Theme: Enabling Policies
Sustainability Initiatives Will Fail Until Companies Pay More for Cocoa, says new report
Endemic sustainability issues within global cocoa supply chains, including child labour and deforestation will continue unless efforts are coupled with…
07 December 2022
Palm oil’s future is sustainable; the discourse is stuck in the past
In the light of the recently published Palm Oil Barometer and as sustainable palm oil production continues to be a…
07 November 2022
Effective climate finance needed now for locally-led action that builds farmer resilience
Smallholder farmers are among those most affected by the impacts of climate change; at the same time, they play an…
Strengthening Civil Society’s capacity in Sierra Leone
Civil society organizations, women representatives and farmers in the cocoa and oil palm sector in Sierra Leone are advocating and…
10 October 2022
Darrel Webber: ex-RSPO Secretary General on the sustainability challenges around one of the world’s most (im)popular crops.
How much incentive does a smallholder need in order NOT to knock down a tree? And, what will be the…
23 September 2022
Palm Oil Barometer 2022
The first global Palm Oil Barometer presents an in-depth review of the state of the palm oil industry today. The…
14 September 2022
Palm Oil Barometer 2022
On 15 September 2022 we launch the first global Palm Oil Barometer. Together with smallholder producer organizations in Asia, Africa…
29 August 2022
Multiple benefits of food systems transformation
In this opinion piece, our colleague Karin Kleinbooi, senior regional programme manager for Solidaridad in Southern Africa, invites readers to…
13 June 2022
Is the future of healthy soils pegged on soil carbon offsets?
In this opinion piece, authors Lisa Mbwia, strategic partnerships leader Soil Labs and Sweeny Binsari, climate change & natural resources…
05 June 2022
Solidaridad & UNIDO empower Juaben Oil Mills toward RSPO certification
Juaben Oil Mills Limited, a Ghanaian oil palm processing company, is now certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil…
19 May 2022