Author name: Daniel Viviers-Rasmussen

NewForesight Living Income and Living Wage Benchmarking Methodology

NewForesight has developed an approach to operationalization of Living Income Benchmarks provides transparent, comparable and locally-relevant benchmark estimations. We closely follow the principles of the Anker Methodology and having developed semi-automated tools and methods for a resource-efficient yet accurate estimation. Learn more about our methodology here To learn more about our work in Living Income […]

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Facing the gap: how to meet your Living Income commitments

2021 was a defining year for the concepts of living Income and wage. By the end of 2021, Aldi, Lidl, Unilever and Olam – major actors in the international food and nutrition market – have launched initiatives and/or made commitments to paying a living income to their producers and workers. Given the market dominance of

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New report on workers’ wages and working conditions in the tea sector – and the role of global supply chains to address them

NewForesight is pleased to share the third and last in a research series on the challenge of improving wage and working conditions in the tea, coffee and banana sector. The report shows how system dynamics affect the millions of workers active in major tea producing countries (including China, Kenya, India, Malawi, Sri Lanka), most notably

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New report on the banana sector offers insight into the role of global supply chain to improve workers’ wages and working conditions

NewForesight is happy to share the second in a series of three sectorial reports. This report studies workers’ wages and working conditions in the banana sector. The banana sector supports the livelihoods of millions of workers globally. The report delves into the importance to workers’ wages & conditions from different production models, production for domestic

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Supply chain sustainability in 2021: three trends that will mark the year

In 2020, the coronavirus once again showed us the interconnectedness of business and society. For many businesses, the year has been the year of disruption and reflection. It highlighted the importance of economically resilient supply chains and creating long-term shared value. In a way, it was a year when old ideas were revisited and new

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Leading sustainable market transformation: NKG BLOOM & sustainable coffee sourcing

Leading sustainable market transformation: NKG BLOOM is transforming sustainable coffee sourcing NKG BLOOM is pioneering the sustainable transformation of the coffee sector, by designing and implementing a series of mechanisms that will drive systemic change to sustainability issues in different production origins. We, at NewForesight, are excited to support the journey of Neuman Kaffee Gruppe

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Driving economic sustainability for farmers and companies: Thoughts from our coffee expert Daniel

From June 6-8th the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is hosting the World of Coffee conference in Berlin, and our colleague Daniel Pedersen will be giving a lecture on data-driven insights into the business case of companies to invest in sustainable coffee. At NewForesight, Daniel has established himself as the coffee specialist with a track record

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The potential of the Guinean pineapple sector: insights from the field

Guinea used to be one of the world’s top producers of pineapples, accounting for a fourth of global export volumes in the 1960s, before rapidly declining to practically no exports in the 2000s. The crop has great potential because of the strong demand for pineapples on both international and regional markets. I had the honor to support

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In-depth insights into organic cotton production

25 April, 2016 Last month, Bart Vollaard and Laure Heilbron visited India for the Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA). Bart, OCA’s interim Director of Supply, and Laure, OCA’s interim Executive Director, participated in different stakeholder meetings and field visits to present OCA. During their time in India, they established working relations and gathered input on further

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