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Accelerating and Up-scaling Sustainable Trade

Accelerating and Up-scaling Sustainable Trade. Urgency for change. From 7 to 9 billion people in 2050 70% of them will live in cities Increasing consumption and energy use in emerging economies Finite arable land Increased adverse impact on environment and people Scarcity of raw materials

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Accelerating and Up-scaling Sustainable Trade

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  1. Accelerating and Up-scalingSustainable Trade

  2. Urgency for change From 7 to 9 billion people in 2050 70% of them will live in cities Increasing consumption and energy use in emerging economies Finite arable land Increased adverse impact on environment and people Scarcity of raw materials Sustained high agro commodities prices

  3. A business case for public-private cooperation

  4. Cooperation is vital for scale

  5. IDH Roles • Pioneer: develops and disseminates innovative strategies to transform supply chains and address tough global social and environmental issues.Convener:builds coalitions of government s, NGO’s, companies, labor unions, donors, financial institutions etc.. Program developer: convenes and develops ambitious work plans. • Investor: with a five year co-funding grant of € 105 M. IDH investments in market transformation programs are at least 1:1 match funded by private sector entities. • Performance driver:monitors progress, evaluates and disseminates lessons learned and initiates 3rd party impact assessmenton MDGs 1,7 and 8

  6. Improve the sustainability of international supply chains

  7. Mainstreaming Sustainable Trade Action Plan Sustainable Production and Trade • 16commodity chains in 50 countries • Over 200 companies involved • 30 international NGOs • Over 250 M euro investment capital until 2015

  8. Co-funding private investments 40% Implementing Partner Private partners Local providers Local providers 60% Farmers Producers Workers

  9. Civil Society partners

  10. IDH Program and goals Tropical Timber Aquaculture Soy Cotton Cocoa Tea Cashew Coffee Tourism Spices Natural Stone Electronics Palm Oil The Fruit and Vegetable Program

  11. The Int. Fruit and Vegetable Program

  12. Why • Annual import European retail & trade 13.4 million tons, with a total value exceeding € 10 billion. • Issues: • Food security • Transparency and traceability of the value chain • Inclusion of smallholders • Water management (secure and improve irrigated production) • Labor conditions • Other Environmental issues • Potential Impact: • Substantial impact due to the labor intensive character of the industry • Institutional system innovation of creating global benchmark for social and environmental standards (GSCP)

  13. Program work streams

  14. Public statement - the ambition of 100% sustainably sourced fresh fruits & vegetables by 2020 1 January 2014 30% …of the import volume of fresh fruits and vegetables from Latin America, Asia and Africa is sustainably sourced. 1 January 2015 50% 1 January 2020 100%

  15. Participating Dutch companies

  16. THANK YOU • For more information, please visit www.idhsustainabletrade.com

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