Region: South America
Addressing Forced Labor – A Practitioner's Toolkit
Solidaridad and The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) released a toolkit to help people and organizations address forced labour in…
11 November 2014
Quenching the thirst for sustainable juice production
Yesterday, Solidaridad and FrieslandCampina Riedel BV launched a four year, joint programme to improve sustainable fruit growing around the globe.…
17 October 2014
Towards a common view on sustainable beef
Yesterday, Solidaridad attended the launch of the ‘Novo Campo’ programme for sustainable livestock in the Amazon. The programme, coordinated by…
09 October 2014
In Brazil, the fruits of oil palm cultivation help ensure safe practices
Solidaridad and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)—a company that turns crops into renewable products—have recently begun a project in the Brazilian…
02 October 2014
Better Cotton Initiative benefits sector
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) aims to promote measurable improvements of cotton cultivation to make it more economically, environmentally, and…
21 August 2014
Banana producers own model company
Grupo Hualtaco is more than a processing and export company for organic banana producers. It has a social development programme…
Bonsucro: Standard for 'better' sugarcane
In Bonsucro, farmers, producers, NGOs and big brands collaborate to support an increasing number of sugarcane producers in making their…
Training and certifying soy family farmers
Solidaridad's Soy Producer Support Initiative supports more than 800 soy family farmers in South Brazil. They are trained by Gebana…
Solidaridad introduces Fairtrade Fairmined gold
Artisanal and small-scale miners work under the most severe and unsafe labour conditions. Their production is limited and the price…
Solidaridad Network Annual Report 2010: Insufficient supply of sustainable produced goods
"Now that sustainability has become a mainstream ambition in the corporate sector, the task is to ensure a sufficient supply…