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AidEnvironment // 21.10.22

A conversation with Bimla Kujur: The Samvidhan Saathi

Article by: Vinitika Lal (PRADAN), Arpan Mondal (MetaMeta Research), Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta Research), and Iqra Khan (PRADAN)       Meet Bimla Kujur. Bimla hails from Marcha-Dautoli, a small village in India in Marcha Panchayat, Torpa Block, Jharkhand. Bimla has been working as a Samvidhan Saathi (literally translates to Constitution companion) for the last year, in the field of local […]

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AidEnvironment // 15.10.22

Do we ever wonder “who grows our food?” 

CELEBRATING THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN  October 15, 2022 Article by: Marina Vara Gutierrez (Aidenvironment), Vinitika Lal (PRADAN) and Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta) Do we ever wonder “who grows our food?”  Today, the 15th of October, we are celebrating the International Day of Rural Women (IDRW). The idea to celebrate International Day of Rural Women was put forward by international […]

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AidEnvironment // 14.10.22

Planting Trees to Save Lives

Article by Anne Kikundwa     Communities in Kamrono in the Ugandan district of Agago, face a lot of deforestation.  With the exception of shea trees which are predominant protected by strict community bylaws, many local tree species are increasingly being cut down to be used as wood fuel and charcoal. Charcoal burning is a common activity in the community that is […]

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AidEnvironment // 14.10.22

A guide for plant-based value chains

On October 13, 2022, at the Plant the Future Dinner, of the Dutch Food Week in The Hague (Netherlands), IUCN NL presented a Guide for vegan product producers, for which AidEnvironment prepared all factsheets and value chain analyses. The Guide is meant to support vegan producers with understanding social and environmental risks linked to 16 selected commodities utilized in the […]

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AidEnvironment // 07.10.22

How do businesses benefit from adopting sustainability standards?

Voluntary standards and other sustainability systems are good for people and planet. An ever-growing library of studies provides evidence of standards driving positive impacts – from improving labour practices and boosting smallholder incomes to increasing biodiversity and tree cover. But are they good for business? Ultimately, most companies will only invest in using sustainability systems if there’s a compelling business case. […]

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