We believe in a world where sustainability and social equality go hand in hand with profitability. And we bring businesses, governments and communities together to get there. Cultivating collective action and joined-up thinking across the value chain to drive economic growth while safeguarding the environment and striving for a fair global society.
Proven solutions for transforming procurement to improve farmers’ living standards.
Support and guidance for action on poverty and inequality in global supply chains.
Models for eradicating food insecurity and creating local economic value.
Planet-proof and people-first policies to keep supply chains and ecosystems thriving.
Tools for shaping inclusive business environments that catalyse economic growth.
Market transformation doesn’t happen in a silo. It needs a systemic approach. By integrating economic, social, and environmental considerations into trade and supply chain practices, sustainability becomes business as usual – and the bottom line stays a top priority.
Learn how to integrate climate and social action for sustainable outcomes.
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We offer a range of services to address social and sustainability challenges and drive positive impact – from advising on policymaking to innovating and implementing measures for market transformation.
Convening Convening multi-stakeholder collaborations and industry initiatives to co-create sustainable innovations.
Managing impact investment funds and leveraging financial and technical resources to support marginalised businesses.
Adapting business practices to new legislation and support-ing policymakers with insights and implementation testing.
Sharing fresh insights and tried-and-tested strategies for transformation, from field to market.
Headquartered in the Netherlands, we have a network of over 400 staff in key markets and value chains in over 23 countries around the world.
Our global presence and network are fundamental to being able to perform – speaking the language, understanding the culture and seeing ways to improve the market, sector, value chain, country and situation in which we operate.
Discover more about each sector and the programs and targets we are working towards to change business practices, improve sector governance and achieve field-level impact with our partners, globally.
Agriculture, aquaculture or apparel – we pursue our Impact Agendas through different IDH-powered programs in 16 sectors across the globe. From producing to consuming markets, stakeholders along the whole value chain collaborate to improve social and environmental sustainability within their sector, whether in manufacturing, policies or procurement practices.
We support projects that reduce carbon emissions and deforestation and better include local communities and smallholders through our 3 TAFs, each linked to a different investment fund.
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Market transformation doesn’t happen in a silo. It needs a systemic approach. By integrating economic, social, and environmental considerations into trade and supply chain practices, sustainability becomes business as usual – and the bottom line stays a top priority.
Learn how to integrate climate and social action for sustainable outcomes.
Taking a system-wide approach and using a mix of measures – laws, convening, funding and financing – we synthesise public and private ambitions to create impact across sectors and landscapes.
Whether providing insights, advising on measures, facilitating coalitions or co-funding projects, we have developed a holistic system of interventions based on country contexts that are set up for rapid implementation and iteration at scale.
Legislation is important, but legislation alone will not solve human rights and environmental issues. Real progress is only possible when the private sector and politicians work together to tackle root causes.
Many agri SMEs struggle to access financing, restricting their business development and impact potential, both economically and environmentally. Through our Investment Development Hubs, local teams embark agri SMEs on an investment-readiness journey to meet the requirements of financing partners and connect them to an impact fund or local financial institution.
Our work is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
Impact is at the core of everything we do. Starting with our mission to put people, planet, and progress at the heart of markets – and continuing through partnerships with government, private sector and civil society to change systems for the better.
We focus our work on three impact areas – better jobs, better income and better environment – with gender equity always front of mind. By working together with our partners across the entire value chain to generate impact in these areas, we contribute to selected United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: In this way, everyone plays their part to deliver results in sector governance, business practice and field-level innovation. The part we play is as a convenor, learner and innovator, and co-financer – and we measure our impact by our progress in these areas.
The first offering in our growing portfolio of unique impact investment opportunities.
EU regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) is an important step towards combating deforestation globally. But it risks excluding many smallholder farmers – jeopardising their livelihoods and, ultimately, forests.
Our big-picture solution lays the ground for pre-competitive company collaboration at jurisdictional scale to turn the tide on tropical forest loss in a way that not only supports EUDR compliance but protects smallholder farmers’ livelihoods.
EUDR, implemented on May 16, 2023, prohibits importing products causing deforestation after December 31, 2020. EUDR regulations will be enforced for large and medium-sized enterprises from January 1, 2025, and for small and micro enterprises from July 1, 2025.
A €100M blended finance fund that takes the highest risk positions to catalyse commercial capital and demonstrate the viability of smallholder-related finance while helping over 3 million farmers.
EUDR, implemented on May 16, 2023, prohibits importing products causing deforestation after December 31, 2020. EUDR regulations will be enforced for large and medium-sized enterprises from January 1, 2025, and for small and micro enterprises from July 1, 2025.
Our free guide will offer practical guidance to drive action. Coming soon!
Our free guide will offer practical guidance to drive action. Coming soon!
Our free guide will offer practical guidance to drive action. Coming soon!
Do you have an innovative commercial project in mind that will deliver strong social and environmental value? We partner public- and private-sector agencies to share expertise and bring new sustainable business models to fruition through grants and technical support.
Through co-funding we aim to trigger investments that businesses would not make otherwise, enabling transformational projects to happen more quickly, at a bigger scale, and with better development outcomes.
Do you have an innovative commercial project in mind that will deliver strong social and environmental value? We partner public- and private-sector agencies to share expertise and bring new sustainable business models to fruition through grants and technical support.
Through co-funding we aim to trigger investments that businesses would not make otherwise, enabling transformational projects to happen more quickly, at a bigger scale, and with better development outcomes.
Procurement is the first step towards integrating sustainability across every aspect of a business. By prioritising sustainable procurement practices, organisations can drive environmental and social responsibility throughout their supply chains.
Tap into key insights and ideas for action in this thought piece on the critical role of procurement in bolstering supply chain resilience.
Our free guide will offer practical guidance to drive action. Coming soon!
Procurement is the first step towards integrating sustainability across every aspect of a business. By prioritising sustainable procurement practices, organisations can drive environmental and social responsibility throughout their supply chains.
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The Hub aims to prepare impactful businesses and align them to investor requirements in the sustainable agriculture and forestry sectors, to stop and reverse land degradation in Colombia. This will lead to a positive impact on smallholders and rural communities while also collaborating with financial institutions to attract investment and set up a platform for sustainable growth.
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The Hub aims to prepare impactful businesses and align them to investor requirements in the sustainable agriculture and forestry sectors, to stop and reverse land degradation in Colombia. This will lead to a positive impact on smallholders and rural communities while also collaborating with financial institutions to attract investment and set up a platform for sustainable growth.
Our servicesPretitleWhere some see challenges, we see opportunities for change. Drawing on 15 years’ experience to turn What now? into Here’s how we can achieve it together. Delivering better jobs, better incomes, a better environment and Gender Equity for all.
Our landscape approach looks beyond commodities and geographic boundaries to future-proof entire jurisdictions. Setting shared goals and facilitating investments in sustainable ways to manage the land and ensure long-term success.
Through partnerships, we bring together public sector custodians of the land, farmers who till the soil and businesses who source from the area to boost sustainable production while protecting and regenerating forests and improving inclusive governance.
We support projects that reduce carbon emissions and deforestation and better include local communities and smallholders through our 3 TAFs, each linked to a different investment fund.
