During the Fair Trade Week, 2022, the Belgian roaster Koffie/Cafés Rombouts is launching “Virunga Coffee”, a fair trade coffee created in collaboration with the coffee farmers of the Virunga National Park in Congo. Since 2020, Enabel’s Trade for Development Centre has supported two cooperatives in the region that supply coffee to Rombouts:
The Trade for Development Centre (Enabel) and the Fair Trade Advocacy Office, in cooperation with FASS-food project, would like to invite you to our webinar ‘Local Fair Trade initiatives in Europe’ the 27th of May. Check the agenda and register here!
In 2020, ECAM and SCINPA were voted the best and second best cocoa cooperatives in Ivory Coast. Both received coaching in marketing from the Trade for Development Centre between 2016 and 2019.
The EU wants to launch a legal framework for corporate due diligence with regard to human rights and the environment by 2021. “I see more and more support, also from companies. They are the ones asking for more certainty, to create a level playing field”, said European Commissioner Didier Reynders at a debate on the topic of CSR in company supply chains on the 29th of September.
Following the initiative taken by chocolatier Tony’s Chocolonely in the Netherlands, 45 companies operating in Belgium have signed a letter to the new government calling
Last May, Fairtrade Belgium announced a historic increase in the sales of fair trade products in Belgium: + 41% in 2019. An excellent result, bringing annual average consumption of fair trade per Belgian at 19.2 euros. Last May, Fairtrade Belgium announced a historic increase in the sales of fair trade products in Belgium: + 41% in 2019. An excellent result, bringing annual average consumption of fair trade per Belgian at 19.2 euros.
Underneath the pristine white surface of milk lies a dairy sector in crisis as small producers struggle to survive. European overproduction is driving farmers’ incomes below profitability and, as a result, preventing the development of a local dairy sector in Africa.
TDC is launching a call for proposals for African MSMEs and producer organizations active in sustainable production and trade for initiatives that improve the management of their organization and access to the market. Deadline for application is September 10!
According to a report by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI)*, child labor in Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa sector increased during the lockdown brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
How much attention do you pay to the impact of your food choices on the environment? Are you willing to cut down on red meat?
During the Fair Trade Week, 2022, the Belgian roaster Koffie/Cafés Rombouts is launching “Virunga Coffee”, a fair trade coffee created in collaboration with the coffee farmers of the Virunga National Park in Congo. Since 2020, Enabel’s Trade for Development Centre has supported two cooperatives in the region that supply coffee to Rombouts:
The Trade for Development Centre (Enabel) and the Fair Trade Advocacy Office, in cooperation with FASS-food project, would like to invite you to our webinar ‘Local Fair Trade initiatives in Europe’ the 27th of May. Check the agenda and register here!
In 2020, ECAM and SCINPA were voted the best and second best cocoa cooperatives in Ivory Coast. Both received coaching in marketing from the Trade for Development Centre between 2016 and 2019.
The EU wants to launch a legal framework for corporate due diligence with regard to human rights and the environment by 2021. “I see more and more support, also from companies. They are the ones asking for more certainty, to create a level playing field”, said European Commissioner Didier Reynders at a debate on the topic of CSR in company supply chains on the 29th of September.
Following the initiative taken by chocolatier Tony’s Chocolonely in the Netherlands, 45 companies operating in Belgium have signed a letter to the new government calling
Last May, Fairtrade Belgium announced a historic increase in the sales of fair trade products in Belgium: + 41% in 2019. An excellent result, bringing annual average consumption of fair trade per Belgian at 19.2 euros. Last May, Fairtrade Belgium announced a historic increase in the sales of fair trade products in Belgium: + 41% in 2019. An excellent result, bringing annual average consumption of fair trade per Belgian at 19.2 euros.
Underneath the pristine white surface of milk lies a dairy sector in crisis as small producers struggle to survive. European overproduction is driving farmers’ incomes below profitability and, as a result, preventing the development of a local dairy sector in Africa.
TDC is launching a call for proposals for African MSMEs and producer organizations active in sustainable production and trade for initiatives that improve the management of their organization and access to the market. Deadline for application is September 10!
According to a report by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI)*, child labor in Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa sector increased during the lockdown brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
How much attention do you pay to the impact of your food choices on the environment? Are you willing to cut down on red meat?
