme
As part of a strategy to promote women in the coffee sector, Colombia’s biggest brand, Juan Valdez, launched a special…
08 November 2019
Solidaridad, Olam, Jacobs Douwe Egberts and smallholder farmers launch circular coffee project in Peru and the Netherlands
Solidaridad, Jacobs Douwe Egberts BV, Olam Peru, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), Cuencas del Huallaga and National Forestry Division SERFOR…
06 November 2019
Burning in the Amazon has to stop
A sharp increase in the number of forest fires has been recorded in the Brazilian Amazon this year. The fires,…
02 September 2019
Advocating for more leadership positions occupied by women in their communities
Many roles in family businesses are still assigned on the basis of gender in South America: it is believed that…
13 August 2019
Joint learning encourages sustainable coffee sector growth
Last week Solidaridad, in partnership with Hivos, brought together a group of key stakeholders in East Africa’s coffee industry during…
31 July 2019
Solidaridad Annual Report 2018 signals growth throughout the network
Solidaridad exceeded its own targets by supporting more than half a million farmers, miners and workers in 2018. With improved…
25 June 2019
To build a future-proof coffee sector, we need to include a more inclusive pricing mechanism that values the impact of…
04 June 2019
In recent years, Colombia has made major advances in implementing the Voluntary Sustainability Standards as a means for achieving sustainable…
30 April 2019