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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…
21 August 2014
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…
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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
West Africa: First Aid training for small scale miners in Ghana
Over 1 million people are engaged in small scale mining of gold, diamond and quarry industries in Ghana. In the…
Report: Action Plan for “Sumangali Scheme” in India
The textile and clothing industry in India employs over 35 million people and much of the country’s production occurs in…
