Region: Asia
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…
21 August 2014
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
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…
India: New step towards more sustainable sugar
Solidaridad and businesses in India are making progress in producing more sugar that has been certified by the Bonsucro standard,…
Increased RSPO certification for Asia
Solidaridad’s Palm Oil Producer Support Initiative aims to reach thousands of smallholders and plantation workers in Central and Latin America,…
Transformation of Asian tea markets
Solidaridad Asia and its partner Business Watch Indonesia have set a target of covering 50 percent of all smallholders under…
Sustainable Palm Oil: The journey of Keresa Plantations
Two years ago, the Sarawak-based Keresa Plantations in Malaysia started their mission to obtain certification in sustainable palm oil (RSPO).…
Bangladesh: Lax fire-safety plagues garment industry
More than 120 employees died over the weekend in a garment factory fire in Bangladesh, which is the second fire…
Food Security: Massive ‘SaFal’ project rolled out for Bangladesh farmers
In one of the largest programmes involving Solidaridad Network Asia in the region, the Embassy of the Netherlands in Dhaka…
