IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative (HQ) Member

The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) aims to improve the sustainability of international supply chains. To this end, IDH works towards tackling social, ecological and economical bottlenecks for first chain actors in developing countries. The Initiative is a multi-stakeholder process in which actors from both northern and southern (production) countries actively participate.

Governments, private sectors, labor unions and non-governmental organizations jointly implement sector improvement programs, as well as an (inter)sector learning program. These programs contribute to the Millennium Development Goals on poverty and hunger (MDG 1), environmental sustainability (MDG 7), and fair trade (MDG 8).

The Sustainable Trade Initiative searches for links with other chain initiatives, both in the Netherlands and in other countries. The ambition of IDH is to act as a catalyst and knowledge broker. This will help front runners to move even faster and support other actors to overcome thresholds.