Following recent discussions within the “Parliamentary Intergroup on Fair Trade”, the Socialist Party (PS) has tabled a draft law in the Belgian House of Representatives “aimed at legally recognising and providing tax incentives for fair trade”. This, among other things, is what motivated the PS: to see whether, as part of the debate on […]
For many years now, there has been a great deal of information about the negative impact of our consumption patterns on human rights and the environment. For example, in 2013, the collapse of Rana Plaza and the deaths of over 1,100 workers producing clothes for major clothing retailers highlighted the appalling working conditions in fast-fashion […]
Enabel’s Trade for Development Centre commissioned AKA ZEBRA to carry out a study to clarify and document the operational, financial and commercial procedures and implications for Ivorian cocoa cooperatives wanting to convert from a “local” to an “export” cooperative. The report details these implications and steps and also defines the conditions for a successful […]
In June 2022, the TDC team met Joachim Munganga, President of Sopacdi (Solidarité Paysanne pour la Promotion des Actions Café et Développement Intégral), a cooperative of coffee growers in South Kivu. He had just returned from the World of Coffee event organised in Milan by the Specialty Coffee Association. Sopacdi won third place in the competition organised by the SPP label, whose aim is to promote quality coffees from small producers.
Since 2016, Incub’Ivoir has positioned itself as a provider of support to entrepreneurs in Côte d’Ivoire. However, they needed to position themselves better in this sector and find a better business model. The TDC coaches were able to lend their support in these crucial stages.
This report collects the main activities and impact of the Trade for Development Centre programme between 2018 and 2022. Some remarkable results TDC supported 49 MSMEs and 8 Business Support Organisations with coaching in business management and/or marketing. Another 39 MSMEs also received a week of training in ‘data capturing’. The turnover of the African […]
Established in 2005, Belvas, the chocolate factory whose name stands for Belgium and “Valeur Ajoutée pour le Sud” (vas) meaning added value for the South, has made fair trade its trademark. Thierry Noesen, the founder, puts it simply, “If a customer asks for non-fair trade chocolate, we have to say we don’t do that here.”
The Cacao-Trace programme, set up in 2015 by Belgian bakery and chocolate specialist Puratos, aims to improve the living conditions of planters by focusing on improved cocoa quality, which also means increased value.
Respondents’ perceptions of society: Compared to 2022 and 2020, all the issues assessed seem to be of slightly less concern, with rising energy and raw material prices clearly taking precedence over other issues such as pollution, health and personal well-being. Rising energy and raw material prices, purchasing power and health are the top three concerns […]
On the night of 6 December, after more than nine hours of negotiations, the European Union’s trilogue (Parliament, Commission and Council) reached a provisional agreement to ban imports of several commodities if they are produced from land deforested after December 2020. An initial list of six products was initially proposed by the Commission in […]
