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Dutch food & feed industry buys first 85,000 tons of responsibly produced soy
Certification milestone on the path to building a responsible international soy chain – The Dutch food and feed industry has bought…
21 August 2014
CONO Cheesemakers (Kaasmakers) investing in sustainable oil palm production
CONO Cheesemakers, the company behind Beemster cheese, and Solidaridad, in collaboration with Nature & Environment (in Dutch: Stichting Natuur &…
World’s First Bonsucro Certified Sugarcane Hits the Market
Bonsucro™ today announced that the world’s first impact based Standard has been used to certify the sustainable production of sugarcane.…
EU recognition for RTRS certification scheme
This week the European Union (EU) formally recognized RTRS as EU Renewable Energy Directive (EU-RED) compliant voluntary scheme. This EU…
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…
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…
The Switzerland-based Solidar, not to be confused with Solidaridad Network, is attacking George Clooney and Nespresso for not using fair…
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…